Gregor Urbas (born 20 November 1982 in

Jesenice Jesenice (, ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is the tenth-largest town in Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper C ...

) is a

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n former competitive

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. He is a three-time

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champion, a five-time Triglav Trophy champion, the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, and a nine-time (2001–2009) Slovenian national champion. He competed at the

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and

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. He qualified for the free skate at nineteen ISU Championships – six Worlds, eight Europeans, and five Junior Worlds.

Career

Urbas began skating when he was about eight years old. His first coach was Mojca Kurbos. During his career, he practiced mainly in Slovenia and occasionally traveled to

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to train under Uschi Keszler. Urbas won his first senior national title in 2001. That year, he competed at his first senior-level

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and finished 27th in the short program. Then at the 2001 Junior World Championships, he qualified for the free skate and finished 13th. He also competed at his first senior-level

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and qualified the last spot for the short program, where he finished 30th. Urbas received a berth to the 2001–02 JGP Final as a representative of the host country despite finishing 14th in the Junior Grand Prix standings. He finished in eighth place out of the nine competitors. At the 2002 European Championships, he qualified for the free skate for the first time and finished 19th. He then finished sixth at the 2002 Junior World Championships. He did not advance to the free skate at the senior-level

, finishing 28th. Urbas finished 17th at the 2006 European Championships. He represented Slovenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics and finished 29th in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate. Then at the 2006 World Championships, he qualified for the free skate and finished 22nd. At the 2007 European Championships, Urbas finished ninth. He finished 21st at the 2009 World Championships and earned a berth for the

. At the 2010 European Championships, he qualified for the free skate and finished 18th. He then represented Slovenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics and finished 27th in the short program.

Programs

Results

''GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Urbas, Gregor Slovenian male single skaters Olympic figure skaters for Slovenia Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Jesenice, Jesenice