Karina SAFINA

Georgia

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 28 May 2004

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Place of birth: CHELIABINSK

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Residence: PERM

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Figure Skating	Pair Skating GEO SAFINA Karina / BERULAVA Luka	9
	Team Event GEO SAFINA Karina / BERULAVA Luka
	Team Event GEO Georgia	6

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Capital Indoor Stadium	Team Event - Pair Skating - Short Program	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Pair Skating - Short Program	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Pair Skating - Free Skating	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Pair Skating	2022	Tallinn, EST

Hobbies:

Cooking. (isuresults.com)

Occupation:

Athlete.

Education:

High school graduate.

Languages spoken:

Russian

Club name:

Start Perm.

Coach:

Pavel Sliusarenko (RUS)

Debut:

Nebelhorn Trophy 2021 (Pair skating - 3rd)

Injuries:

December 2021: Suffered a foot injury and skated through pain at the 2022 European Championship. (sport-express.ru, 14 Jan 2022)

Choreographer:

Nikolai Morozov (RUS)
Ivan Malafeev (RUS)

National team:

2021

Start:

2008 in Cheliabinsk (RUS).

Training:

She and her partner train in Perm (RUS) with Russian pair skating teams.

Memorable:

Competing at her first European Championship in 2022. (Instagram, 14 Jan 2022)

Influence:

Her parents. (Instagram, 14 Jan 2022)

General Interest

SAFINA/BERULAVA
Teamed up in 2021.

PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIPS
Skated with Mikhail Domnin for Russia 2017-20 and with Sergei Bakhmat in the 2020/21 season at the national level in Russia.

FROM SINGLES TO PAIRS
Competed in single skating at the national level in Russia until 2017 before switching to pair skating.

Milestones

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Placed fourth in her debut at the 2022 European Championship (with Berulava).

OLYMPIC QUALIFYING
Qualified the first Olympic quota place for a Georgian pair skating team by coming third at the Olympic qualifying event Nebelhorn Trophy 2021 (with Berulava). (isu.org, 26 Sep 2021)

JUNIOR SUCCESS
First Georgian pair skater to win medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, a silver and a bronze medal in 2021 at the events in Kosice (SVK) and Linz (AUT) (with Berulava). (isuresults.com)

ISU JGP Kosice 2021 (International junior debut - Pair skating - 2nd, with Berulava)
Bavarian Open 2019 (International junior debut - Pair skating - 3rd, with Domnin, for Russia)

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/karisafina28.05/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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