Olga Mikutina Explained

Olga Mikutina
Native Name:Ольга Романівна Мікутіна
Native Name Lang:uk
Fullname:Olga Romanovna Mikutina
Country: (2016–)
(until 2014)
Birth Date:6 October 2003
Birth Place:Kharkiv, Ukraine
Hometown:Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria
Coach:Elena Romanova,Galit Chait, Alexei Bychenko, Evgeni Krasnopolski
Formercoach:Viktor Kudriavtsev
Choreographer:Rostislav Sinicyn
Skating Club:FEV Feldkirch Einslaufverein Montfort
Currenttraininglocations:Flims, Switzerland
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Formertraininglocations:Feldkirch
Beganskating:2007
Worldranking:32 (2021-22)
39 (2020–21)
93 (2019–20)
201 (2018–19)
Combined Total:198.77
Combined Date:2021 Worlds
Sp Score:67.18
Sp Date:2021 Worlds
Fs Score:131.59
Fs Date:2021 Worlds
Show-Medals:yes

Olga Romanovna Mikutina (Ukrainian: Ольга Романівна Мікутіна; born 6 October 2003) is a Ukrainian-Austrian figure skater who competes for Austria. She is a three-time Austrian national champion (2020–21, 2024), as well as a two-time Austrian national junior champion (2019–2020). Internationally, she has represented the country at the European and World championships, and finished fourteenth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

Early life and career

Mikutina was born on 6 October 2003 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Her father, Roman, is a hockey player. She took up skating in 2007 at the age of four. She began her skating career competing for her native Ukraine and, by age 12, was already a three-time Ukrainian youth national champion.

When she was 12, her parents decided that she needed better training conditions than were available in Ukraine and were advised to seek out coach Elena Romanova in Feldkirch, Austria. She would later remark, "at first, I didn’t realize that we were really moving there. I thought we were just training there for some time." She began competing for Austria at the advanced novice level internationally in 2016. She subsequently became an Austrian citizen in January 2020.

2017–2018 season

At the 2018 Austrian Championships, Mikutina won the junior bronze medal.

2018–2019 season

Mikutina made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in August 2019 at the 2018 JGP Austria. She placed thirteenth overall at the event. Later in the season, she improved her JGP record by placing ninth overall at her second assignment, the 2018 JGP Czech Republic. After the Junior Grand Prix, Mikutina competed at several other international competitions, taking gold in the junior divisions of the 2018 installments of the Halloween Cup, Skate Celje, and the Volvo Open Cup.

At the 2019 Austrian Championships in December, Mikutina won her first junior national title and was thus named to the Austrian team for the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. At the event in March, Mikutina ranked twentieth in the short program and qualified for the free skate, where she placed fifteenth, which lifted her to eighteenth overall.

2019–2020 season

Mikutina started the season at the 2019 JGP Latvia, where she placed seventeenth. Later that month, she placed thirteenth at 2019 JGP Zagreb. At her next event, Mikutina finished fourth at Ice Star 2019, held in Minsk. Afterward, she completed at several international competitions on the senior level, earning the silver medal at Golden Bear, bronze at the Tallinn Trophy, and gold medals at Icelab International Cup, Eiscup Innsbruck and Bosphorus Cup. In December, she won gold on the junior and senior levels at the Austrian championships, becoming the first skater to simultaneously hold Austrian national junior and senior titles.

In January, Mikutina came in fourth place at the EduSport Trophy in Bucharest and was assigned to the 2020 European Championships held in Graz, Austria. She ranked twenty-first in the short program at the event, earning a new personal best of 53.19 points. After the free skate, she finished in twenty-fourth place overall. Mikutina finished her season at the Jégvirág Cup in Hungary, where she won the gold medal at the junior level. She had been assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, which would have been her senior Worlds debut, but those were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

2020–2021 season

Mikutina made her season debut at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where she placed thirteenth. She was on the preliminary entry list for the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy but withdrew. After winning her second consecutive national title, she competed at the 2021 Tallink Hotels Cup, taking the silver medal behind Eva-Lotta Kiibus.

Mikutina made her World debut in Stockholm at the 2021 World Championships in late March. She skated clean in her short program at the event to score a new personal best, topping her previous score by over 14 points and qualified to the free skate in eleventh place. She then placed seventh in the free skate and finished eighth overall. Mikutina's placement in the top ten qualified a place for Austria at the 2022 Winter Olympics, as well as the possibility of a second berth and two placements at the following year's world championships. It was the best result for an Austrian lady since Julia Lautowa's eighth place in 1997.

2021–2022 season

Suffering from right knee inflammation, Mikutina's training was hindered over the summer, and as a result, she withdrew from the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and what was to be her first Grand Prix assignment, the 2021 NHK Trophy. She made her Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, where she finished in twelfth place of twelve skaters.

Mikutina failed to defend her national title, taking the silver medal behind Stefanie Pesendorfer, but was still assigned to the Austrian Olympic team and the European Championships, finishing fifteenth at the latter in January. Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the women's event, Mikutina placed eighteenth in the short program. Fourteenth in the free skate, she rose to fourteenth overall.

Days after the Olympics concluded, Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, as a result of which the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian skaters from competing at the 2022 World Championships. Mikutina's birthplace of Kharkiv became the site of one of the largest and most destructive battles of the war, which she vocally protested. She placed fourteen at the World Championships.

2022–2023 season

Mikutina continued to train, noting that "when I go on the ice, I can imagine myself in another world," away from worries relating to the war, while her father and grandparents continued to live in eastern Ukraine. She started her season with seventh and ninth placements at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, respectively. She then went on to win gold at the 2022 Tayside Trophy. At the 2022 Grand Prix de France, Mikutina finished in tenth place after placing tenth in both the short and free programs. She was tenth as well at the 2022 NHK Trophy.

Assigned to Austria's championship berths in the second half of the season, Mikutina came twelfth at the 2023 European Championships and nineteenth at the 2023 World Championships.

2023–2024 season

In October 2023, it was announced that Mikutina had switched training locations from Feldkirch, Austria to Montclair, New Jersey and that she was now being coached by Galit Chait, Alexei Bychenko, and Evgeni Krasnopolski.

Mikutina made two appearances on the Challenger circuit, coming fifth at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy and ninth at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, and winning gold at the Swiss Open and the Austrian championships. Assigned to the European Championships, she finished in eighth place. She then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2024 Bavarian Open, and came fourteenth at the 2024 World Championships.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2023–2024
  • The Curse
  • Dawn of Faith
2022–2023
  • My Nocturnal Serenade
2021–2022
  • Primavera
  • Experience
2020–2021
2019–2020
  • Tango
2018–2019
  • Megapolis (Russian: Мегаполис)

Detailed results

Senior level

2023–2024 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 18–24, 20242024 World Championshipsalign=center 16
60.77 		align=center 13
116.99 		align=center 14
177.76
February 9-11, 20242024 Dragon Trophyalign=center 1
60.14		align=center 2
112.91		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
173.05
January 30–February 4, 20242024 Bavarian Openalign=center 2
57.01 		align=center 2
113.52		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
170.53
January 10–14, 20242024 European Championshipsalign=center 5
63.71		align=center 10
109.75		align=center 8
173.46
December 13–17, 20232024 Austrian Championshipsalign=center 2
58.62		align=center 1
114.31		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
172.93
December 6–9, 20232023 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebalign=center 3
58.08		align=center 10
95.82		align=center 9
153.90
October 26–29, 20232023 Swiss Ice Skating Openalign=center 2
59.08		align=center 2
91.97		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
151.05
October 13–15, 20232023 CS Budapest Trophyalign=center 6
61.48		align=center 5
108.01		align=center 5
169.49
DateEventSPFSTotal
2022–2023 season
March 22–26, 20232023 World Championshipsalign=center 20
57.05		align=center 18
115.26		align=center 19
172.31
January 25–29, 20232023 European Championshipsalign=center 4
62.78		align=center 18
96.30		align=center 12
159.08
November 18–20, 20222022 NHK Trophyalign=center 10
56.95		align=center 9
116.41		align=center 10
173.36
November 4–6, 20222022 Grand Prix de Francealign=center 10
56.00		align=center 10
103.99		align=center 10
159.99
October 15–16, 20222022 Tayside Trophyalign=center 2
60.07		align=center 1
114.63		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
174.70
October 4–9, 20222022 CS Finlandia Trophyalign=center 15
52.81		align=center 7
107.62		align=center 9
160.43
September 21–24, 20222022 CS Nebelhorn Trophyalign=center 4
58.31		align=center 9
97.22		align=center 7
155.53
2021–2022 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 21–27, 20222022 World Championshipsalign=center 15
62.14		align=center 13
120.84		align=center 14
182.98
February 15–17, 20222022 Winter Olympicsalign=center 17
61.14		align=center 13
121.06		align=center 13
182.20
January 10–16, 20222022 European Championshipsalign=center 12
60.16		align=center 17
103.85		align=center 15
164.01
December 9–11, 20222022 Austrian Championshipsalign=center 1
62.77		align=center 2
111.06 		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
173.83
November 26–28, 20212021 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 10
57.09 		align=center 12
104.00		align=center 12
161.09
2020–2021 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
22–28 March 20212021 World Championshipsalign=center 11
67.18		align=center 7
131.59		align=center 8
198.77
19–21 February 20212021 Tallink Hotels Cupalign=center 2
63.19		align=center 2
117.23		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
180.42
10–12 December 2020align=center 1
55.97		align=center 1
113.13		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
169.10
23–26 September 20202020 CS Nebelhorn Trophyalign=center 12
44.14 		align=center 15
85.26		align=center 13
129.40
2019–2020 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
20–26 January 20202020 European Championshipsalign=center 21
53.19		align=center 24
76.96		align=center 24
130.15
8–12 January 20202019 EduSport Trophyalign=center 4
58.92		align=center 4
101.20		align=center 4
160.12
12–14 December 20192020 Austrian Championshipsalign=center 2
56.67		align=center 1
114.98		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
171.65
25–30 November 20192019 Bosphorus Cupalign=center 2
54.83		align=center 1
111.73		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
166.56
22–24 November 20192019 Eiscup Innsbruckalign=center 1
62.57		align=center 1
122.29		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
184.86
11–17 November 20192019 Tallinn Trophyalign=center 4
53.40		align=center 3
109.08		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
162.48
24–27 October 20192019 Golden Bearalign=center 1
62.32		align=center 4
110.67		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
172.99

Junior results

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2019–2020 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
15–17 February 20202020 Jégvirág Cupalign=center 1
55.84		align=center 1
110.72		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
166.56
12–14 December 20192020 Austrian Junior Championshipsalign=center 1
54.06		align=center 2
97.99		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
152.05
1–3 November 20192019 Icelab Cupalign=center 1
57.65		align=center 1
102.68		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
160.33
14–17 October 20192019 Ice Staralign=center 3
56.57		align=center 6
94.52		align=center 4
151.09
25–28 September 20192019 JGP Croatiaalign=center 13
46.41		align=center 12
93.70		align=center 13
140.11
4–7 September 20192019 JGP Latviaalign=center 21
42.36		align=center 13
88.06		align=center 17
130.42
2018–2019 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
28–31 March 20192019 Egna Spring Trophyalign=center 2
53.52		align=center 3
93.72		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
147.24
4–10 March 20192019 World Junior Championshipsalign=center 20
48.75		align=center 15
96.59		align=center 18
145.34
13–16 December 20182019 Austrian Junior Championshipsalign=center 1
53.87		align=center 1
100.32		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
154.19
22–25 November 20182018 Skate Celjealign=center 1
55.23		align=center 2
90.31		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
145.54
6–11 November 20182018 Volvo Open Cupalign=center 1
54.22		align=center 1
95.37		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
149.59
19–21 October 20182018 Halloween Cupalign=center 1
58.94		align=center 1
108.10		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
167.04
26–29 September 20182018 JGP Czech Republicalign=center 8
52.37		align=center 13
90.73		align=center 9
143.10
29 August – 1 September 20182018 JGP Austriaalign=center 13
45.01		align=center 15
74.50		align=center 13
119.51
2017–2018 season
4 April 20182018 Triglav Trophyalign=center 1
57.53		align=center 1
97.80		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
155.53
13–16 March 20182018 Coupe du Printempsalign=center 1
57.53		align=center 1
97.80		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
155.33
26–31 January 20182018 Bavarian Openalign=center 7
47.94		align=center 8
88.75		align=center 8
136.69
4–7 January 20182018 FBMA Trophyalign=center 1
45.14		align=center 1
78.14		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
123.28
13–16 December 20172018 Austrian Junior Championshipsalign=center 3
45.79		align=center 3
85.79		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
131.58
20–25 November 20172017 Cup of Tyrolalign=center 18
41.28		align=center 4
88.21		align=center 6
129.49
31 October – 4 November 20172017 Denkova-Staviski Cupalign=center 2
52.09		align=center 2
91.66		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
143.75
11–15 October 20172017 Cup of Nicealign=center 7
46.36		align=center 10
83.57		align=center 10
129.93