Alina Urushadze Explained

Alina Urushadze
Native Name:ალინა ურუშაძე
Native Name Lang:ka
Country: (2018–)
(till 2018)
Birth Date:7 January 2004
Birth Place:Riga, Latvia
Hometown:Moscow, Russia
Coach:Svetlana Sokolovskaya
Formercoach:Andrejs Brovenko, Jekaterina Platonova,
Choreographer:Vitaly Butikov
Skating Club:CSKA Moscow
Currenttraininglocations:Moscow
Fondo, Italy; Jelgava, Latvia
Beganskating:2008
Worldranking:49 ()
Combined Total:179.50
Combined Date:2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Sp Score:63.10
Sp Date:2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Fs Score:116.40
Fs Date:2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Show-Medals:yes

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.

Career

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

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. 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.

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. She placed twentieth at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm. Urushadze's result qualified a berth for Georgia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

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.

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. She finished tenth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2023–2024
2022–23Did not compete this season
2021–2022
2020–2021
2019–2020
2018–2019

Competitive highlights

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

International
Event18–1919–2020–2121–2223–24
align=left C 20th
align=left 15th 22nd
align=left 10th
align=left 10th
align=left WD 10th
align=left WD 17th
align=left 5th
align=left 7th
align=left 2nd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=gold 1st
International: Junior
5th
11th 18th
6th
6th
8th 7th
6th
4th
2nd
2nd
1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

Detailed results

Senior level

2023–24 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
January 10-14, 20242024 European Figure Skating Championshipsalign=center 23
50.54		align=center 21
90.12		align=center 22
140.66
October 13-15, 20232023 CS Budapest Trophyalign=center 15
50.88		align=center 10
102.49		align=center 10
153.37
September 8–10, 20232023 CS Lombardia Trophyalign=center 7
54.11		align=center 9
98.49		align=center 10
152.69

Junior level

2021–22 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
November 17–20, 20212021 CS Warsaw CupSenioralign=center 14
54.11		align=center 19
93.28		align=center 17
147.39
November 3–7, 20212021 Volvo Open CupSenioralign=center 3
55.36 		align=center 1
122.93		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
178.29
October 14–17, 20212021 Budapest TrophySenioralign=center 5
60.32		align=center 5
118.82		align=center 5
179.14
August 18–21, 20212021 JGP France IJunioralign=center 7
52.29		align=center 7
90.59		align=center 7
142.88
2020–21 season
22–28 March 20212021 World ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 18
59.89		align=center 20
109.12		align=center 20
169.01
20–22 November 20202020 Rostelecom CupSenioralign=center 10
55.86		align=center 10
94.82		align=center 10
150.68
2019–20 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
2–8 March 20202020 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 18
52.68		align=center 18
95.43		align=center 18
148.11
24–25 January 20202020 European ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 12
59.56		align=center 18
95.25		align=center 15
154.81
10–15 January 20202020 Winter Youth OlympicsJunioralign=center 5
63.10		align=center 6
116.40		align=center 5
179.50
25–30 November 20192019 Bosphorus CupSenioralign=center 1
56.68		align=center 2
100.23		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
156.91
5–10 November 20192019 Volvo Open CupSenioralign=center 4
57.07		align=center 3
106.76		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
163.83
24–27 October 20192019 Golden Bear of ZagrebSenioralign=center 7
53.95		align=center 11
93.26		align=center 7
147.21
25–28 September 20192019 JGP CroatiaJunioralign=center 5
55.98		align=center 9
97.60		align=center 6
153.58
21–24 August 20192019 JGP FranceJunioralign=center 8
55.89		align=center 8
102.13		align=center 8
158.02
2018–2019 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
4–10 March 20192019 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 15
52.53		align=center 11
105.43		align=center 11
157.96
13–14 February 20192019 European Youth Olympic FestivalJunioralign=center 4
55.99		align=center 7
95.30		align=center 6
151.29
16–19 January 20192019 Skate HelenaJunioralign=center 1
51.83		align=center 2
94.88		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
146.71
28–29 November 20182018 Bosphorus CupJunioralign=center 2
50.36		align=center 2
94.30		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
144.66
9–11 November 20182018 Prague Ice CupJunioralign=center 3
46.79		align=center 1
93.08		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
139.87
18–21 October 20182018 Ice StarJunioralign=center 4
49.18		align=center 3
89.94		align=center 4
139.12
10–13 October 20182018 JGP ArmeniaJunioralign=center 5
58.31		align=center 5
107.06		align=center 6
165.37

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Уроженка Латвии Алина Урушадзе гордится тем, что выступает за Грузию. Грузия Online. 2019-02-13. 2019-03-09.
  2. Web site: На ЧЕ они могли выступать за Россию: ученик Тутберидзе, надежда Азербайджана и юные звезды из Грузии - 21 января 2020 - Sport24.

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