Luka Berulava
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 Berulava (back right) receives a bronze medal at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | ლუკა ბერულავას | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 November 2002 Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Perm, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Alina Butaeva | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Pavel Sliusarenko, Alexei Menshikov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luka Berulava (Georgian: ლუკა ბერულავას, born 27 November 2002) is a Georgian figure skater. He and his partner, Alina Butaeva, were bronze medalists in the pairs figure skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
Biography
In September 2019, Berulava and his partner, Alina Butaeva, made their debut for Georgia as a pair skater in the ISU Junior Grand Prix, first placing eighth in Poland,[1] then placing sixth in Croatia.[2] Their result overall qualified them for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[3] Berulava and Butaeva represented Georgia in the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb that December, winning the junior pairs event.[4] In November, they then partook in the Volvo Open Cup in Riga, Latvia, placing third.[5]
In January 2020, they both participated in the Winter Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. They finished third in the short program behind two pairs from Russia,[6] then did likewise in the free skating program. Their combined score put them in third place with a bronze medal.[7] This was Georgia's first medal in the Winter Youth Olympic Games, and their tenth medal in the Youth Olympic Games overall.[8] They also received a gold medal for their participation in the team trophy figure skating event as part of Team Courage, composed also of Arlet Levandi from Latvia, Ksenia Sinitsyna from Russia, and ice dancers Utana Yoshida and Shingo Nishiyama from Japan.[9]
External links
References
- ^ "Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "ალინა ბუტაევამ და ლუკა ბერულავამ 2020 წლის ზამთრის ახალგაზრდული ოლიმპიური თამაშების ლიცენზია მოიპოვეს" [Alina Butaeva and Luka Berulava Obtained License for Youth 2020 Winter Olympics] (in Georgian). The Recorder. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Pairs, International Skating Union, 17 January 2020, retrieved 17 January 2020
- ^ "Volvo Open Cup 40 th". www.kristalice.lv. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Bilikhodze, Elene (10 January 2020). "ალინა ბუტაევასა და ლუკა ბერულავას წყვილმა მოკლე პროგრამა მესამე ადგილზე დაასრულა" [A Pair of Alina Butaeva and Luka Berulava Finished Third in the Short Program]. 1tv.ge (in Georgian). First Channel. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Georgian figure skating couple wins bronze at Winter Youth Olympics". agenda.ge. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "ისტორიაში პირველად, საქართველომ ზამთრის ახალგაზრდულ ოლიმპიურ თამაშებზე მედალი მოიპოვა" [For the first time in its history, Georgia has won a medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games]. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "ოლიმპიური ოქრო ლოზანიდან" [Olympic gold from Lausanne]. lelo.ge (in Georgian). 16 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.