Inga Gurgenidze

Georgian figure skater
Inga Gurgenidze
Full nameInga Zurabovna Gurgenidze
Native nameინგა ზურაბის ასული გურგენიძე (Georgian) Инга Зурабовна Гургенидзе (Russian)
Other namesInga Nikitina
Born (2009-04-23) 23 April 2009 (age 14)
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Height1.46 m (4 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Georgia
CoachLiudmila Gafarova
Skating clubRSSHOR of Figure Skating

Inga Zurabovna Gurgenidze (Georgian: ინგა ზურაბის ასული გურგენიძე, Russian: Инга Зурабовна Гургенидзе; born 23 April 2009), born Inga Zurabovna Nikitina,[1] is a Russian-Georgian figure skater who represents Georgia in women's singles. She is the 2022 JGP Italy bronze medalist, the 2022 Denis Ten Memorial junior champion, the 2022 Bosphorus Cup junior silver medalist, and the 2023 Dragon Trophy junior champion. She finished within the top ten at the 2023 World Junior Championships. She is the twenty-third woman in history to have successfully landed a triple Axel jump in competition.[2]

Personal life

Gurgenidze was born on 23 April 2009 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. She competed under her mother's surname (Nikitina) until the 2021–22 season when she changed it to her father's surname (Gurgenidze).[1]

Career

2022–23 season

In August 2022, it was confirmed that Russian-born Gurgenidze would be representing Georgia in international competition, having never previously skated for Russia internationally.[1] She made her international debut on the Junior Grand Prix series. She began her season with a fourth-place finish at 2022 JGP Latvia.[3] At her second even, the 2022 JGP Italy, Gurgenidze won the bronze medal.[4]

Gurgenidze then went on to win gold at the 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, silver at the 2022 Bosphorus Cup, and another gold at the 2023 Dragon Trophy. She finished the season at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta. After placing a disappointing nineteenth in the short program, Gurgenidze managed to skate a solid free program, placing seventh in that segment of the competition and finishing in ninth place overall.[3]

2023–24 season

In her second Junior Grand Prix season, Gurgenidze came ninth at the 2023 JGP Hungary and sixth at the 2023 JGP Armenia. She successfully defended her gold medal at the 2023 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and then won gold at the 2023 Bosphorus Cup to conclude the fall season.[3]

Gurgenidze represented Georgia in the women's event at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, coming fifth. At the 2024 World Junior Championships, she came twelfth.[3]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[5]
  • Memphisto's Lullaby
    by Yair Albeg, Or Kribos
  • Breathing Under Water
    (from Frightmare)
    by Ghostwriter
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
    (from Frightmare)
    by Ghostwriter
    choreo. by Ilona Bikmetova
2022–2023
[6]
  • Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
    performed by Winati, Moonshine, Bellman ft. Louise CS
  • Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
    by Eurythmics
    choreo. by Ilona Bikmetova
  • Temperature (DJ Kantik Club Mix)
    by Sean Paul
  • Tokyo Drift
    (from Fast & Furious)
    by Teriyaki Boyz
    choreo. by Ilona Bikmetova
  • The Devil You Know
    by Kovacs
    choreo. by Ilona Bikmetova
2021–2022
[7][8]
  • Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
    performed by Tanghetto
  • Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
    by Eurythmics
    choreo. by Ilona Bikmetova

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Georgia

International: Junior[3]
Event 22–23 23–24
Youth Olympics 5th
Junior Worlds 9th 12th
JGP Armenia C 6th
JGP Hungary 9th
JGP Italy 3rd
JGP Latvia 4th
Bosphorus Cup 2nd 1st
Denis Ten Memorial 1st 1st
Dragon Trophy 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled

For Russia

National[9]
Event 21–22
Russian Jr. Champ. 15th
Russian Cup Final 10th
Russian Cup 2nd Stage 6th
Russian Cup 4th Stage 3rd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system [10]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 190.52 2022 JGP Italy
Short program TSS 63.04 2022 JGP Italy
TES 37.34 2022 JGP Italy
PCS 26.73 2024 World Junior Championships
Free skating TSS 127.48 2022 JGP Italy
TES 69.56 2022 JGP Italy
PCS 58.92 2022 JGP Italy

Personal best highlighted in bold.

For Georgia

2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, 2024 2024 World Junior Championships 7
62.28 		16
110.59 		12
172.87
January 28–30, 2024 2024 Winter Youth Olympics 7
57.99 		6
115.42 		5
173.41
Nov. 27 – Dec. 3, 2022 2023 Bosphorus Cup 1
64.49 		1
111.83 		1
176.52
November 2–5, 2023 2023 Denis Ten Memorial 3
54.22 		1
109.54 		1
163.76
October 4–7, 2023 2023 JGP Armenia 6
55.47 		5
110.43 		6
165.90
September 20–23, 2023 2023 JGP Hungary 13
54.32 		8
105.53 		9
159.85
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships 19
52.02 		7
120.48 		9
172.50
February 9–12, 2023 2023 Dragon Trophy 4
53.73 		1
124.09 		1
177.82
Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2022 2023 Bosphorus Cup 2
52.58 		1
118.47 		2
171.05
October 26–29, 2022 2022 Denis Ten Memorial 1
63.62 		1
110.56 		1
174.18
October 12–15, 2022 2022 JGP Italy 4
63.04 		3
127.48 		3
190.52
September 7–10, 2022 2022 JGP Latvia 5
58.80 		4
121.48 		4
180.28

References

  1. ^ a b c Kuznetsov, Dmitry. "Российская фигуристка сменила гражданство. Ради карьеры она будет выступать под другой фамилией" [The Russian figure skater changed her citizenship. For the sake of her career, she will perform under a different name.]. Sport Express (in Russian). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Dragon Trophy 2023 Judges Details Per Skater, Women's Free Program" (PDF). International Skating Union.
  3. ^ a b c d e "GEO-Inga GURGENIDZE". Skating Scores.
  4. ^ "Skaters grab last seven tickets for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final at JGP Egna-Neumarkt". International Skating Union. October 17, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  5. ^ "Inga GURGENIDZE: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Inga GURGENIDZE: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Девушки. Короткая программа. Финал Кубка России по фигурному катанию 2021/22". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Девушки. Произвольная программа. Финал Кубка России по фигурному катанию 2021/22". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Инга Гургенидзе" [Inga Gurgenidze]. figure-skaters.ru (in Russian).
  10. ^ "Competition Results: Inga GURGENIDZE". International Skating Union.

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