Yulia Lipnitskaya

Russian former competitive figure skater

Yulia Lipnitskaya (Russian: Ю́лия Вячесла́вовна Липни́цкая; born on 5 June 1998) is a Russian figure skater. She is a 2014 Olympic champion in the figure skating team event,[1] the 2014 World Championships silver medalist,[2] the 2014 European champion,[3] the 2013/14 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2012 World Junior champion.[4]

Yulia Lipnitskaya
Lipnitskaya at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Native nameЮлия Вячеславовна Липницкая
Full nameYulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya
Alternative namesJulia Lipnitskaia
Schol.: Julia Vjačeslavovna Lipnickaja
Country representedRussia
Born (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 25)
Yekaterinburg, Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
CoachEteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov
Former coachElena Levkovets, Marina Voitsekhovskaya
ChoreographerIlia Averbukh
Former choreographerNikolai Morozov
Training locationsMoscow
Former training locationsYekaterinburg
Began skating2002
World standing2 (As of 4 July 2014)
Season's bests5 (2013–14)]
5 (2012–13)
5 (2011–12)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total209.72
2014 Europeans
Short program74.54
2014 Worlds
Free skate141.51
2014 Winter Olympics (Team)
Medal record
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Representing  Russia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 0 1 0
European Championships 1 0 0
ISU Grand Prix Final 0 1 0
World Junior Championships 1 1 0
Junior Grand Prix Final 1 0 0
Total 4 3 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Saitama Ladies' singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Budapest Ladies' singles
Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2013–2014 Fukuoka Ladies' singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Minsk Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Milan Ladies' singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2011–2012 Quebec Ladies' singles

References change

  1. "15yo prodigy Yulia Lipnitskaya is Russia's youngest Winter Olympic champion". Russia Today. 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
    "Russia's Julia Lipnitskaia is an Olympic gold medalist, and she's 15 years old". USA Today. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  2. "Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya wins silver medal at world figure skating championships". Voice of Russia. 2014-03-29. Archived from the original on 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  3. "Yulia Lipnitskaya, 15, wins European Championships". NBC OlympicTalk. 2014-01-17. Archived from the original on 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  4. "Julia LIPNITSKAIA - Biography". ISU.

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