Morisi Kvitelashvili

Morisi Kvitelashvili
Kvitelashvili at the 2018 European Championships
Personal information
Native name ყვითელაშვილი
Full name Morisi Mikhailovich Kvitelashvili
Country represented Georgia
Former country(ies) represented Russia
Born (1995-03-17) 17 March 1995
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Coach Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov
Former coach Marina Selitskaia
Choreographer Alexei Zhelezniakov
Skating club Sambo 70
Training locations Moscow
Began skating 2000
World standing 23 (2017–18)
43 (2016–17)
54 (2015–16)
71 (2014–15)
107 (2013–14)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 250.26
2017 Rostelecom Cup
Short program 86.98
2017 Internationaux de France
Free skate 169.59
2017 Rostelecom Cup

Morisi Mikhailovich Kvitelashvili (Georgian: მორის ყვითელაშვილი, pronounced [mɔris qʼvitʰɛlɑʃvili]; Russian: Морис Михайлович Квителашвили, born 17 March 1995) is a Russian-Georgian figure skater. He has won three ISU Challenger Series medals, including gold at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, and finished in the top six at the 2017 European Championships. He competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Kvitelashvili was born on 17 March 1995 in Moscow, Russia.[1][2] His mother, a former competitive skater, and father are both originally from Tbilisi, Georgia.[3][4]

As of 2018, he is a student at the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism in Moscow.[4]

Skating career

Early years

Kvitelashvili began learning to skate in 2000.[5] His first coach was Elena Proskurina at CSKA Moscow.[4]

He placed 14th at the 2011 Russian Junior Championships and 8th at the 2012 edition. He won the junior bronze medal at the 2012 NRW Trophy, his first international event.

2013–2014 season

In 2013, Kvitelashvili was selected to compete on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP); he placed fourth, 1.62 points behind bronze medalist Mikhail Kolyada, at his first event, which took place in September in Košice, Slovakia. The following month, he won the bronze medal at the JGP event in Ostrava, Czech Republic, having scored 17.76 points less than silver medalist Alexander Petrov and 16.7 more than Daniel Samohin. His senior international debut came in December, at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trento, Italy, where he finished 5th.

2014–2015 season: Grand Prix debut

Making his ISU Challenger Series (CS) debut, Kvitelashvili placed 5th at the Lombardia Trophy in September 2014. In November, he competed at the 2014 Rostelecom Cup, replacing the injured Kolyada; he finished 12th at the event, the first senior Grand Prix (GP) assignment of his career. After placing 8th at the 2015 Russian Championships, he was sent to his second Winter Universiade and finished 7th at the competition, held in February 2015 in Granada, Spain.

2015–2016 season

Kvitelashvili won the bronze medal at the 2015 CS Mordovian Ornament in Saransk, Russia. He finished 12th at his sole GP event, the 2015 Cup of China. In December 2015, he placed 5th in his final international event for Russia, the CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, and 12th at the Russian Championships. In May 2016, he submitted a request to Russian skating officials to be released to compete for Georgia.[6]

2016–2017 season: First season for Georgia

Kvitelashvili made his first international appearance for Georgia in December 2016, at the Santa Claus Cup in Hungary. He obtained the minimum technical scores required to compete at all ISU Championships and won the gold medal, ahead of fellow Georgian Irakli Maysuradze, by placing first in both segments. Ranked 10th in the short program and 4th in the free skate, he finished 6th overall at the 2017 European Championships, held in January in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

In March, Kvitelashvili placed 19th in the short, 11th in the free, and 13th overall at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Due to his placement, Georgia qualified a spot in the men's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

2017–2018 season: PyeongChang Olympics

Kvitelashvili competed at two Grand Prix events, placing 5th at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup and 6th at the 2017 Internationaux de France. He was invited to the Russian event as a replacement for Keiji Tanaka.[7] He won medals at both of his Challenger Series events, taking silver at the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star and gold at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In January, Kvitelashvili placed 12th at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow. The following month, he served as Georgia's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[8] He qualified to the free skate in men's singles and finished 24th overall.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2017–2018
[5]
2015–2017
[9][1]
  • I Believe I Can Fly
    by R. Kelly
  • What Is Love
    by Haddaway
  • Sixteen Tons
    performed by The Platters
  • Hogfat Blues
    by Stan Kenton
  • I Put A Spell On You
    performed by Garou
2014–2015
[10]
  • Blues for Elise
    by Wolf Hoffmann
  • After Dark
    by Tito & Tarantula
  • Blue Jean Blues
    by ZZ Top
  • Looking for a Fox
    by Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Blues Brothers Band
2013–2014
[11]
  • Interview with the Vampire
    by Elliot Goldenthal

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Georgia

International[12]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19
Olympics24th
Worlds13th26th
Europeans6th12th
GP France6th
GP Rostelecom Cup5thTBD
GP Skate AmericaTBD
CS Finlandia 3rd
CS Golden Spin1st
CS Ice Star2nd
CS Ondrej Nepela4th
Int. Challenge Cup3rd
Santa Claus Cup1st
TBD = Assigned

For Russia

International[12]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
GP Cup of China12th
GP Rostelecom Cup12th
CS Golden Spin5th5th
CS Lombardia5th
CS Mordovian Ornament3rd
Winter Universiade5th7th
International: Junior[12]
JGP Czech Republic3rd
JGP Slovakia4th
NRW Trophy3rd
National[13]
Russian Champ.15th8th12th
Russian Junior Champ.14th8th14th3rd
J = Junior level

Detailed results

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

2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
9–11 November 2018 2018 NHK Trophy
TBD
TBD
TBD
Oct. 19 – 21, 2018 2018 Skate America
TBD
TBD
TBD
4–7 October 2018 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 5
77.52		 3
153.67		 3
231.19
19–22 September 2018 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 4
76.49		 3
145.14		 4
221.63
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
19-25 March 2018 2018 World Figure Skating Championships 26
67.01		 26
67.01
16-17 February 2018 2018 Winter Olympics 22
76.56		 24
128.01		 24
204.57
15–21 January 2018 2018 European Championships 7
76.24		 14
133.73		 12
210.47
6–9 December 2017 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 6
76.24		 1
160.34		 1
236.58
17–19 November 2017 2017 Internationaux de France 4
86.98		 8
153.52		 6
240.50
26–29 October 2017 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star 2
78.28		 3
149.03		 2
227.31
20–22 October 2017 2017 Rostelecom Cup 8
80.67		 5
169.59		 5
250.26
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
29 March – 2 April 2017 2017 World Figure Skating Championships 19
76.34		 11
162.90		 13
239.24
25–29 January 2017 2017 European Championships 10
76.85		 4
161.35		 6
238.20
2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
24–27 December 2015 2016 Russian Championships 13
69.26		 12
139.37		 12
208.63
2–5 December 2015 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb 6
68.55		 5
144.43		 5
212.98
November 6–8, 2015 2015 Cup of China 11
66.92		 12
125.16		 12
192.10
16–19 October 2015 2015 Mordovian Ornament 3
75.79		 3
154.45		 3
230.24
2014–15 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 4–8, 2015 2015 Winter Universiade 14
55.07		 4
138.27		 7
193.34
24–27 December 2014 2015 Russian Championships 8
74.37		 9
133.03		 8
207.40
December 4–7, 2014 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb 7
66.16		 5
141.61		 5
207.77
November 14–16, 2014 2014 Rostelecom Cup 12
62.24		 12
112.01		 12
174.25
18–21 September 24 2014 Lombardia Trophy 4
72.12		 7
129.02		 5
201.14

References

  1. 1 2 "Moris KVITELASHVILI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  2. ↑ СПИСОК кандидатов в спортивные сборные команды Российской Федерации по фигурному катанию на коньках на 2014-2015 гг. [List of candidates for the 2014–15 Russian national team in figure skating] (PDF) (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. 24 April 2014. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Квителашвили — о втором гражданстве, служебных романах". lenta.ru (in Russian). 9 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Golinsky, Reut (22 May 2018). "Meet Moris Kvitelashvili". Absolute Skating.
  5. 1 2 "Moris KVITELASHVILI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Protokol" (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Moscow. 23 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Luchianov, Vladislav (17 November 2017). "Kvitelashvili aims to bring Georgia into prominence". IceNetwork.com.
  8. ↑ "Athlete Profile - Morisi KVITELASHVILI". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Moris KVITELASHVILI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Moris KVITELASHVILI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Moris KVITELASHVILI: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Moris KVITELASHVILI". International Skating Union.
  13. ↑ Квителашвили Морис Михайлович [Moris Mikhailovich Kvitelashvili]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
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