Yulia Lipnitskaya

Yulia Lipnitskaya
Lipnitskaya at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Юлия Вячеславовна Липницкая
Full name	Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya
Alternative names	Julia Lipnitskaia Schol.: Julia Vjačeslavovna Lipnickaja
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 18) Yekaterinburg, Russia
Residence	Sochi, Russia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach	Alexei Urmanov
Former coach	Eteri Tutberidze Sergei Dudakov Elena Levkovets Marina Voitsekhovskaya
Choreographer	Stéphane Lambiel Marina Zueva
Former choreographer	Ilia Averbukh Nikolai Morozov
Skating club	Iceberg
Former skating club	Sambo 70
Training locations	Sochi
Former training locations	Moscow Yekaterinburg
Began skating	2002
World standing	9 (2015–16) 7 (As of 26 April 2015[update])
Season's bests	18 (2015–16) 5 (2013–14) 5 (2012–13) 5 (2011–12)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	209.72 2014 Europeans
Short program	74.54 2014 Worlds
Free skate	141.51 2014 Winter Olympics (Team)
Medal record Figure skating: Ladies' singles Representing  Russia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 0 1 0 European Championships 1 0 0 ISU Grand Prix Final 0 1 0 World Junior Championships 1 1 0 Junior Grand Prix Final 1 0 0 Total 4 3 0 Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Team World Championships 2014 Saitama Ladies' singles European Championships 2014 Budapest Ladies' singles Grand Prix Final 2013–14 Fukuoka Ladies' singles World Junior Championships 2012 Minsk Ladies' singles 2013 Milan Ladies' singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2011–12 Quebec Ladies' singles

Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya (alt. spelling: Julia Lipnitskaia; Russian: Ю́лия Вячесла́вовна Липни́цкая,Russian: [ˈjulʲɪjə vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvnə lʲɪpˈnitskəjə]; born 5 June 1998) is a Russian figure skater.

Lipnitskaya was part of the Russian team to win the 2014 Winter Olympics team trophy. Individually, Lipnitskaya is the 2014 World Silver medalist, the 2014 European champion, the 2013–14 Grand Prix Final Silver medalist, and a two-time Russian national Silver medalist (2012 & 2014). Competing as a junior, Lipnitskaya won the 2012 World Junior Championships, 2011–12 JGP Final, and 2012 Russian Junior Championships.

Lipnitskaya is the youngest Russian athlete to win a Gold Medal at the Winter Olympics. Within the Ladies' Singles category, Lipnitskaya is the youngest Gold medalist at the European Championships. Lipnitskaya is also the youngest figure skater to win a Gold Medal at the Olympics under modern rules. Lipnitskaya was 15 years, 249 days old when Russia won the team trophy, six days younger than American Tara Lipinski, who won Gold Medal in the individual event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The only Olympic figure skating Gold medalist younger than both girls was Maxi Herber at the (Pair skating event at the 1936 Winter Olympics), who would have been too young to skate at the Olympics under modern rules.