Gregor Urbas (born 20 November 1982 in

Jesenice Jesenice (, german: Aßling''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is a Slovenian town and the seat of the Municipality of Jesenice on the ...

) is a

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n former competitive figure skater. He is a three-time Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, a five-time

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champion, the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, and a nine-time (2001–2009) Slovenian national champion. He competed at the 2006 and

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. He qualified for the free skate at nineteen ISU Championships – six Worlds, eight Europeans, and five Junior Worlds. Urbas began skating when he was about eight years old. His first coach was Mojca Kurbos. He joined Elena Babitskaia and Valeri Babitski by 2001. They coached him until the end of the 2004–05 season. Gordana Smrekar became his coach the following season. During his career, he practiced mainly in Slovenia and occasionally traveled to

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to train under

Uschi Keszler Ursula "Uschi" Keszler (born August 13, 1948) is a figure skating coach and choreographer and a former competitor for West Germany. Career Uschi Keszler qualified to represent the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbru ...

Programs

Results

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; JGP:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Urbas, Gregor Slovenian male single skaters Olympic figure skaters of Slovenia Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice