Mikhail Tszyunovich Ge (born 17 May 1991) is an international coach, choreographer, and former competitive

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. He is the

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bronze medalist. In addition to this, he has won nine international medals and four Uzbek national titles. He has finished in the top-ten at six ISU Championships, including two

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(2015 and 2018), competed at the

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and the

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, finishing 17th in both competitions.

Personal life

Misha Ge was born in

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to skating coaches Larisa and Jun Ge. He is of Russian, Chinese, and Korean descent. From the age of about 10, he lived in

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, where his parents coached. Ge also resided in

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and Taiwan (ROC). He moved to the United States in mid-2009 and returned to Beijing in 2013. He speaks Russian, Mandarin Chinese, and English. Ge has taken choreography courses at the Beijing Dance Academy and the Hollywood Dance Academy. In February 2025, he married former competitive South Korean women's singles figure skater, Park So-Youn.

Career

As a competitor

Having first stepped onto the ice at age three and a half, Misha Ge began training seriously at ten after moving to China. From 2009, he trained in the United States. He started representing

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in 2010. Ge finished 6th at the

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and 12th at the 2011 Four Continents. He trained in

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with Frank Carroll as his jump coach. In 2011–12, Ge won silver medals at the Asian Trophy,

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, and Istanbul Cup. He was 9th at the 2012 Four Continents. Ge placed 16th at the 2013 World Championships in

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. His result earned Uzbekistan a men's entry at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Beijing became Ge's main training base in 2013. In autumn of that year, he received his first Grand Prix assignment, the 2013 Rostelecom Cup. In February 2014, Ge competed at the

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and finished 17th. Ge placed 5th at the

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and 4th at the

2014 Rostelecom Cup The 2014 Cup of Russia, Rostelecom Cup was the fourth event of six in the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow on Novembe ...

. Later during the season, he earned two top-ten placements at the ISU Championships. He placed 8th at the 2015 Four Continents in

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(7th in the short, 9th in the free), and 6th at the 2015 World Championships in

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(8th in SP, 7th in FS). Ge received two 2015–16 Grand Prix assignments but had to withdraw from one, the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, due to a visa issue. He finished 8th at the

2015 Cup of China The 2015 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on November 6–8. Medals were ...

. In October, he won gold at an

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event, the

2015 CS Denkova-Staviski Cup The 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup was a senior international figure skating competition held in October 2015 at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was part of the 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of ...

. Throughout the season, he was hampered by a left ankle injury, which was caused by executing quad jumps. In 2016–17, he had to compete with an injured left ankle, which was not healed properly. In March 2017, he announced that he might retire from competition at the end of the season. He decided to continue competing in 2017–18 season. Ge received two 2017–18 Grand Prix assignments. At

2018 Rostelecom Cup The 2018 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held on November 16–18, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. Medals were awarded in ...

, he finished 4th. His next assignment was

where he placed 3rd and won the bronze medal behind Javier Fernández and

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. This was the first time he medaled at a Grand Prix event. At the 2018 Four Continents in

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, he placed 6th. In February 2018, Ge then competed at the

. He placed 14th in the short program and 17th in the free program to finish 17th overall. At the

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, he was 8th in the short program and 9th in the free program. He finished the competition in 9th place, his second top ten finish at Worlds after the 2015 World Championships. He announced his retirement after the competition.

As a choreographer

In addition to his competitive career, Ge has choreographed skating programs for himself and other skaters. His clients include: *

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* Ashley Cain /

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* Hanna Harrell *

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* Ji Seo-yeon *

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* Kim Yu-jae * Kim Yu-seong *

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* Kwon Min-sol * Lee Hae-in *

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* Lim Ju-heon *

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* Saki Miyake * Sena Miyake *

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* Elena Radionova * Kevin Reynolds * Eric Sjoberg *

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* Elizabet Tursynbaeva * Rena Uezono * Sergei Voronov *

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Programs

Competitive highlights

Single skating (for Uzbekistan)

Single skating (for China)

Detailed results

References

External links

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