Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya (pronounced ''TSOO-rskaya''; russian: Полина Игоревна Цурская, born 11 July 2001) is a Russian former competitive
figure skater and figure skating coach. She is the
2017 NHK Trophy
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bronze medallist.
On the junior level, she is the
2016 Winter Youth Olympic champion, the 2015
Junior Grand Prix Final
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champion, a four-time
Junior Grand Prix event champion, and the 2015
Russian junior national champion.
Personal life
Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya was born on July 11, 2001 in
Omsk, Russia.
[ She has an elder brother, Igor, who is nine years her senior.][ She moved to ]Moscow
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in 2013.[
]
Career
Early years
Tsurskaya began skating in 2005.[ Coached by Tatiana Odinokova in Omsk until 2013, she joined ]Eteri Tutberidze
Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze (russian: Этери Георгиевна Тутберидзе, the native name is Eteri Gogievna, russian: Этери Гогиевна; born 24 February 1974) is a Russian figure skating coach who works mainly with fe ...
and Sergei Dudakov
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after relocating to Moscow.[ Fifth in her first appearance at the Russian Junior Championships, in ]2014
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, she finished fourth in 2015.
2015−2016 season
Tsurskaya made her international debut in August 2015 at the Junior Grand Prix
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(JGP) in Bratislava, Slovakia. She was awarded the gold medal after placing first in both segments and finishing 10 points ahead of the silver medalist, Mai Mihara
is a Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2022 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Four Continents champion (2017, 2022), the 2018 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2019 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2022 MK John Wils ...
. Outscoring Ekaterina Mitrofanova by 21 points, she won her next JGP assignment, in Toruń
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, Poland, and qualified for the final. At the 2015–16 JGP Final, held on December in Barcelona
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, she won the gold medal with personal best scores in both segments and a total of 195.28 points.[ She broke the junior records in the free skate and total scores set by compatriot ]Elena Radionova
Elena Igorevna Radionova (russian: links=no, Елена Игоревна Радионова; born 6 January 1999) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2015 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2015–2016) European silver me ...
. Competing on the senior level, Tsurskaya finished fourth later in December at the Russian Championships before winning her first junior national title in January.
In February, Tsurskaya won gold at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
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in Lillehammer, Norway.[ In March, she was scheduled to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in ]Debrecen
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but withdrew before the start of the event. An ankle injury had occurred a day before she departed for the event and was aggravated when she fell in Hungary during the morning practice before the short program.[ After three months during which she had to avoid running and jumping, she resumed training in early June.][
]
2016–2017 season
In September 2016, Tsurskaya won gold at two JGP series events; she ranked first in the short program and second in the free in Saransk
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, Russia, and first in both segments in Tallinn
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, Estonia. She was the second-ranked qualifier to the JGP Final in Marseille
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, but withdrew on 29 November.[ She underwent surgery on her right knee and resumed practicing jumps in mid-December.][
Tsurskaya finished tenth at the 2017 World Junior Championships in ]Taipei
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, Taiwan. During the season, she was diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans
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and a herniated disc.[
]
2017–2018 season
Making her senior international debut, Tsurskaya won the bronze medal at the 2017 NHK Trophy
The 2017 NHK Trophy was the 4th event of six in the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Osaka on November 10–12. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of me ...
, setting personal best scores in both segments. In November, Tsurskaya finished fourth at 2017 Skate America
The 2017 Skate America was the sixth event of six in the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Lake Placid, New York on November 24–26. Medals were awarded in th ...
, placing eighth in the short program and fourth in the long program and scoring 195.56 points total.
On May 7, 2018 it was announced Tsurskaya was ending her partnership with coach Eteri Tutberidze
Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze (russian: Этери Георгиевна Тутберидзе, the native name is Eteri Gogievna, russian: Этери Гогиевна; born 24 February 1974) is a Russian figure skating coach who works mainly with fe ...
.
2018–2019 season
Tsurskaya began her season by competing at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy where she placed fourth. In her Grand Prix
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events, she placed seventh at the 2018 Skate America
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and eighth at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup
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. She placed fourteenth at the 2019 Russian Championships. Tsurskaya announced her retirement from figure skating on May 31, 2019.
Coaching
In summer 2020 Polina started working as a figure skating coach in the skating club Sambo-70, Chrustalnyi department, in a cooperation with the team of her former coach Eteri Tutberidze
Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze (russian: Этери Георгиевна Тутберидзе, the native name is Eteri Gogievna, russian: Этери Гогиевна; born 24 February 1974) is a Russian figure skating coach who works mainly with fe ...
. She mainly works with children.
Achievements
* Set the junior-level ladies' record for the free program to 128.59 points at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final, previously held by Elena Radionova
Elena Igorevna Radionova (russian: links=no, Елена Игоревна Радионова; born 6 January 1999) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2015 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2015–2016) European silver me ...
. Record was broken by Marin Honda
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2016 World Junior champion, the 2017 World Junior silver medalist, the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and the 2016–17 Japanese Junior National bronze medalist. She is the former ...
at the 2016 JGP Japan.
* Set the junior-level ladies' record for the combined total to 195.28 points at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final, previously held by Elena Radionova
Elena Igorevna Radionova (russian: links=no, Елена Игоревна Радионова; born 6 January 1999) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2015 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2015–2016) European silver me ...
. Record was broken by Alina Zagitova at the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final.
* Set the junior-level ladies' record for the short program to 69.02 points at the 2016 JGP Russia, previously held by Evgenia Medvedeva
Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva (alt. spelling: Yevgenia Medvedeva; rus, Евгения Армановна Медведева, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjə mʲɪˈdvʲedʲɪvə; born 19 November 1999), is a competitive Russian figure skater. She is a tw ...
. Record was broken by Alina Zagitova at the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Programs
Competitive highlights
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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
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Detailed results
Senior level
Junior level
''Previous ISU Junior world records highlighted in'' bold.
References
External links
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2001 births
Russian female single skaters
Living people
Sportspeople from Omsk
Figure skaters at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia