Kristīne Gaile (born 26 January 1997) with her twin sister

Ieva Gaile Ieva Gaile (born 26 January 1997) and her twin sister Kristine Gaile are Latvian figure skaters. She was born in Jelgava, Latvia, where she started her skating career at the age of 4. After two years she changed her coaches and started training ...

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, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic dis ...

. She was born in

Jelgava Jelgava () is a state city in central Latvia. It is located about southwest of Riga. It is the largest town in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Jelgava was the capital of the united Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1578–1795) and was the ad ...

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

, where she started her skating career at the age of four. After two years she switched her coaches and started training in

Ventspils Ventspils () 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 is situated on the Venta River and ...

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

Synchronized skating Synchronized skating, often called synchro, is an ice skating sport where between 8 and 20 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 orig ...

team "Amber" and they participated in the World Synchronized Skating Championship 2012 ( WSSC). In 2015, she switched coaches and started training in Jelgava, Latvia. She rejoined

team "Amber" in 2015. "Amber" is the only Synchronized Skating team in Latvia and since 2012 has competed in ISU competitions and World Championships.

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Competitive highlights

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