Ieva Gaile (born 26 January 1997) and her twin sister Kristine Gaile are Latvian

figure skaters 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 ...

. She was born in

Jelgava Jelgava (; german: Mitau, ; see also other names) is a state city in central Latvia about southwest of Riga with 55,972 inhabitants (2019). It is the largest town in the region of Zemgale (Semigalia). Jelgava was the capital of the united Du ...

, Latvia, where she started her skating career at the age of 4. After two years she changed her coaches and started training in

Ventspils Ventspils (; german: Windau, ; see other names) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It ...

, Latvia. She mainly skates in the ladies singles category, but in 2012 she and her twin sister were part of Latvian

Synchronized skating Synchronized skating is an ice skating sport where between 8 to 16 skaters perform together as a team. They move as a flowing unit at high speed over the ice, while performing elements and footwork. This complex sport originated in 1956 and was ...

team "Amber" and they participated in the World Synchronized Skating Championship 2012 ( WSSC). In 2015 she changed coaches, and now is training in Jelgava Latvia, JLSS.

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