Yulia Lipnitskaya

"Yulia Viacheslavovna Lipnitskaia (Russian: Юлия Вячеславовна Липницкая;[4] born 5 June 1998), is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 European champion, the 2013 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and a two-time Russian national silver medalist (2012, 2014). Competing as a junior, she won the 2012 World Junior Championships, 2011 JGP Final, and 2012 Russian Junior Championships. Lipnitskaia holds the record for the youngest skater in ladies' singles to win the European title and for the combined total and free skate scores on the ladies' junior level.[5]. On 9 February 2014, by winning gold in the team event at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, she became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in ladies singles figure skating history, six days younger than American Tara Lipinski, when she won the 1998 Winter Olympics at 15 in Nagano, Japan. [6]"

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Born in the city of Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains, Lipnitskaya first stood on the ice at four years old.

By the age of 10, she had won every tournament in her city, which meant it was time to make a decision: move to the capital and continue her career, or leave the sport.

When the question about moving to Moscow arose, her mother Daniela did not hesitate to abandon everything and leave with her daughter. It wasn't easy, but she believed Yulia would be able to show excellent results at various competitions. Yulia lived up to those expectations.

Lipnitskaya’s success was followed by a silver medal at the senior level of the 2012 Russian Championships and gold at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships. It was there that she set her first record, achieving the ladies’ World Junior record with a combined total of 187.05 points on the free skate.

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Юлия Липницкая — фигуристка-одиночница, самая юная победительница чемпионатов Европы за всю историю фигурного катания.