| Alina Zagitova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Zagitova at the Team Tutberidze show in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | Алина Ильназовна Загитова | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 2002 Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Eteri Tutberidze Sergei Dudakov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Sambo-70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova (Russian: Алина Ильназовна Загитова, IPA: [ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə];[7] born 18 May 2002) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2018 Olympic champion, the 2019 World champion, the 2018 European champion, 2017–18 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2018 Russian national champion. Zagitova also won a silver medal in the team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia team.[8]
Zagitova is the only Russian female figure skater who has won gold at the Olympic Games, World Figure Skating Championships, European Figure Skating Championships and Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. She is the first Muslim athlete to win an Olympic figure skating gold medal, a world title. She is the youngest and second ladies' singles skater, after Yuna Kim, to win gold in all major ISU championship titles including the Junior Grand Prix Series and Final, World Junior Championships, Grand Prix Series and Final, European Championships, World Championships, and Winter Olympic Games; making her one of the only two women's single skaters to have completed a Super Slam after Yuna Kim. Earlier in her career, she won gold at the 2017 World Junior Championships and at the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final. At the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final, she became the first junior lady to achieve a total score above the 200 mark.[9] Zagitova has broken the world record once under the old system and four times under the new system.
- ^ "Alina Zagitova Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Biography". isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Seasons Best Scores". isuresults.com. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Seasons Best Scores". isuresults.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Seasons Best Scores". isuresults.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Seasons Best Scores". isuresults.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2016". isuresults.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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