Yulia Lipnitskaya
Russian retired competitive figure skater / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya (also spelled Julia Lipnitskaia; Russian: Юлия Вячеславовна Липницкая, IPA: [ˈjulʲɪjə vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvnə lʲɪpˈnʲitskəjə]; born 5 June 1998) is a retired Russian competitive figure skater. She was part of the Russian team that won 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 and 2014). As a junior, Lipnitskaya won the 2012 World Junior Championships, 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final, and 2012 Russian Junior Championships. She retired from the sport in 2017 due to injuries and anorexia nervosa.
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Full name | Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Native name | Юлия Вячеславовна Липницкая | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other names | Julia Lipnitskaia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 26) Yekaterinburg, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 28 August 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest WS | 3rd (2014 & 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lipnitskaya is the youngest Russian athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Within the women's singles category, she is the youngest gold medalist at the European Championships. She is also the second-youngest female figure skater to win a gold medal at the Olympics; Lipnitskaya was 15 years, 249 days old when Russia won the team trophy.