Polina Tsurskaya

Polina Tsurskaya

Tsurskaya at the 2015–16 JGP Final
Personal information
Native name Полина Игоревна Цурская
Full name Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya
Country represented Russia
Born (2001-07-11) 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
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Winter Youth Olympics
2016 Lillehammer Ladies's singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2015–16 Barcelona Ladies' singles

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

Programs

Tsurskaya at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final podium
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2016–17
[8][3][7]
  • February
    by Leonid Levashkevich
2015–16
[1]
  • Adagio in G minor
    by Remo Giazotto, Tomaso Albinoni
    performed by Ikuko Kawai
    choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz
2014–15
  • Chess
    by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
    choreo. by Eteri Tutberidze
2013–14

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior[9]
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

Tsurskaya at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
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. 1 2 3 "Polina TSURSKAYA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 3 Flade, Tatjana (9 September 2016). "Polina Tsurskaya looking for strong comeback after injury". Golden Skate.
  4. 1 2 3 Цурская Полина Игоревна [Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
  5. ↑ Slater, Paula (13 December 2015). "Polina Tsurskaya flawless in Barcelona". Golden Skate.
  6. ↑ "Top two Tsurskaya and Sotskova cap a memorable day at Hamar for Russia". Olympic.org. 16 February 2016.
  7. 1 2 Luchianov, Vladislav (13 September 2016). "Tsurskaya hopes for 'worthy' return at JGP Russia". IceNetwork.com.
  8. ↑ "Polina TSURSKAYA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  9. ↑ "Competition Results: Polina TSURSKAYA". International Skating Union.

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