Alina Zagitova

Alina Zagitova
Personal information
Native name Алина Ильназовна Загитова
Full name Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova
Born (2002-05-18) 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]
2015–16

    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

    1. ↑ "Cборная команды Российской Федерации по фигурному катанию на коньках" [Russian national figure skating team: 2016–17] (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia.
    2. 1 2 3 4 "Alina ZAGITOVA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
    3. ↑ "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.
    4. ↑ "Ньюскульная энергия" [Energy]. Izvestia Udmurskoy Respubliki (in Russian). 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016.
    5. 1 2 "Загитова Алина Ильназовна" [Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
    6. ↑ "Junior Ladies Result". International Skating Union. 26 August 2016.
    7. ↑ "Competition Results: Alina ZAGITOVA". International Skating Union.

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