Yulia Lipnitskaya

About Yulia Lipnitskaya

Russian competitive figure skater who participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics in her native country, becoming one of the youngest gold medalists in Olympic figure skating history.

Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya is a Russian retired competitive figure skater. She 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. Competing as a junior, Lipnitskaya won the 2012 World Junior Championships, 2011–12 JGP Final, and 2012 Russian Junior Championships. She retired from the professional sport on 9 September 2017 due to complications with ligaments of the legs and hip joints, as well as anorexia. Lipnitskaya is the youngest Russian athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Within the ladies' singles category, she is the youngest gold medalist at the European Championships. She is also the youngest women 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.

Former choreographer	Stéphane Lambiel, Marina Zueva, Ilia Averbukh, Nikolai Morozov
Season's bests	52 (2016–17), 38 (2015–16), 11 (2014–15), 5 (2013–14), 12 (2012–13), 5 (2011–12)
Former skating club	Iceberg, Sambo 70, Lokomotiv Yekaterinburg
Native name	Юлия Вячеславовна Липницкая
Former coach	Alexei Urmanov, Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov, Elena Levkovets, Marina Voitsekhovskaya
Combined total	209.72, 2014 Europeans
Began skating	2002
Short program	74.54, 2014 Worlds
World standing	67 (2017–18), 26 (2016–17), 9 (2015–16), 3 (2014–15), 3 (2013–14), 14 (2012–13), 46 (2011–12)
Free skate	141.51, 2014 Winter Olympics (Team)
Born	June 5, 1998, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Retired	28 August 2017
Full name	Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya
Alternative names	Julia Lipnitskaia, Yulia Lipnitskaia, Julia Lipnitskaya, Schol: Julia Vjačeslavovna Lipnickaja
Former training locations	Sochi, Moscow, Yekaterinburg

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Trivia

She entered the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, becoming the youngest women's singles champion in the event's history.

Yulia Lipnitskaya before fame

She started ice skating lessons when she was four years old. In 2010 and 2011, she competed in the Russian Junior Championships.

Achievement of Yulia Lipnitskaya

She entered the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, becoming the youngest women's singles champion in the event's history.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Yulia Lipnitskaya family life

She grew up in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg for the first ten years of her life. Daniela Lipnitskaya, her mother, raised her.

Associations of Yulia Lipnitskaya

She and Tatiana Volosozhar were both members of the 2014 Russian Olympic figure skating team that won gold.

Yulia Lipnitskaya Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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