Aleksandra Golovkina (born 1 July 1998) is a Lithuanian

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. She is the 2014 CS Warsaw Cup bronze medalist and a six-time Lithuanian national champion (2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023). She has qualified to the free skate at three

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Career

Golovkina competed internationally on the novice level from 2008–09 to 2011–12. Her

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

(JGP) debut came in August 2012. In March 2013, she competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships in

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but was eliminated after placing 39th in the short program. Golovkina began the 2013–14 season on the JGP series, placing 16th in Estonia. In November 2013, she won the junior bronze medal at the

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before making her senior international debut at the

Warsaw Cup The Warsaw Cup is an annual international figure skating competition which is generally held in November in Warsaw, Poland. Its senior categories became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season. Medals may be awarded in the disci ...

; she placed 9th in the short program, 1st in the free skate, and 4th overall in Warsaw. Continuing on the senior level, she finished 4th at the 2014

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and 5th at the

Hellmut Seibt Memorial The Hellmut Seibt Memorial is an international figure skating competition. Named after Austrian figure skater Hellmut Seibt, the event is generally held in February in Vienna, Austria. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, and pa ...

. In the 2014–15 season, Golovkina competed at one JGP event and then won her first senior international medal, silver, at the

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, Belarus. In November 2014, she began competing on the

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. E ...

(CS), placing 5th at the

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before taking bronze at the Warsaw Cup. She placed 7th at her final CS event, the 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb. Golovkina was named in Lithuania's team to the 2015 European Championships in

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, Sweden. Ranked 23rd in the short program, she qualified for the free skate, where she placed 17th, lifting her to 19th overall.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

2012–13 to present

2008–09 to 2011–12

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Golovkina, Aleksandra 1998 births Living people Lithuanian female single skaters Sportspeople from Vilnius 21st-century Lithuanian women