Inga Zurabovna Gurgenidze (

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: ინგა ზურაბის ასული გურგენიძე, russian: Инга Зурабовна Гургенидзе; born 23 April 2009), born Inga Zurabovna Nikitina, is a Russian-born Georgian

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who represents Georgia in women's singles. She is the 2022 JGP Italy bronze medalist, the 2022 Denis Ten Memorial junior champion, the 2022 Bosphorus Cup junior silver medalist, and the 2023 Dragon Trophy junior champion. She finished within the top ten at the 2023 World Junior Championships. She is the twenty-third woman in history to have successfully landed a triple Axel jump in competition.

Personal life

Gurgenidze was born on 23 April 2009 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. She competed under her mother's surname (Nikitina) until the 2021–22 season when she changed it to her father's surname (Gurgenidze).

Career

2022–23 season

In August 2022, it was confirmed that Russian-born Gurgenidze would be representing Georgia in international competition, having never previously skated for Russia internationally. She made her international debut on the

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series. She began her season with a fourth-place finish at 2022 JGP Latvia. At her second even, the 2022 JGP Italy, Gurgenidze won the bronze medal. Gurgenidze then went on to win gold at the 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, silver at the 2022 Bosphorus Cup, and another gold at the 2023 Dragon Trophy. She finished the season at the 2023 World Junior Championships in

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, Alberta. After placing a disappointing nineteenth in the short program, Gurgenidze managed to skate a solid free program, placing seventh in that segment of the competition and finishing in ninth place overall.

2023–24 season

In her second

season, Gurgenidze came ninth at the 2023 JGP Hungary and sixth at the 2023 JGP Armenia. She successfully defended her gold medal at the 2023 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and then won gold at the 2023 Bosphorus Cup to conclude the fall season. Gurgenidze represented Georgia in the women's event at the

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, coming fifth. At the 2024 World Junior Championships, she came twelfth.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''JGP:

For Georgia

For Russia

Detailed results

''Personal best highlighted in'' bold.

For Georgia

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gurgenidze, Inga 2009 births Living people Sportspeople from Kazan Russian female single skaters Female single skaters from Georgia (country) Russian emigrants to Georgia (country) Figure skaters at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics