Polina Tsurskaya
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Tsurskaya at the 2015–16 JGP Final
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| Native name | Полина Игоревна Цурская | ||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||
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11 July 2001 Omsk, Russia |
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| Residence | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 195.28 2015–16 JGP Final |
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| Short program | 69.02 2016 JGP Russia |
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| Free skate | 128.59 2015–16 JGP Final |
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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 former junior ladies' record-holder for the highest short program score, free program score and combined total scores.
Polina Igorevna Tsurskaya was born on 11 July 2001 in Omsk, Russia. She has an elder brother, Igor, who is nine years her senior. She moved to Moscow in 2013.
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.
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, and qualified for the final. At the 2015–16 JGP Final, held on December in Barcelona, she won the gold medal with personal best scores in both segments and a total of 195.28 points. She broke the junior records in the free skate and total scores set by compatriot Elena Radionova. Competing on the senior level, Tsurskaya finished fourth later in December at the Russian Championships before winning her first junior national title in January.
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