Nurullah Sahaka

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Nurullah Sahaka
Personal information
Country represented Switzerland
Born (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24)
Munich, Germany
Home town Bülach, Switzerland
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Coach Richard Leroy, Cornelia Leroy, Martina Pfirter
Choreographer Cornelia Leroy, Florent Amodio, Nikolai Morozov
Former choreographer Karine Arribert
Skating club EC Küsnacht
Training locations Küsnacht, Canton of Zürich
Began skating 2009
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 177.75
2018 Junior Worlds
Short program 65.31
2018 Junior Worlds
Free skate 112.44
2018 Junior Worlds

Nurullah Sahaka (born 10 January 2000) is a Swiss figure skater. He is the 2018 Dragon Trophy champion, the 2017 FBMA Trophy silver medalist, and a two-time Swiss national medalist. He competed in the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Career

Early years

Sahaka began learning to skate in 2009.[1] In January 2013, he became the Swiss national under-16 novice champion.[2] He won silver in the junior men's category at the Swiss Championships in January 2014 and made his junior international debut the following month. He won the Swiss junior title in January 2015.[2]

Sahaka debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in August 2015. Making his first appearance in the senior ranks, he placed fifth at the Swiss Championships in December.[3]

2016–2017 season

In December 2016, Sahaka won his first senior national medal, bronze, having finished third behind Stéphane Walker and Lukas Britschgi.[4] In January 2017, he won his first senior international medal – silver at the FBMA Trophy in Abu Dhabi. In March, he competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. Ranked 34th in the short program, he did not advance to the free skate.

2017–2018 season

Sahaka began his season on the Junior Grand Prix series. In December, he finished fourth in the senior ranks at the Swiss Championships. In February 2018, he won the senior men's title at the Dragon Trophy in Slovenia. In March, he qualified to the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. He ranked 13th in the short program, 18th in the free skate, and 16th overall.

2018–2019 season

In December, Sahaka won silver in the senior men's event at the Swiss Championships, having placed second behind Britschgi. In March, he competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[1]
  • Evolution: From Big Bang to Life in Space
    by Maxime Rodriguez
    choreo. by Cornelia Leroy, Nikolai Morozov
2017–2018
[5]
  • Les yeux de la mama/Gitrano
    by Kendji Girac
    choreo. by Cornelia Leroy
  • Pierrot and the Moon
    by Maxime Rodriguez
    choreo. by Karine Arribert
2016–2017
[6]
  • Indigène (Tarzan)
    by Maxime Rodriguez
    choreo. by Cornelia Leroy
  • Pierrot and the Moon
    by Maxime Rodriguez
    choreo. by Karine Arribert
2015–2016
[7]
  • Indigène (Tarzan)
    by Maxime Rodriguez
    choreo. by Cornelia Leroy
  • L'Enfant Pur (Le Petit Prince)
    by Maxime Rodriguez
    choreo. by Cornelia Leroy

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Dragon Trophy 1st
FBMA Trophy 2nd
Golden Bear 12th
Warsaw Cup 9th
International: Junior[8][2]
Junior Worlds 34th 16th 31st
JGP Austria 16th 15th
JGP Poland 14th
JGP Slovakia 15th
JGP Slovenia 12th 13th
Bavarian Open 7th 1st
Challenge Cup 1st
Coupe Printemps 15th
Cup of Nice 7th
Cup of Tyrol 4th
EYOF 15th
Golden Bear 2nd
Heiko Fischer 5th
Lombardia 8th
Tallinn Trophy 7th 10th
National[8][2]
Swiss Champ. 2nd J 1st J 5th 3rd 4th 2nd
J = Junior level

References

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