Alina Zagitova
| Alina Zagitova | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Native name | Алина Ильназовна Загитова |
| Full name | Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova |
| Born |
18 May 2002 Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia |
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) |
| Coach | Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov |
| Former coach | Natalia Antipina |
| Choreographer | Eteri Tutberidze, Daniil Gleikhengauz |
| Skating club | Sambo 70 |
| Former skating club | DYUSSH Izhevsk |
| Training locations | Moscow |
| Former training locations | Izhevsk |
| Began skating | 2007 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total |
194.37 2016 JGP France |
| Short program |
68.09 2016 JGP Slovenia |
| Free skate |
126.30 2016 JGP France |
Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova (Russian: Алина Ильназовна Загитова;[1] born 18 May 2002) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2016 JGP France champion.
Personal life
Zagitova was born on 18 May 2002 in Izhevsk.[2] Her father is Ilnaz Zagitov, an ice hockey coach of Tatar origin.[3] She has a younger sister, Sabina.[4]
Career
Zagitova began learning to skate in 2007.[2] She trained in Izhevsk under Natalia Antipina until 2015.[5] She is now coached by Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov in Moscow.[2]
Zagitova finished 9th at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships after placing 12th in the short program and 8th in the free skate. Her international debut came in late August 2016 at a 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France; ranked first in both segments, she won the gold medal ahead of Kaori Sakamoto.[6] Her total score at the event, 194.37 points, is the second highest ever achieved by a ladies' single skater on the junior level, behind only Polina Tsurskaya. Zagitova's second JGP assignment was in JGP Slovenia, where she won the bronze medal behind Japanese skaters Rika Kihira and Marin Honda. The results qualified her to 2016–17 JGP Final to be held on December in Marseille, France.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 [2] |
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| 2015–16 |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[7] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
| JGP Final | TBD | |
| JGP France | 1st | |
| JGP Slovenia | 3rd | |
| National[5] | ||
| Russian Junior Champ. | 9th | |
| TBD: Assigned | ||
Detailed results
| 2016–17 season | |||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22–24 September 2016 | 2016 JGP Slovenia | Junior | 1 68.09 |
4 109.29 |
3 177.38 | ||
| 24–27 August 2016 | 2016 JGP France | Junior | 1 68.07 |
1 126.30 |
1 194.37 | ||
| 2015–16 season | |||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | ||
| 19–23 January 2016 | 2016 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 12 52.85 |
8 108.08 |
9 160.93 | ||
References
- ↑ "Cборная команды Российской Федерации по фигурному катанию на коньках" [Russian national figure skating team: 2016–17] (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia.
- 1 2 3 4 "Alina ZAGITOVA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "Дочь главного тренера «Ижстали» Ильназа Загитова тренируется у экс-наставника Юлии Липницкой" [Daughter of Izhstal's head coach, Ilnaz Zagitov, is training under the former coach of Yulia Lipnitskaya] (in Russian). Novosti Izhevska i Udmurtii. 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ньюскульная энергия" [Energy]. Izvestia Udmurskoy Respubliki (in Russian). 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Загитова Алина Ильназовна" [Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
- ↑ "Junior Ladies Result". International Skating Union. 26 August 2016.
- ↑ "Competition Results: Alina ZAGITOVA". International Skating Union.