Luka Berulava

Luka Berulava (Georgian: ლუკა ბერულავა, born 27 November 2002) is a Georgian pair skater. With his skating partner, Alina Butaeva, he won two medals at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics − bronze in pairs and gold in the team event.

Luka Berulava
Berulava at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
Personal information
Native nameლუკა ბერულავა
Country represented Georgia
Born (2002-11-27) 27 November 2002
Moscow, Russia
Home townPerm, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PartnerAlina Butaeva
CoachPavel Sliusarenko, Alexei Menshikov
ChoreographerNikolai Morozov, Ivan Malafeev
Training locationsPerm, Russia
Began skating2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total157.29
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Short program59.14
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Free skate100.70
2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team

Personal life

Berulava was born on 27 November 2002 in Moscow.[1][2] He resides in Perm.[1]

Career

Berulava began learning to skate in 2005.[1] In 2019, he teamed up with Russia's Alina Butaeva to compete in pair skating. The pair decided to train in Perm, coached by Pavel Sliusarenko and Alexei Menshikov.[1]

The two made their debut for Georgia in September 2019, placing eighth at an ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Poland[3] and then sixth at JGP Croatia.[4] Their results earned a spot for Georgia in the pairs' event at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.[5] In November, they took bronze in the junior pairs' category at the Volvo Open Cup in Riga, Latvia.[6] In December, they won the junior event at the Golden Spin of Zagreb.[7]

In January 2020, the pair competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. They finished third in the short program behind two pairs from Russia,[8] then did likewise in the free skating program. Their combined score put them in third place with a bronze medal.[9] This was Georgia's first medal in the Winter Youth Olympic Games, and their tenth medal in the Youth Olympic Games overall.[10] The pair also received a gold medal for their participation in the team event as part of Team Courage, composed also of Arlet Levandi from Estonia, Ksenia Sinitsyna from Russia, and ice dancers Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama from Japan.[11] Butaeva/Berulava finished the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, where they placed seventh.[12]

Programs

(with Butaeva)

Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[1]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pairs with Butaeva

International: Junior[7]
Event 2019–20
Junior Worlds7th
Youth Olympics3rd
JGP Croatia6th
JGP Poland8th
Volvo Open Cup3rd
Golden Spin1st
Team events1
Youth Olympics1st T
3rd P
1 Medals awarded for team results only.
T = Team result; P = Personal result.
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Junior results
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 7
55.96		 8
97.21		 7
153.17
10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team - 3
100.70		 1T/3P
10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 3
59.14		 3
98.15		 3
157.29
4–7 December 2019 2019 Golden Spin 3
51.32		 1
91.22		 1
142.54
5–10 November 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 3
55.92		 3
100.62		 3
156.54
25–28 September 2019 2019 JGP Croatia 6
51.27		 5
90.78		 6
142.05
18–21 September 2019 2019 JGP Poland 8
45.29		 9
80.73		 8
126.02

References
  1. "Alina BUTAEVA / Luka BERULAVA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020.
  2. "BERULAVA Luka". lausanne2020.sport. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020.
  3. "Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. "Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. "ალინა ბუტაევამ და ლუკა ბერულავამ 2020 წლის ზამთრის ახალგაზრდული ოლიმპიური თამაშების ლიცენზია მოიპოვეს" [Alina Butaeva and Luka Berulava Obtained License for Youth 2020 Winter Olympics] (in Georgian). The Recorder. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  6. "Volvo Open Cup 40 th". www.kristalice.lv. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  7. "Competition Results: Alina BUTAEVA / Luka BERULAVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020.
  8. Bilikhodze, Elene (10 January 2020). "ალინა ბუტაევასა და ლუკა ბერულავას წყვილმა მოკლე პროგრამა მესამე ადგილზე დაასრულა" [A Pair of Alina Butaeva and Luka Berulava Finished Third in the Short Program]. 1tv.ge (in Georgian). First Channel. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  9. "Georgian figure skating couple wins bronze at Winter Youth Olympics". agenda.ge. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  10. "ისტორიაში პირველად, საქართველომ ზამთრის ახალგაზრდულ ოლიმპიურ თამაშებზე მედალი მოიპოვა" [For the first time in its history, Georgia has won a medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games]. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  11. "ოლიმპიური ოქრო ლოზანიდან" [Olympic gold from Lausanne]. lelo.ge (in Georgian). 16 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  12. Slater, Paula (March 5, 2020). "Panfilova and Rylov claim Pairs' title at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.

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