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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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11 July 2001 Omsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 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 |
69.02 2016 JGP Russia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Free skate |
128.59 2015–16 JGP Final | ||||||||||||||||||
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Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya (Russian: Полина Игоревна Цурская, born 11 July 2001) is a Russian competitive figure skater. She is the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic champion, the 2015–16 JGP Final champion and the 2016 Russian Junior National champion.
She is the current junior ladies' record-holder for the highest short program and combined total scores and also the former one for the highest free program score.
Personal life
Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya was born on 11 July 2001 in Omsk, Russia.[1][2] She has an elder brother, Igor, who is nine years her senior.[3] She moved to Moscow in 2013.[4]
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.[4] 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, and qualified for the final. At the 2015–16 JGP Final, held on December in Barcelona, she won the gold medal with personal best scores in both segments and a total of 195.28 points.[5] She broke the junior records in the free skate and total scores set by compatriot Elena Radionova. Competing on the senior level, Tsurskaya finished fourth later in December at the Russian Championships before winning her first junior national title in January.
In February, Tsurskaya won gold at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.[6] In March, she was scheduled to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen but withdrew before the start of the event. An ankle injury had occurred a day before she departed for the event and was aggravated when she fell in Hungary during the morning practice before the short program.[3] After three months during which she had to avoid running and jumping, she resumed training in early June.[7]
2016−17 season
Returning to competition since her injury, Tsurskaya's first assignment of the 2016–17 JGP series was in Saransk, Russia where she placed first in the short program, earning a new personal and junior world record score of 69.02, she placed second in the free to win the gold medal overall with a total of 183.73 points. On September 28 – October 1, Tsurskaya then competed at the JGP in Estonia where she placed first in both the short and free skate programs with a total of 194.02 points, thus qualifying to her second 2016–17 JGP Final to be held on December in Marseille, France. It was known on November 29th that Tsurskaya has withdrawn from the 2016–17 JGP Final due to an unspecified injury.
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.
- Set the junior-level ladies' record for the short program to 69.02 points at the 2016 JGP Russia, previously held by Evgenia Medvedeva.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2016–17 [8][3][7] |
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| 2015–16 [1] |
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| 2014–15 |
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| 2013–14 |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International: Junior[9] | ||||
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| Event | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
| Youth Olympics | 1st | |||
| Junior Worlds | WD | |||
| JGP Final | 1st | WD | ||
| JGP Estonia | 1st | |||
| JGP Poland | 1st | |||
| JGP Russia | 1st | |||
| JGP Slovakia | 1st | |||
| National[4] | ||||
| Russian Champ. | 4th | |||
| Russian Junior Champ. | 5th | 4th | 1st | |
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew | ||||
Detailed results
| 2016–17 season | |||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | ||
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| September 28 – October 1, 2016 | 2016 JGP Estonia | Junior | 1 66.72 |
1 127.30 |
1 194.02 | ||
| 14–18 September 2016 | 2016 JGP Russia | Junior | 1 69.02 |
2 114.71 |
1 183.73 | ||
| 2015–16 season | |||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total | ||
| 14–20 March 2016 | 2016 World Junior Championships | Junior | - | - | WD | ||
| 12–21 February 2016 | 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | Junior | 4 58.65 |
1 127.39 |
1 186.04 | ||
| 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. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
- ↑ 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 Flade, Tatjana (9 September 2016). "Polina Tsurskaya looking for strong comeback after injury". Golden Skate.
- 1 2 3 Цурская Полина Игоревна [Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
- ↑ Slater, Paula (13 December 2015). "Polina Tsurskaya flawless in Barcelona". Golden Skate.
- ↑ "Top two Tsurskaya and Sotskova cap a memorable day at Hamar for Russia". Olympic.org. 16 February 2016.
- 1 2 Luchianov, Vladislav (13 September 2016). "Tsurskaya hopes for 'worthy' return at JGP Russia". IceNetwork.com.
- ↑ "Polina TSURSKAYA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "Competition Results: Polina TSURSKAYA". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Polina Tsurskaya at Wikimedia Commons