Aleksandra Golovkina

Aleksandra Golovkina (born 1 July 1998) is a Lithuanian figure skater. She is the 2014 CS Warsaw Cup bronze medalist and a four-time Lithuanian national champion (2012–2013, 2016, 2019). She has qualified to the free skate at two European Championships.[1]

Aleksandra Golovkina
Personal information
Country represented Lithuania
Born (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998
Vilnius, Lithuania
Home townNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
CoachDavid Richardson
Former coachMarina Selitskaia, Dmitrij Kozlov, Aidas Reklys, Rafael Arutunian
ChoreographerDavid Richardson
Former choreographerBenoit Richaud, Elena Maslennikova Dmitrij Kozlov,
Skating clubBaltų ainiai
Training locationsBillingham, United Kingdom
Former training locationsVilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania; Moscow, Russia; Lake Forest, United States
Began skating2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total141.49
2019 CS Ice Star
Short program51.73
2019 CS Ice Star
Free skate89.76
2019 CS Ice Star

Career

Golovkina competed internationally on the novice level from 2008–09 to 2011–12. Her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in August 2012. In March 2013, she competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan but was eliminated after placing 39th in the short program.

Golovkina began the 2013–14 season on the JGP series, placing 16th in Estonia. In November 2013, she won the junior bronze medal at the NRW Trophy before making her senior international debut at the Warsaw Cup; she placed 9th in the short program, 1st in the free skate, and 4th overall in Warsaw. Continuing on the senior level, she finished 4th at the 2014 Toruń Cup and 5th at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial.

In the 2014–15 season, Golovkina competed at one JGP event and then won her first senior international medal, silver, at the Ice Star in Minsk, Belarus. In November 2014, she began competing on the ISU Challenger Series (CS), placing 5th at the Volvo Open Cup before taking bronze at the Warsaw Cup. She placed 7th at her final CS event, the 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb. Golovkina was named in Lithuania's team to the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. Ranked 23rd in the short program, she qualified for the free skate, where she placed 17th, lifting her to 19th overall.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
[2][3]
2014–2015
[4]
2013–2014
      2012–2013
      [5][6]

      Competitive highlights

      CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

      2012–13 to present
      International[1]
      Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 19–20
      Worlds28th33rd
      Europeans19th16th26th
      CS Golden Spin7th
      CS Ice Star9th
      CS Lombardia21st29th
      CS Mordovian5th
      CS Nebelhorn19th
      CS Ondrej Nepela13th13th
      CS Tallinn Trophy13th
      CS Volvo Cup5th
      CS Warsaw Cup3rd7thWD
      Cup of Nice9th
      Hellmut Seibt5th13th
      Ice Star2nd2nd
      Tallinn Trophy13th
      Tayside Trophy3rd
      Toruń Cup4th9th7th
      Warsaw Cup4th
      Volvo Open Cup10th
      International: Junior[1]
      Junior Worlds39th
      JGP Estonia16th
      JGP France18th
      JGP Germany16th
      JGP Slovenia17th
      EYOF14th
      Cup of Nice11th
      Ice Star2nd
      NRW Trophy3rd
      National[1]
      Lithuanian Champ.1st2nd1st1st
      J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

      2008–09 to 2011–12
      International: Novice[1]
      Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12
      NRW Trophy3rd N
      Warsaw Cup27th N1st N1st N3rd N
      National[1]
      Lithuanian Champ.1st
      N = Novice level

      References
      1. "Competition Results: Aleksandra GOLOVKINA". International Skating Union.
      2. "Aleksandra GOLOVKINA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017.
      3. "Aleksandra GOLOVKINA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
      4. "Aleksandra GOLOVKINA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
      5. "Aleksandra GOLOVKINA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013.
      6. "Aleksandra GOLOVKINA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
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