Eva-Lotta Kiibus

Eva-Lotta Kiibus (born 17 January 2003) is an Estonian figure skater. She is the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, a two-time Estonian national champion (2020–21), and a two-time Tallink Hotels Cup champion (2018, 2019). She qualified to the final segment at the 2019 World Championships. She placed seventh at the 2020 European Championships.

Eva-Lotta Kiibus
Personal information
Country represented Estonia
Born (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003
Tallinn, Estonia
Home townKeila, Estonia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
CoachAnna Levandi
ChoreographerBenoît Richaud
Former choreographerVakhtang Murvanidze
Anna Levandi
Skating clubAnna Levandi FSC
Training locationsTallinn, Estonia; Valmiera, Latvia
Began skating2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total184.27
2020 Budapest Trophy
Short program65.37
2020 Budapest Trophy
Free skate121.54
2020 Europeans

She is currently the 24th highest ranked ladies' singles skater in world by the International Skating Union following the 2019–20 figure skating season.

Personal life

Kiibus was born on 17 January 2003 in Tallinn.[1] Her older brother is Estonian rapper nublu.[2]

Career

Early years

Kiibus began learning to skate in 2007.[3] She competed in the advanced novice ranks in the 2015–2016 season and made her junior international debut the following season.

2018–2019 season

In September 2018, Kiibus debuted on both the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the senior-level ISU Challenger Series. In December, she won silver at Estonia's senior championships, finishing second to Gerli Liinamäe. She became the national junior champion the following month. In February 2019, she won gold in the senior ladies' category at the Tallink Hotels Cup.

In March, Kiibus appeared at her first ISU Championship – the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Ranked 26th in the short program, she did not advance to the final segment. Later that month, she competed at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Japan. She qualified to the final segment by placing 23rd in the short program.

2019–2020 season
Kiibus at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

For the new season, Kiibus continued competing on both senior and junior levels. On the Junior Grand Prix circuit, she placed seventh at the 2019 JGP Chelyabinsk in Russia and eighth at 2019 JGP Egna in Italy. On the senior level, in the first half of the season she took part in three Challenger events, initially placing sixth at both the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. At the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb she was eleventh. In December, Kiibus became the Estonian senior national champion.

In January 2020, Kiibus first competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, placing fourteenth. She then made her debut at the European Championships, placing eleventh in the short program.[4] Fifth in the free skate with a new personal best, she rose to seventh place overall. Kiibus said afterward that it was "such an experience. I felt so good and I skated with my heart."[5] She was assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but those were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[6]

2020–2021 season

With pandemic-related travel restrictions in place, Kiibus started off her season at a 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy attended only by skaters training in Europe.[7] Third after the short program, she won the free skate and took the gold medal, her first Challenger title.[8] Shortly afterward, she won the silver medal at the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, regarding her performance there as an improvement over Nebelhorn despite the lower ordinal.[9]

Kiibus was assigned to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, the ISU having opted to alott the Grand Prix for that season based primarily on geographic location. The event was later cancelled due to the pandemic, but Kiibus was subsequently reassigned to the 2020 Rostelecom Cup.[9] She placed sixth at the Moscow event.[10] Kiibus was one of a number of skaters to contract COVID-19 at the Rostelecom Cup, as a result of which she took weeks to recover, and indicated at the Estonian Championships that mental recovery would take longer. She placed third in the short program at the national championships.[11] She rallied in the free skate to edge out Gerli Liinamäe for the gold medal by 0.31 points.[12]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
[13]
2019–2020
[1]
2018–2019
[3]
  • Michael Meets Mozart
    by The Piano Guys
    choreo. by Vakhtang Murvanidze, Anna Levandi
2017–2018
  • Michael Meets Mozart
    by The Piano Guys
    choreo. by Vakhtang Murvanidze, Anna Levandi
2016–2017

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[14]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Worlds22ndCTBD
Europeans7th
GP FranceC
GP Rostelecom6th
CS Budapest2nd
CS Cup of TyrolC
CS Finlandia14th6th
CS Golden Spin11th
CS Lombardia14th
CS Nebelhorn6th1st
CS Tallinn Trophy14th
Tallink Hotels Cup1st1st2ndTBD
Volvo Open Cup7th
International: Junior[14]
Youth Olympics14th
Junior Worlds26th
JGP Italy8th
JGP Lithuania13th
JGP Russia7th
EYOF4th
Challenge Cup5th11th
Kaunas Ice Cup3rd
Prague Ice Cup6th
Tallinn Trophy21st5th
Volvo Open Cup21st
International: Novice[15]
Rooster Cup13th
Tallink Hotels Cup3rd
Tallinn Trophy13th
Volvo Open Cup12th
National[14][16]
Estonian Champ.8th3rd2nd1st1st
Estonian Junior Champ.6th N6th J2nd J1st J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled

Detailed results

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

Senior results
2020–2021 season
Date Event SP FS Total
30–31 January 2021 2021 Estonian Championships 3
55.83		 1
120.97		 1
176.80
20–22 November 2020 2020 Rostelecom Cup 9
57.88		 5
128.12		 6
186.00
15–17 October 2020 2020 CS Budapest Trophy 2
65.37		 2
118.90		 2
184.27
23–26 September 2020 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3
60.49		 1
113.04		 1
173.53
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
13–16 February 2020 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup 2
64.94		 3
113.31		 2
178.25
20–26 January 2020 2020 European Championships 11
59.70		 5
121.54		 7
181.24
13–15 December 2019 2020 Estonian Championships 1
63.07		 1
120.65		 1
183.72
4–7 December 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 18
46.20		 9
102.46		 11
148.66
11–13 October 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 5
59.84		 6
102.93		 6
162.77
25–28 September 2019 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 10
50.14		 4
115.96		 6
166.10
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
18–24 March 2019 2019 World Championships 23
55.38		 22
94.61		 22
149.99
22–24 February 2019 2019 Tallink Hotels Cup 1
56.59		 1
95.64		 1
152.23
14–16 December 2018 2019 Estonian Championships 4
46.28		 1
110.56		 2
156.84
26–29 November 2018 2018 Tallinn Trophy 15
46.58		 14
90.67		 14
137.25
6–11 November 2018 2018 Volvo Open Cup 5
52.53		 9
90.80		 7
143.33
4–7 October 2018 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 16
45.65		 9
105.37		 14
151.02
12–16 September 2018 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy 11
48.43		 13
81.66		 14
130.09
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
15–18 March 2018 2018 Tallink Hotels Cup 1
41.02		 1
83.79		 1
124.81
9–10 December 2017 2018 Estonian Championships 3
48.63		 3
98.90		 3
147.53

Junior results
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 14
46.63		 12
92.07		 14
138.70
2–5 October 2019 2019 JGP Italy 3
59.78		 8
96.44		 8
156.22
11–14 September 2019 2019 JGP Russia 8
54.01		 7
100.33		 7
154.34
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
4–10 March 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 26
45.67		 – 26
45.67
13–14 February 2019 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival 5
54.21		 4
101.72		 4
155.93
5–6 January 2019 2019 Estonian Junior Championships 1
57.14		 2
98.63		 1
155.77
5–8 September 2018 2018 JGP Lithuania 14
42.62		 12
86.89		 13
129.51
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
22–25 February 2018 2018 Challenge Cup 13
40.78		 9
80.10		 11
120.88
2–4 February 2018 2018 Estonian Junior Championships 2
48.14		 3
85.56		 2
133.70
20–26 November 2017 2017 Tallinn Trophy 11
42.33		 4
95.28		 5
137.61
10–12 November 2017 2017 Prague Ice Cup 3
45.77		 6
64.04		 6
109.81
20–22 October 2017 2017 Kaunas Ice Autumn Cup 4
40.81		 1
74.34		 3
115.15

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  5. Slater, Paula (January 25, 2020). "Kostornaia takes gold in Russian sweep at Europeans". Golden Skate.
  6. Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  7. "2020 NEBELHORN TROPHY". International Figure Skating. September 19, 2020.
  8. Jiwani, Rory (September 26, 2020). "Eva-Lotta Kiibus takes Nebelhorn Trophy". Olympic Channel.
  9. Flade, Tatjana (November 13, 2020). "Moscow next stop for Estonia's Eva-Lotta Kiibus". Golden Skate.
  10. Slater, Paula (November 21, 2020). "Tuktamysheva edges out Kostornaia for Rostelecom Cup gold". Golden Skate.
  11. Pahv, Peep (30 January 2021). "Eva-Lotta Kiibus: koroonaviirus tekitas kurnatust, taastumine võttis aega ja võistlema tulek oli paras eneseületus" (in Estonian). Delfi.
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