Polina Tsurskaya
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Tsurskaya at the 2015–16 JGP Final | |||||||||||||
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| Native name | Полина Игоревна Цурская | ||||||||||||
| Full name | Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya | ||||||||||||
| Country represented | Russia | ||||||||||||
| Born |
11 July 2001 Omsk, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov | ||||||||||||
| Former coach | Tatiana Odinokova | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Eteri Tutberidze, Daniil Gleikhengauz, Liudmila Gleikhengauz | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | Sambo 70 | ||||||||||||
| Training locations | Moscow | ||||||||||||
| Former training locations | Omsk | ||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2005 | ||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
| Combined total |
195.28 2015–16 JGP Final | ||||||||||||
| Short program |
66.69 2015–16 JGP Final | ||||||||||||
| Free skate |
128.59 2015–16 JGP Final | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya (Russian: Полина Игоревна Цурская, born 11 July 2001) is a Russian competitive figure skater. She is the 2015–16 JGP Final champion and the 2016 Russian Junior National champion.
She is the current junior ladies' record-holder for the highest free program and combined total scores.
Personal life
Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya was born on 11 July 2001 in Omsk, Russia.[1][2] She moved to Moscow in 2013.[3]
Career
Tsurskaya began skating in 2005.[1] Coached by Tatiana Odinokova in Omsk until 2013, she joined Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov after relocating to Moscow.[3] Fifth in her first appearance at the Russian Junior Championships, in 2014, she finished 4th in 2015.
2015−16 season
Tsurskaya made her international debut in August 2015 at the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in Bratislava, Slovakia. She was awarded the gold medal after placing first in both segments and finishing 10 points ahead of the silver medalist, Mai Mihara. Outscoring Ekaterina Mitrofanova by 21 points, she won her next JGP assignment, in Toruń, Poland. She qualified for the 2015–16 JGP Final, where she won the gold medal with personal best scores in the short program and free skate and a total of 195.28 points.[4] She broke the junior records in the free skate and total scores set by compatriot Elena Radionova. On December 24-27, at the Russian Championships, Tsurskaya finished fourth on the senior level behind Anna Pogorilaya. On January 21-23, Tsurskaya won her first junior national title at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships with a total score of 210.04 points, held in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Records and achievements
- Set the junior-level ladies' record for the free program to 128.59 points at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final, previously held by Russia's Elena Radionova.
- Set the junior-level ladies' record for the combined total to 195.28 points at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final, previously held by Radionova.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2015–2016 [1] |
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| 2014–2015 |
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| 2013–2014 |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International: Junior[5] | |||
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| Event | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 |
| Junior Worlds | TBD | ||
| Youth Olympics | TBD | ||
| JGP Final | 1st | ||
| JGP Slovakia | 1st | ||
| JGP Poland | 1st | ||
| National[3] | |||
| Russian Champ. | 4th | ||
| Russian Junior Champ. | 5th | 4th | 1st |
Detailed results
| 2015–16 season | |||||||
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| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | ||
| 12–21 February 2016 | 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | Junior | 4 58.65 |
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| 19–23 January 2016 | 2016 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 1 73.51 |
1 136.53 |
1 210.04 | ||
| 24–27 December 2015 | 2016 Russian Championships | Senior | 5 70.53 |
5 134.93 |
4 205.46 | ||
| 10–13 December 2015 | 2015−16 JGP Final | Junior | 1 66.69 |
1 128.59 |
1 195.28 | ||
| 23–26 September 2015 | 2015 JGP Poland | Junior | 1 61.04 |
1 126.81 |
1 187.85 | ||
| 19–23 August 2015 | 2015 JGP Slovakia | Junior | 1 66.08 |
1 123.42 |
1 189.50 | ||
| 2014–15 season | |||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | ||
| 4–7 February 2015 | 2015 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 3 64.07 |
4 118.76 |
4 182.83 | ||
| 2013–14 season | |||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | ||
| 23–25 January 2014 | 2014 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 3 63.58 |
6 116.02 |
5 179.60 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 "Polina TSURSKAYA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union.
- ↑ СПИСОК кандидатов в спортивные сборные команды Российской Федерации по фигурному катанию на коньках на 2015-2016 гг. [List of candidates for 2015-2016 Russian national team] (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 Цурская Полина Игоревна [Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
- ↑ "Polina Tsurskaya flawless in Barcelona". Golden Skate.
- ↑ "Competition Results: Polina TSURSKAYA". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Polina Tsurskaya at Wikimedia Commons
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