Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Alina Zagitova

 Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova (Russian: Alina Il'nazovna Zagitova, IPA: [a'ljin@ za'gjit@v@]; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian figure skater. Zagitova was the 2018 Olympic champion and 2019 World champion. Zagitova, who accompanied the Olympic athletes of Russia team, also earned silver medals in the team competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The International Skating Union currently ranks Zagitova at 36th place in the women's singles competition. Zagitova is the sole Russian female figure skater who has earned gold medals at the Olympic Games, World Figure Skating Championships, European Figure Skating Championships and the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. Zagitova is also the first Muslim to win an Olympic figure-skating gold medal a world-class title as well as the Super Slam. After Yuna Kim, she is the second youngest and most successful female singles skater who has won gold in every major ISU championships. These include the Junior Grand Prix Series, Final, World Junior Championships Grand Prix Series, Final, European Championships and Winter Olympic Games. Earlier in her career, she was awarded gold in the 2017 World Junior Championships and at the 2016-17 Junior Grand Prix Final. She became the first junior lady to achieve a score of over 200 at the 2016-17 Junior Grand Prix Final. Zagitova broke the record for the world under both the old as well as new system.

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