Alina Urushadze

Alina Urushadze (Georgian: ალინა ურუშაძე, Russian: Алина Урушадзе; born 7 January 2004) is a Latvian-born Georgian-Russian figure skater who represents Georgia.[1] She is the 2019 Bosphorus Cup silver medalist and the 2019 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist. She placed 11th at the 2019 World Junior Championships and 5th at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Alina Urushadze
Urushadze at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Native nameალინა ურუშაძე
Born (2004-01-07) 7 January 2004
Riga, Latvia
HometownMoscow, Russia
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
CountryGeorgia (country) Georgia
CoachSvetlana Sokolovskaya
Skating clubCSKA Moscow
Began skating2008

Career

Born and raised in Riga, Urushadze previously skated for Latvia.[2][1] Since October 2018 she represents Georgia.[1]

2018–2019 season

In October 2018, Urushadze made her ISU Junior Grand Prix series debut in Yerevan, Armenia at the 2018 JGP Armenia. Despite placing fifth in both the short program and the free skate, she finished sixth overall and did not receive another Junior Grand Prix assignment for the season. Throughout the rest of the season, Urushadze went on to compete in the junior category at a number of smaller events, before wrapping up with her two largest events of the season: the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival and the 2019 World Junior Championships. At EYOF, Urushadze placed fourth in the short program, but fell to seventh after the free skate and sixth overall.

At Junior Worlds the following month, Urushadze ranked fifteenth after the short program, which put her in the third-to-last warm-up group for the free skate, where she placed eleventh, rising to eleventh overall.

2019–2020 season

Given two assignments on the Junior Grand Prix, Urushadze placed eighth in France and sixth in Croatia. After competing at a number of small senior competitions, winning medals at two of them, she competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, where she placed fifth. Making her senior ISU Championship debut, she placed fifteenth at the 2020 European Championships.[3] She concluded the season with a fifteenth-place finish at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Urushadze had been assigned to make her World Championship debut in Montreal, but they were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[4]

2020–2021 season

With the pandemic continuing to limit international events, the ISU opted to assign the Grand Prix based primarily on geographic location. Urushadze made her Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, finishing tenth among the ten competitors.[5] She placed twentieth at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.[6] Urushadze's result qualified a berth for Georgia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[7]

2021–2022 season

Urushadze began the season by competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, finishing seventh at the 2021 JGP France I. She went on to finish fifth at the 2021 Budapest Trophy. At the 2021 Volvo Open Cup, Urushadze won the gold medal before finishing seventeenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup.[8]

The Olympic spot for Georgia was ultimately awarded to Anastasia Gubanova.

2023–2024 season

In June 2023, the Georgian Figure Skating Federation announced that Urushadze would return to competition after a season of not competing.[9] She finished tenth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.[10]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
2022–23 Did not compete this season
2021–2022
2020–2021
[11]
2019–2020
[12]
2018–2019
[13]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[10]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 23–24
WorldsC20th
Europeans15th
GP Rostelecom10th
CS Budapest Trophy10th
CS Lombardia TrophyWD10th
CS Warsaw CupWD17th
Budapest Trophy5th
Golden Bear7th
Istanbul Cup2nd
Volvo Open Cup3rd1st
International: Junior[10]
Youth Olympics5th
Junior Worlds11th18th
JGP Armenia6th
JGP Croatia6th
JGP France8th7th
EYOF6th
Ice Star4th
Istanbul Cup2nd
Prague Ice Cup2nd
Skate Helena1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

Detailed results

Senior level
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
October 13-15, 2023 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 15
50.88		 10
102.49		 10
153.37
September 8–10, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 7
54.11		 9
98.49		 10
152.69

Junior level
2021–22 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup Senior 14
54.11		 19
93.28		 17
147.39
November 3–7, 2021 2021 Volvo Open Cup Senior 3
55.36		 1
122.93		 1
178.29
October 14–17, 2021 2021 Budapest Trophy Senior 5
60.32		 5
118.82		 5
179.14
August 18–21, 2021 2021 JGP France I Junior 7
52.29		 7
90.59		 7
142.88
2020–21 season
22–28 March 2021 2021 World Championships Senior 18
59.89		 20
109.12		 20
169.01
20–22 November 2020 2020 Rostelecom Cup Senior 10
55.86		 10
94.82		 10
150.68
2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships Junior 18
52.68		 18
95.43		 18
148.11
24–25 January 2020 2020 European Championships Senior 12
59.56		 18
95.25		 15
154.81
10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 5
63.10		 6
116.40		 5
179.50
25–30 November 2019 2019 Bosphorus Cup Senior 1
56.68		 2
100.23		 2
156.91
5–10 November 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup Senior 4
57.07		 3
106.76		 3
163.83
24–27 October 2019 2019 Golden Bear of Zagreb Senior 7
53.95		 11
93.26		 7
147.21
25–28 September 2019 2019 JGP Croatia Junior 5
55.98		 9
97.60		 6
153.58
21–24 August 2019 2019 JGP France Junior 8
55.89		 8
102.13		 8
158.02
2018–2019 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
4–10 March 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 15
52.53		 11
105.43		 11
157.96
13–14 February 2019 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival Junior 4
55.99		 7
95.30		 6
151.29
16–19 January 2019 2019 Skate Helena Junior 1
51.83		 2
94.88		 1
146.71
28–29 November 2018 2018 Bosphorus Cup Junior 2
50.36		 2
94.30		 2
144.66
9–11 November 2018 2018 Prague Ice Cup Junior 3
46.79		 1
93.08		 2
139.87
18–21 October 2018 2018 Ice Star Junior 4
49.18		 3
89.94		 4
139.12
10–13 October 2018 2018 JGP Armenia Junior 5
58.31		 5
107.06		 6
165.37

References
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  6. "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Ladies". International Skating Union.
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