Elizaveta Ukolova

Elizaveta Ukolova

Ukolova in 2012
Personal information
Alternative names Czech: Alžběta Ukolová
Country represented Czech Republic
Born (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998
Kirov, Russia
Home town Poděbrady, Czech Republic
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Coach Anton Kovalevski, Vlasta Kopřivová
Former coach Barbora Kostková, Eva Horklová
Choreographer Michael Huth, Rostislav Sinicyn
Former choreographer Igor Tchiniaev, Tereza Bufková, Barbora Kostková
Skating club USK Prague
Training locations Prague
Began skating 2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 140.85
2015 Tallinn Trophy
Short program 51.87
2014 Winter Olympics
Free skate 95.74
2015 Tallinn Trophy

Elizaveta Ukolova (Russian: Елизавета Уколова; Czech: Alžběta Ukolová; born 12 March 1998) is a Czech figure skater. She reached the free skate at the 2014 Winter Olympics and two World Junior Championships. She has won two senior international medals.

Personal life

Born on 12 March 1998 in Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russia,[1] Elizaveta Ukolova moved with her family to the Czech Republic when she was two years old.[2] She became a Czech citizen in 2012.[3] She has two elder sisters — Mariya, a competitor in ice dancing,[3] and Anna, an Operation Manager in Landmarktours.

Career

Early years

Ukolova started skating in 2005,[3] having been introduced to the activity by her mother.[1]

She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2011–12 season. After winning the Czech national junior title in December 2011, she was named in the Czech team to the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Ranked 24th in the short, she qualified for the free skate, where she placed 20th, lifting her to 22nd overall.

The following season, Ukolova competed in two JGP events and won the junior title at the 2012 NRW Trophy. She was eliminated from the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy after placing 33rd in the short program.

2013–14: Olympic season

Ukolova continued on the JGP series in the 2013–14 season. She was also assigned to the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy following a Czech internal competition in August.[2] Nebelhorn was her senior international debut and the final qualifying competition for the 2014 Winter Olympics. As a result of Ukolova's tenth place finish, the Czech Republic received one of the six remaining spots for countries which had not previously qualified a ladies' entry.

Ukolova won her first senior international medal, bronze, at the 2013 Warsaw Cup. During the season, she trained mainly in Prague and also spent a week per month in Oberstdorf.[2] At the Olympics in Sochi, she qualified for the free skate and finished 22nd overall.[1]

2014–15 to present

Competing in Tallinn, Estonia at the 2015 World Junior Championships, Ukolova placed 20th in the short, 17th in the free, and 17th overall.

Stepping onto her second senior international podium, she received the bronze medal at the 2015 Merano Cup.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[4]
2014–2015
[3]
  • Life Is Beautiful
    by Nicola Piovani
2012–2014
[5][6]
2011–2012
[7]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Olympics 22nd
CS Golden Spin 18th
CS Ice Challenge 13th
CS Nebelhorn 13th
CS Nepela 11th
CS Tallinn Trophy 10th
CS Warsaw Cup 15th
Bavarian Open 4th 8th
Merano Cup 3rd
MNNT Cup 8th
Nebelhorn 10th
NRW Trophy 5th 10th 2nd
Seibt Memorial 5th
Warsaw Cup 3rd
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds 22nd 33rd 17th
JGP Czech Rep. 12th 12th
JGP Germany 11th
JGP Latvia 10th
JGP Poland 15th
JGP Slovakia 9th
JGP Turkey 8th
Ice Challenge 8th J.
Merano Cup 4th J. 5th J.
NRW Trophy 2nd J. 1st J.
National[8]
Czech Champ. 1st J. 2nd 2nd 4th
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Elizaveta UKOLOVA". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Bőd, Titanilla (13 December 2013). "Elizaveta Ukolova: "The most important thing is to enjoy what I'm doing"". Absolute Skating.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Elizaveta UKOLOVA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Elizaveta UKOLOVA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union.
  5. ↑ "Elizaveta UKOLOVA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Elizaveta UKOLOVA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Elizaveta UKOLOVA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 February 2012.
  8. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Elizaveta UKOLOVA". International Skating Union.

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