Gregor Urbas

Gregor Urbas (born 20 November 1982 in Jesenice) is a Slovenian former competitive figure skater. He is a three-time Golden Spin of Zagreb 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 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. He qualified for the free skate at nineteen ISU Championships – six Worlds, eight Europeans, and five Junior Worlds.

Gregor Urbas
Urbas in 2007.
Personal information
Country representedSlovenia
Born (1982-11-20) 20 November 1982
Jesenice, SR Slovenia
Home townLjubljana
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Former coachGordana Smrekar
Elena Babitskaia
Valeri Babitski
Mojca Kurbos
Former choreographerAlexei Gorshkov
Sergei Petukhov
Sandra Schar
Skating clubDKK Stanko Bloudek
Retired2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total187.48
2008 Worlds
Short program63.43
2008 Europeans
Free skate125.83
2008 Worlds

Urbas began skating when he was about eight years old.[1][2] His first coach was Mojca Kurbos.[1] He joined Elena Babitskaia and Valeri Babitski by 2001.[3] They coached him until the end of the 2004–05 season.[4] Gordana Smrekar became his coach the following season.[5] During his career, he practiced mainly in Slovenia and occasionally traveled to Philadelphia to train under Uschi Keszler.[1]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2009–10
[6]
2008–09
[7]
  • Ghost of Love
    (soundtrack)
2007–08
[8]
  • Tristan & Iseult
    by Maxime Rodriguez
2005–07
[9][5]
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
2004–05
[4]
2003–04
[2][10]
  • Tango Fantasy
2002–03
[11]
  • Carmina Burana
    by Carl Orff
  • Two Guitars
2001–02
[12]
  • Two Guitars
2000–01
[3]

Results

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[13]
Event 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10
Olympics29th27th
Worlds30th28th24th20th19th Q22nd22nd17th21st
Europeans27th19th18th14th27th17th9th11th21st18th
GP Bompard9th10th9th
GP Cup of Russia11th12th
Bofrost Cup5th
Finlandia Trophy5th8th
Golden Spin9th7th15th12th6th1st1st1st5th
Merano Cup13th
Nebelhorn Trophy6th13th13th10th18th
Nepela Memorial3rd5th1st3rd11th12th
Schäfer Memorial6th2nd5th12th
Slovenia Trophy2nd1st1st1st1st1st1st
Triglav Trophy1st1st1st1st1st2nd
Universiade6th
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds23rd17th23rd13th6th
JGP Final8th
JGP Canada8th
JGP Czech Rep.5th
JGP Bulgaria4th
JGP France10th
JGP Germany23rd13th
JGP Hungary13th
JGP Norway4th
JGP Slovenia5th
JGP Ukraine4th
Triglav Trophy10th J2nd J2nd J1st J2nd J
Slovenia Trophy1st J.
National[13]
Slovenian Champ.1st J2nd2nd1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st
J: Junior level; Q: Qualifying round

References
  1. Kempf, Susanne (2005). "Gregor Urbas interview". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  2. Mittan, Barry (30 January 2004). "Slovenia's Urbas Battles for Recognition". Golden Skate.
  3. "Gregor URBAS: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2001.
  4. "Gregor URBAS: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 February 2005.
  5. "Gregor URBAS: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006.
  6. "Gregor URBAS: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010.
  7. "Gregor URBAS: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.
  8. "Gregor URBAS: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.
  9. "Gregor URBAS: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.
  10. "Gregor URBAS: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 June 2004.
  11. "Gregor URBAS: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2003.
  12. "Gregor URBAS: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 February 2002.
  13. "Competition Results: Gregor URBAS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
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