Irakli Maysuradze

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Irakli Maysuradze
Maysuradze in 2018
Native nameირაკლი მაისურაძე
Born (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 23)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
CountryGeorgia
CoachSvetlana Sokolovskaia
Skating clubCSKA Moscow
Began skating2004

Irakli Maysuradze (Georgian: ირაკლი მაისურაძე; born 24 May 2000) is a Georgian figure skater. He has won four senior international medals and competed in the final segment at six ISU Championships.

Personal life[edit]

Maysuradze was born on 24 May 2000 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He moved to Moscow, Russia, when he was four years old.[1]

Career[edit]

2014–2015 season[edit]

Maysuradze debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2014–2015 season. In January 2015, he finished fifth at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Dornbirn, Austria. In March, he qualified for the final segment at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia by placing 24th in the short program. After placing 16th in the free skate, he rose to 18th overall. Vladimir Kotin and Sergei Davydov coached him in Moscow, Russia, until the end of the season.[2][3]

2015–2016 season[edit]

During the 2015–2016 season, Maysuradze was coached by Rafael Arutyunyan and Vera Arutyunyan in Artesia, California.[4] He qualified for the free skate at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, placing 24th in both segments and overall.

2016–2017 season[edit]

In 2016–2017, Maysuradze was coached by Sergei Davydov in Moscow.[5] Returning to the JGP series, he placed 6th in Saransk, Russia, and 7th in Tallinn, Estonia. In November, he stepped onto his first senior international podium, winning silver at Ice Star in Belarus. The following month, he took silver at the Santa Claus Cup in Hungary.

2017–2018 season[edit]

Maysuradze remained in Moscow but changed coaches, joining Svetlana Sokolovskaia.[6] During the season, he qualified to the free skate at two ISU Championships. At the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, he finished 17th overall after placing 18th in the short and 15th in the free. At the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia (Bulgaria), he placed 9th in the short, 15th in the free, and 12th overall.

Programs[edit]

Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[7]
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[6]
2016–2017
[5]
2014–2016
[4][2]

Competitive highlights[edit]

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Europeans 17th 23rd 14th
GP Rostelecom Cup WD
CS Golden Spin 12th 9th WD
CS Warsaw Cup 10th
Bosphorus Cup 6th
Golden Bear 1st
Ice Star 2nd
Santa Claus Cup 2nd
Volvo Open 2nd 1st
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds 18th 24th 35th 12th 7th
JGP Estonia 7th
JGP Japan 11th
JGP Poland 13th
JGP Russia 6th
JGP Slovenia 13th
JGP Spain 20th
EYOF 5th
Ice Star 3rd
Crystal Skate (RU) 3rd
National[8]
Georgian Champ. 2nd
J = Junior level

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Irakli MAYSURADZE: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Irakli MAYSURADZE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Ираклий Зазаевич Майсурадзе" [Irakli Zazaevich Maysuradze]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 19 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Irakli MAYSURADZE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ a b "Irakli MAYSURADZE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ a b "Irakli MAYSURADZE: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Moris KVITELASHVILI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Irakli MAYSURADZE". International Skating Union.

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