Misha Ge

Misha Ge

Misha Ge at the 2011 Worlds
Personal information
Country represented Uzbekistan
Born (1991-05-17) 17 May 1991
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Coach Jun Ge
Former coach Frank Carroll, Larisa Ge
Choreographer Misha Ge
Former choreographer Larisa Ge, Lukash Abrahamyan
Skating club Alpomish Tashkent
Training locations Beijing
Los Angeles
Began skating 1994
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 238.05
2014 Rostelecom Cup
Short program 82.25
2015 Four Continents
Free skate 158.36
2014 Rostelecom Cup

Misha Ge (born 17 May 1991) is an Uzbekistani figure skater. He has won seven international medals and two Uzbekistan national titles. He has finished in the top-ten at three ISU Championships and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing 17th.

Personal life

Misha Ge was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR to skating coaches Larisa and Jun Ge.[1][2] He is of Russian, Chinese, and Korean descent.[3] From the age of about 10, he lived in Beijing, China, where his parents coached.[3] Ge also resided in Hong Kong and Taiwan.[4] He moved to the United States in mid-2009[5] and returned to Beijing in 2013.[1] He speaks Russian, Mandarin, and English.[2] Ge has taken choreography courses at the Beijing Dance Academy and the Hollywood Dance Academy.[6]

Career

Having first stepped onto the ice at age three and a half, Misha Ge began training seriously at ten after moving to China.[7] From 2009, he trained in the United States. He started representing Uzbekistan in 2010.

Ge finished 6th at the 2011 Asian Winter Games and 12th at the 2011 Four Continents. He trained in Lake Arrowhead, California with Frank Carroll as his jump coach.

In 2011–12, Ge won silver medals at the Asian Trophy, Ice Challenge, and Istanbul Cup. He was 9th at the 2012 Four Continents.

Ge placed 16th at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario. His result earned Uzbekistan a men's entry at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Beijing became Ge's main training base in 2013.[1] In autumn of that year, he received his first Grand Prix assignment, the 2013 Rostelecom Cup. In February 2014, Ge competed at the Winter Olympics in Sochi and finished 17th.[2]

Ge placed 5th at the 2014 Cup of China and 4th at the 2014 Rostelecom Cup. Later during the season, he earned two top-ten placements at the ISU Championships. He placed 8th at the 2015 Four Continents in Seoul (7th in the short, 9th in the free), and 6th at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai (8th in SP, 7th in FS).

For the 2015-16 figure skating season, Ge was assigned to compete at the 2015 Cup of China and the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard. However, he withdrew from the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard due to a visa issue.[8] In October, he won the first place at the 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup for the third time, which became an ISU Challenger Series during the previous season.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
[9][10][11]
2014–2015
[12][13]
2013–2014
[1][2]		 World Dance Collection:
  • Neo Tango
    by Gotan Project
  • Rhumba d'Amour
  • Libella Swing
    by Parov Stelar
  • Tutti Frutti
2012–2013
[14]
  • Charlie Chaplin feat Hip Hop
  • Gentleman - Club House Mix
2011–2012
[15]
  • War and Love
    by Invincible
  • Gangnam Style
2010–2011
[16]

Competitive highlights

International[17]
Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Olympics 17th
Worlds 30th 19th 16th 27th 6th
Four Continents 12th 9th 11th 13th 8th
GP Cup of China 5th 8th
GP Rostel. Cup 8th 4th
GP Bompard WD
CS DS Cup 1st 1st 1st
CS Finlandia 6th 4th
Cup of Nice 8th
Ice Challenge 2nd 4th
Warsaw Cup 2nd
Asian Games 6th
Asian Open 2nd 2nd
Istanbul Cup 2nd
NRW Trophy 5th
National[17]
Uzbekistani 1st 1st
Chinese 6th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
GP = Grand Prix; CS = Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Misha GE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Misha GE". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (17 June 2011). "The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew - June 17". IceNetwork. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (12 August 2012). "The international Misha Ge". Golden Skate.
  5. ↑ Rohner, Lexi (8 September 2009). "Big names shine at Golden West Championships". IceNetwork. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  6. ↑ Luchianov, Vladislav (27 August 2015). "'One step at a time': Ge prefers to take things slow". IceNetwork.
  7. ↑ Luchianov, Vladislav (4 March 2013). "'Earth citizen' Ge wishes to change figure skating". IceNetwork.
  8. ↑ Misha Ge [mishageofficial] (8 October 2015). "My French Visa Update" (Tweet).
  9. ↑ Denkova Staviski Cup 2015 - Day 2 (YouTube). Sophia, Bulgaria: Denkova-Staviski Cup 2015 (Official Channel). 23 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Misha GE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015.
  11. ↑ Ge, Masha (9 November 2015). "#CoC15 Gala: Get Low (HardHouse Mix) 👳🏼 #ArabicPrince" (Instagram).
  12. ↑ "Misha GE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 July 2015.
  13. ↑ The ICE 2015 (Television Production). Sapporo, Japan: Fuji Television. 25 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "Misha GE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "Misha GE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012.
  16. ↑ "Misha GE: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
  17. 1 2 "Competition Results: Misha GE". International Skating Union.

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