Morisi KVITELASHVILI

Georgia

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 17 Mar 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MOSCOW

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Residence: MOSCOW

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Figure Skating	Men Single Skating	10
	Team Event GEO Georgia	6

Schedule

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
24	Men Single Skating	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
13	Men Single Skating	2019	Saitama, JPN
13	Men Single Skating	2017	Helsinki, FIN
14	Men Single Skating	2021	Stockholm, SWE
26	Men Single Skating	2018	Milan, ITA

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men Single Skating	2020	Graz, AUT
6	Men Single Skating	2022	Tallinn, EST
6	Men Single Skating	2017	Ostrava, CZE
10	Men Single Skating	2019	Minsk, BLR
12	Men Single Skating	2018	Moscow, RUS

Grand Prix
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men Single Skating	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
2	Men Single Skating	2020/21	Moscow, RUS
2	Men Single Skating	2018/19	Moscow, RUS
4	Men Single Skating	2019/20	Grenoble, FRA
6	Men Single Skating	2021/22	Vancouver, BC, CAN
7	Men Single Skating	2019/20	Moscow, RUS
8	Men Single Skating	2018/19	Everett, WA, USA

Music:

Short Program: Tout l'universe by Gjon's Tears
Free Skating: Fly Me to the Moon; My Way; I'm Gonna Live Till I Die by Frank Sinatra

Hobbies:

Movies, music, reading, dancing. (isuresults.com)

Occupation:

Student, Athlete

Languages spoken:

Russian

Club name:

Sambo 79 (Khrustalnyi)

Coach:

Eteri Tutberidze (RUS), Sergei Dudakov (RUS)

Debut:

Winter Universiade 2013 (Single skating - 5th)

Choreographer:

Daniil Gleikhengauz (RUS), Alexei Zhelezniakov (RUS)

National team:

2016

Start:

1999 in Moscow. (isuresults.com)

Ambition:

To open a figure skating school and become a coach. (lenta.ru, 9 Aug 2017)

Training:

Trains in Moscow in the school of famous coach Eteri Tutberidze (RUS), together with Kamila Valieva (ROC), Anna Shcherbakova (ROC), Alexandra Trusova (ROC).

Memorable:

Winnng bronze at the 2020 European Championship, becoing the first Georgian male skater to win a medal at an ISU championship. (Athlete, Nov 2021)

Influence:

His coach Eteri Tutberidze.

Philosophy:

“In each competition, I am trying to control the whole process and to go into each jump with a clear mind so I don’t make any serious errors and not to miss the jump. I know exactly that everybody is nervous in competition. Nervousness is never an excuse when I skate poorly." (goldenskate.com, 20 Jan 2019)

Award:

Georgia flagbearer for the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (IOC, 7 Feb 2018; IOC, 4 Feb 2022)

General Interest

COMPETING FOR GEORGIA
His parents emigrated from Georgia to the Russian Federation. He competed for the Russian Federation until the 2015/16 season. "Speaking figuratively, since I was born and raised in Moscow, Moscow is my mother. And I am skating for my historical homeland Georgia, for the country that finances and supports me, so it's my dad." (isuresults.com; lenta.ru, 9 Aug 2017)

Milestones

Ranked 10th at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Claimed the first ISU Grand Prix title for Georgia at Rostelecom Cup in 2021.

Won his first ISU Grand Prix medal, silver, at Rostelecom Cup in 2018. "To have won my first medal at the Grand Prix is a big achievement for me. Obviously, I don’t want to let go of that now and want to continue in the same spirit and in the same direction. This gives me confidence in myself.” (goldenskate.com, 20 Jan 2019)

Won the bronze medal in his junior international debut at NRW Trophy 2012.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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