| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | ინგა ზურაბის ასული გურგენიძე (Georgian)Инга Зурабовна Гургенидзе (Russian) |
| Full name | Inga Zurabovna Gurgenidze |
| Other names | Inga Nikitina |
| Born | (2009-04-23)23 April 2009 (age 16) |
| Height | 1.46 m (4 ft9+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Georgia (since 2022) Russia (until 2022) |
| Coach | Liudmila Gafarova |
| Skating club | RSSHOR of Figure Skating |
Inga Zurabovna Gurgenidze (Georgian: ინგა ზურაბის ასული გურგენიძე,Russian:Инга Зурабовна Гургенидзе; born 23 April 2009), bornInga Zurabovna Nikitina,[1] is a Russian-born Georgianfigure skater who representsGeorgia in women's singles. She is the2022 JGP Italy bronze medalist, the2022 Denis Ten Memorial junior champion, the2022 Bosphorus Cup junior silver medalist, and the2023 Dragon Trophy junior champion. She finished within the top ten at the2023 World Junior Championships. She is the twenty-third woman in history to have successfully landed a triple Axel jump in competition.[2]
Gurgenidze was born on 23 April 2009 inKazan,Tatarstan,Russia.[3] Part of her family is fromGeorgia, including her grandmother, who she used to visit every summer as a child.[4]
She initially competed under her mother's surname, Nikitina, until the2021–22 season when she changed it to her father's surname, Gurgenidze.[1]
In addition, she has expressed interest in learning theEnglish andGeorgian languages.[4]
Gurgenidze's figure skating idols areJulia Lipnitskaia,Evgenia Medvedeva, andElizaveta Tuktamysheva.[4]
Gurgenidze began figure skating in 2013 and has been coached by Liudmila Gafarova since a very young age.[4][3]
She competed at the2022 Russian Junior Championships, finishing in fifteenth place.[5]
In August 2022, it was confirmed that Russian-born Gurgenidze would be representing Georgia in international competition, having never previously skated for Russia internationally.[1] She made her international debut on theJunior Grand Prix series. She began her season with a fourth-place finish at2022 JGP Latvia.[6] At her second even, the2022 JGP Italy, Gurgenidze won the bronze medal.[7]
Gurgenidze then went on to win gold at the2022 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, silver at the2022 Bosphorus Cup, and another gold at the2023 Dragon Trophy. She finished the season at the2023 World Junior Championships inCalgary,Alberta. After placing a disappointing nineteenth in the short program, Gurgenidze managed to skate a solid free program, placing seventh in that segment of the competition and finishing in ninth place overall.[6]
In her secondJunior Grand Prix season, Gurgenidze came ninth at the2023 JGP Hungary and sixth at the2023 JGP Armenia. She successfully defended her gold medal at the2023 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and then won gold at the2023 Bosphorus Cup to conclude the fall season.[6]
Gurgenidze represented Georgia in thewomen's event at the2024 Winter Youth Olympics inGangwon, coming fifth. At the2024 World Junior Championships, she placed twelfth.[6]
During the off-season, Gurgenidze worked with Russian choreographer, Sergey Plishkin, on her free skate to music from the film,Dancer in the Dark. Regarding the program's concept, Gurgenidze explained that she plays a blind woman dancing in the dark and moving her soul while still unable to see.[4] She would begin the season by competing on the2024-25 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing fifth at2024 JGP Turkey.[6] At her second junior grand prix event,2024 JGP China, Gurgenidze's coach, Liudmila Gafarova, was unable to attend due to visa issues. Gurgenidze would place a disappointing thirteenth-place in the short program but managed to skate a solid free skate that included a clean triple axel. She would finish third in that segment of the competition and finish sixth overall.[4] In late November, Gurgenidze would compete on the junior level at the2024 NRW Trophy, where she took the gold medal.[8]
Finishing the season at the2025 World Junior Championships inDebrecen, Gurgenidze placed second in the short program with a score of 67.47. “I feel really good,” she said after the short program. “I skated my best today and I skated with confidence. Skating at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Georgia really helped me, and competing in Georgia was such a big pleasure. It also gave me the confidence that I can win.”[9] She received a silver small medal for the segment.[10] She struggled during the free skate, however, placing eleventh in that segment and dropping to sixth place overall.[11][9]
Gurgenidze opened the season in October by finishing sixth at2025 JGP United Arab Emirates.[6]
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2025–2026 [12] |
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| 2024–2025 [13][4] |
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| 2023–2024 [3] |
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| 2022–2023 [14] |
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| 2021–2022 [15][16] |
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| Season | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
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| Winter Youth Olympics | 5th | |||
| World Junior Championships | 9th | 12th | 6th | |
| JGPArmenia | C | 6th | ||
| JGPChina | 6th | |||
| JGPHungary | 9th | |||
| JGPItaly | 3rd | |||
| JGPLatvia | 4th | |||
| JGPTurkey | 5th | |||
| JGPUnited Arab Emirates | 6th | |||
| Bosphorus Cup | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |
| Denis Ten Memorial | 1st | 1st | ||
| Dragon Trophy | 1st | |||
| Ephesus Cup | 2nd | |||
| EYOF | 1st | |||
| NRW Trophy | 1st |
| Season | 2021–22 |
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| Russian Championships | 15th |
| Russian Cup Final | 10th |
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 190.52 | 2022 JGP Italy |
| Short program | TSS | 63.04 | 2022 JGP Italy |
| TES | 37.34 | 2022 JGP Italy | |
| PCS | 26.73 | 2024 World Junior Championships | |
| Free skating | TSS | 128.69 | 2024 JGP China |
| TES | 74.72 | 2024 JGP China | |
| PCS | 58.92 | 2022 JGP Italy |
Personal best highlighted inbold.
| 2025–26 season | ||||
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| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| October 8–11, 2025 | 2025 JGP United Arab Emirates | 7 56.26 | 4 111.97 | 6 168.23 |
| 2024–25 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| Feb. 25 – Mar. 2, 2025 | 2025 World Junior Championships | 2 67.47 | 11 115.57 | 6 183.04 |
| November 11–17, 2024 | 2024 NRW Trophy | 1 65.30 | 1 112.89 | 1 178.19 |
| October 9–12, 2024 | 2024 JGP China | 13 50.45 | 3 128.69 | 6 179.14 |
| September 18–21, 2024 | 2024 JGP Turkey | 6 59.93 | 5 111.03 | 5 170.96 |
| 2023–24 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, 2024 | 2024 World Junior Championships | 7 62.28 | 16 110.59 | 12 172.87 |
| January 28–30, 2024 | 2024 Winter Youth Olympics | 7 57.99 | 6 115.42 | 5 173.41 |
| Nov. 27 – Dec. 3, 2022 | 2023 Bosphorus Cup | 1 64.49 | 1 111.83 | 1 176.52 |
| November 2–5, 2023 | 2023 Denis Ten Memorial | 3 54.22 | 1 109.54 | 1 163.76 |
| October 4–7, 2023 | 2023 JGP Armenia | 6 55.47 | 5 110.43 | 6 165.90 |
| September 20–23, 2023 | 2023 JGP Hungary | 13 54.32 | 8 105.53 | 9 159.85 |
| 2022–23 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships | 19 52.02 | 7 120.48 | 9 172.50 |
| February 9–12, 2023 | 2023 Dragon Trophy | 4 53.73 | 1 124.09 | 1 177.82 |
| Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2022 | 2023 Bosphorus Cup | 2 52.58 | 1 118.47 | 2 171.05 |
| October 26–29, 2022 | 2022 Denis Ten Memorial | 1 63.62 | 1 110.56 | 1 174.18 |
| October 12–15, 2022 | 2022 JGP Italy | 4 63.04 | 3 127.48 | 3 190.52 |
| September 7–10, 2022 | 2022 JGP Latvia | 5 58.80 | 4 121.48 | 4 180.28 |