Inga Gurgenidze

Inga Zurabovna Gurgenidze (Georgian: ინგა ზურაბის ასული გურგენიძე, Russian: Инга Зурабовна Гургенидзе; born 23 April 2009), born Inga Zurabovna Nikitina,[1] is a Russian-Georgian figure skater who represents Georgia in women's singles. She is the 2022 JGP Italy bronze medalist, the 2022 Denis Ten Memorial junior champion, the 2022 Bosphorus Cup junior silver medalist, and the 2023 Dragon Trophy junior champion. She finished within the top ten at the 2023 World Junior Championships. She is the twenty-third woman in history to have successfully landed a triple Axel jump in competition.[2]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Zurabovna and the family name is Gurgenidze.
Inga Gurgenidze
Full nameInga Zurabovna Gurgenidze
Native nameინგა ზურაბის ასული გურგენიძე (Georgian) Инга Зурабовна Гургенидзе (Russian)
Other namesInga Nikitina
Born (2009-04-23) 23 April 2009
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Height1.46 m (4 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Georgia
CoachLiudmila Gafarova
Skating clubRSSHOR of Figure Skating

Personal life

Gurgenidze was born on 23 April 2009 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. She competed under her mother's surname (Nikitina) until the 2021–22 season when she changed it to her father's surname (Gurgenidze).[1]

Career

2022–23 season

In August 2022, it was confirmed that Russian-born Gurgenidze would be representing Georgia in international competition, having never previously skated for Russia internationally.[1]

Gurgenidze made her international debut on the Junior Grand Prix series. She began her season with finishing fourth at 2022 JGP Latvia and winning bronze at 2022 JGP Italy.

She then went on to win gold at the 2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, silver at the 2022 Bosphorus Cup, and another gold at the 2023 Dragon Trophy.

Gurgenidze was ultimately selected to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta. After placing a disappointing nineteenth in the short program, Gurgenidze managed to skate a solid free program, placing seventh in that segment of the competition and finishing in ninth place overall.[3]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
[3]
  • Memphisto's Lullaby
    by Yair Albeg, Or Kribos
  • Breathing Under Water
    (from Frightmare)
    by Ghostwriter
  • Dissociative Identity Disorder
    (from Frightmare)
    by Ghostwriter
    choreo. by Ilona Bikmetova
  • The Devil You Know
    by Kovacs
    choreo. by Ilona Bikmetova
2022–2023
[4][5]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Georgia
International: Junior[6]
Event 2022–23 2023–24
Junior Worlds9th
JGP ArmeniaC6th
JGP Hungary9th
JGP Italy3rd
JGP Latvia4th
Bosphorus Cup2nd
Denis Ten Memorial1st
Dragon Trophy1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled

For Russia
National[7]
Event 2021–22
Russian Jr. Champ.15th
Russian Cup Final10th
Russian Cup 2nd Stage6th
Russian Cup 4th Stage3rd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Personal best highlighted in bold.

For Georgia
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
October 4–7, 2023 2023 JGP Armenia 6
55.47		 5
110.43		 6
165.90
September 20–23, 2023 2023 JGP Hungary 13
54.32		 8
105.53		 9
159.85
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 27–March 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships 19
52.02		 7
120.48		 9
172.50
February 9–12, 2023 2023 Dragon Trophy 4
53.73		 1
124.09		 1
177.82
November 29–December 3, 2022 2023 Bosphorus Cup 2
52.58		 1
118.47		 2
171.05
October 26–29, 2022 2022 Denis Ten Memorial 1
63.62		 1
110.56		 1
174.18
October 12–15, 2022 2022 JGP Italy 4
63.04		 3
127.48		 3
190.52
September 7–10, 2022 2022 JGP Latvia 5
58.80		 4
121.48		 4
180.28

References
  1. Kuznetsov, Dmitry. "Российская фигуристка сменила гражданство. Ради карьеры она будет выступать под другой фамилией" [The Russian figure skater changed her citizenship. For the sake of her career, she will perform under a different name.]. Sport Express (in Russian). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. "Dragon Trophy 2023 Judges Details Per Skater, Women's Free Program" (PDF). International Skating Union.
  3. "Inga GURGENIDZE: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023.
  4. "Девушки. Короткая программа. Финал Кубка России по фигурному катанию 2021/22". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. "Девушки. Произвольная программа. Финал Кубка России по фигурному катанию 2021/22". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  6. "Competition Results: Inga GURGENIDZE". International Skating Union.
  7. "Инга Гургенидзе" [Inga Gurgenidze]. figure-skaters.ru (in Russian).
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