| Luka Berulava | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93021.jpg) Berulava at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | ლუკა ბერულავა | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 November 2002 Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Perm, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Pair skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Anastasia Metelkina (since 2023) Karina Safina (2021–22) Alina Butaeva (2019–20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Pavel Sliusarenko Egor Zukroev Maxim Trankov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luka Berulava (Russian: Лука Берулава; Georgian: ლუკა ბერულავა, born 27 November 2002) is a Russian-born pair skater who currently competes for Georgia. With current partner Anastasia Metelkina, he is the 2024 World Junior champion, 2024 European silver medalist, 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medalist.
Berulava first emerged on the international scene with partner Alina Butaeva, with whom he won two medals at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics − bronze in pairs and gold in the team event. He then formed a new partnership with Karina Safina. Safina/Berulava were the first Georgian pair medalists on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, and the first Georgians to win a World Junior title in any discipline when they won gold in 2022.[1] At the senior level they won a bronze medal at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, achieved notable fourth-place finishes at both the 2022 World Championships and the 2022 European Championships, and represented Georgia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.