Gregor Urbas (born 20 November 1982 in

Jesenice Jesenice (, german: Aßling''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is a Slovenian town and the seat of the Municipality of Jesenice on the ...

) is a

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n former competitive

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. He is a three-time Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, a five-time Triglav Trophy champion, the

2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial The 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial was the 14th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. It took place between September 15 and 16, 2006 at the Ondrej Nepela Ice Rink The Ondrej Nepe ...

champion, and a nine-time (2001–2009) Slovenian national champion. He competed at the 2006 and

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May Doan Nancy GreeneWayne Gr ...

. He qualified for the free skate at nineteen ISU Championships – six Worlds, eight Europeans, and five Junior Worlds. Urbas began skating when he was about eight years old. His first coach was Mojca Kurbos. He joined Elena Babitskaia and Valeri Babitski by 2001. They coached him until the end of the 2004–05 season. Gordana Smrekar became his coach the following season. During his career, he practiced mainly in Slovenia and occasionally traveled to

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to train under Uschi Keszler.

Programs

Results

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; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Urbas, Gregor Slovenian male single skaters Olympic figure skaters of 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