Daniel Albert Naurits (born 22 March 1998) is an Estonian

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. He is the 2017 Nordic bronze medalist and a two-time Estonian national champion. He has competed in the final segment at three ISU Championships.

Career

Early years in Estonia

Naurits began learning to skate in 2001. Early in his career, he represented Estonia, coached by Irina Kononova in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

. His

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) came in October 2011. In March 2012, he competed at the World Junior Championships in

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, Belarus, but did not advance to the free skate. 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 ...

in November 2012 was his final competition representing Estonia for four years.

Switch to France

Naurits debuted internationally for France in April 2014 at the

Triglav Trophy The Triglav Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition held in the spring in Jesenice, Slovenia. The competition takes its name from the nearby mountain Triglav Triglav (; german: Terglau; it, Tricorno), with an elevation of ...

, where he won the junior silver medal. In the 2014–2015 season, he competed at two JGP events, placing 8th in Tallinn and 10th in

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, France. He placed 7th competing on the senior level at the French Championships and later took the bronze medal at the French Junior Championships. Naurits made his final international appearance for France in early October 2015, placing 13th at a JGP event in

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, Spain. He placed 6th as a senior at the French Championships in December 2015. During his time in France, he trained under Katia Gentelet in

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Return to Estonia

In the 2016–2017 season, Naurits was coached by

Anna Levandi Anna Anatolevna Levandi (russian: Анна Анатольевна Леванди, Kondrashova, Кондрашова; born 30 June 1965) is a Russian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union in international competiti ...

in Tallinn. He made his senior international debut and his return to representing Estonia in October 2016 at the

Finlandia Trophy The Finlandia Trophy is a senior-level international figure skating competition. Since 1995, it is held annually in Finland in Greater Helsinki region, including Helsinki, Vantaa, and Espoo. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014� ...

, a Challenger Series (CS) event at which he finished 14th. He won the Estonian national senior title in December 2016 and the junior title in January 2017. In January, Naurits competed at the 2017 European Championships in

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, Czech Republic. Ranked 24th in the short program, he obtained the final qualifying spot and then placed 20th in the free skate, resulting in a final placement of 22nd. He also qualified to the free skate at the 2017 World Junior Championships, finishing 20th in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

, Taiwan. Coached by Liina-Grete Lilender, Naurits placed 21st at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

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, Russia.

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 ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Naurits, Daniel Albert 1998 births Estonian male single skaters Living people Figure skaters from Tallinn Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade French male single skaters