Polina Tsurskaya

Polina Tsurskaya
250px 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
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	66.69 2015–16 JGP Final
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 free program and combined total scores.

Personal life

Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya was born on 11 July 2001 in Omsk, Russia. She moved to Moscow in 2013.

Career

Tsurskaya began skating in 2005. Coached by Tatiana Odinokova in Omsk until 2013, she joined Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov after relocating to Moscow. 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. She qualified for the 2015–16 JGP Final, where she won the gold medal with personal best scores in the short program and free skate and a total of 195.28 points. She broke the junior records in the free skate and total scores set by compatriot Elena Radionova. On December 24-27, at the Russian Championships, Tsurskaya finished fourth on the senior level behind Anna Pogorilaya. On January 21-23, Tsurskaya won her first junior national title at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships with a total score of 210.04 points, held in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

On February, Tsurskaya competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, where she won the gold medal.

Records and achievements

• Set the junior-level ladies' record for the free program to 128.59 points at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final, previously held by Russia's Elena Radionova.
• Set the junior-level ladies' record for the combined total to 195.28 points at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final, previously held by Radionova.

Programs

Tsurskaya at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final podium

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016	Adagio in G minor by Remo Giazotto, Tomaso Albinoni performed by Ikuko Kawai choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz	Chess by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus choreo. by Eteri Tutberidze	The Witch Hunters (from Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) by Atli Örvarsson I Put a Spell on You performed by Annie Lennox Adagio in G minor by Remo Giazotto, Tomaso Albinoni performed by Ikuko Kawai choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz
2014–2015	Carmenita Lounging by Claude Challe In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt) by Edvard Grieg choreo. by Eteri Tutberidze	Chess by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus choreo. by Eteri Tutberidze
2013–2014	Between The Beats by Jeroen van Veen	Scene d'Amour by Francis Lai performed by Sarah Brightman

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior
Event	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Youth Olympics			1st
Junior Worlds			WD
JGP Final			1st
JGP Slovakia			1st
JGP Poland			1st
National
Russian Champ.			4th
Russian Junior Champ.	5th	4th	1st

Detailed results

File:2015 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Polina Tsurskaya IMG 7281.JPG

Tsurskaya at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final

2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
14–20 March 2016	2016 World Junior	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

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Polina Tsurskaya at the International Skating Union