Alina Vladimirovna Ustimkina (russian: Алина Владимировна Устимкина, born 2 September 2000) is a Russian
pair skater
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
. With her former partner,
Nikita Volodin
Nikita Andreyevich Volodin (russian: Никита Андреевич Володин, born 29 June 1999) is a Russian pair skater. With his former partner, Alina Ustimkina, he is the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy champion and 2016 Youth Olympic bronze ...
, she is the
2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
The 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition, held in November 2016 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. Its senior categories were part of the 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded ...
champion and
2016 Youth Olympic bronze medalist.
Personal life
Alina Vladimirovna Ustimkina was born on 2 September 2000 in
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...
, Russia.
On 9 July 2020 she married a Russian
pair skater
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
Nodari Maisuradze
Nodari Otarievich Maisuradze (russian: Нодари Отариевич Маисурадзе, born 18 February 1988) is a Russian pair skater. With Julia Antipova, he is the 2014 Bavarian Open champion and placed eighth at the 2014 World Champ ...
.
Career
Early years
Ustimkina began skating in 2006.
She trained in Nizhny Novgorod until 2011 and then moved to
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, where she competed in singles until November 2013.
[ Her first pairs partner was Maxim Bobrov. In April 2014, they placed fifth at the Russia Junior Championships – Elder Age.][
]
Partnership with Volodin
Ustimkina and Nikita Volodin
Nikita Andreyevich Volodin (russian: Никита Андреевич Володин, born 29 June 1999) is a Russian pair skater. With his former partner, Alina Ustimkina, he is the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy champion and 2016 Youth Olympic bronze ...
debuted their partnership in September 2014.[ They competed at events within Russia during their first season together and began appearing internationally in the 2015–16 season. In August 2015, they were sent to Riga, Latvia to compete at their first ]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) assignment, placing fifth. In November, they won the junior gold medal at the NRW Trophy
The NRW Trophy (also known as the NRW Summer Trophy or NRW Autumn Trophy) is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2007, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf ...
, outscoring silver medalists Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař by 19.22 points.[
In January 2016, Ustimkina/Volodin placed fifth at the Russian Junior Championships. In February, they represented Russia at the ]2016 Winter Youth Olympics
The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics ( no, Olympiske vinterleker for ungdom 2016; nn, Olympiske vinterleikane for ungdom 2016), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, between 12 February an ...
in Hamar
Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditional region of Hedmarken. The town is located on the shores of Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake ...
, Norway. Ranked third in both segments, they were awarded the bronze medal behind Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot and Dušková/Bidař. Assigned to Team Determination for the mixed NOC team event, Ustimkina/Volodin placed third in their segment and their team finished 8th.[
Ustimkina and Volodin ended their partnership in late 2017.]
Later career
In August 2018, Ustimkina began skating with Alexei Rogonov.[
]
Programs
(with Volodin)
Competitive highlights
''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''
With Volodin
With Bobrov
Single skating
Detailed results
With Volodin
References
External links
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2000 births
Russian female pair skaters
Living people
Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod
Figure skaters at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics