Alina Vladimirovna Ustimkina (, born 2 September 2000) is a Russian

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. With her former partner,

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, she is the

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champion and 2016 Youth Olympic bronze medalist.

Personal life

Alina Vladimirovna Ustimkina was born on 2 September 2000 in

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

, Russia. On 9 July 2020 she married a Russian

Nodari Maisuradze.

Career

Early years

Ustimkina began skating in 2006. She trained in Nizhny Novgorod until 2011 and then moved to

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, where she competed in singles until November 2013. Her first pairs partner was Maxim Bobrov. In April 2014, they placed fifth at the Russia Junior Championships – Elder Age.

Partnership with Volodin

Ustimkina and

debuted their partnership in September 2014. They competed at events within Russia during their first season together and began appearing internationally in the 2015–16 season. In August 2015, they were sent to

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, Latvia to compete at their first

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(JGP) assignment, placing fifth. In November, they won the junior gold medal at the

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, outscoring silver medalists

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by 19.22 points. In January 2016, Ustimkina/Volodin placed fifth at the Russian Junior Championships. In February, they represented Russia at the

2016 Winter Youth Olympics The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics (; ), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 21 February 2016. They were the fourth Youth Olympic Games and the second winter edition. Lilleha ...

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, Norway. Ranked third in both segments, they were awarded the bronze medal behind Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot and Dušková/Bidař. Assigned to Team Determination for the mixed NOC team event, Ustimkina/Volodin placed third in their segment and their team finished 8th. Ustimkina and Volodin ended their partnership in late 2017.

Later career

In August 2018, Ustimkina began skating with Alexei Rogonov.

Programs

(with Volodin)

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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With Volodin

With Bobrov

Single skating

Detailed results

With Volodin

References

External links

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