Morisi Kvitelashvili

Morisi Mikhailovich Kvitelashvili (Georgian: მორის ყვითელაშვილი, pronounced [mɔris qʼvitʰɛlɑʃvili]; Russian: Морис Михайлович Квителашвили, born 17 March 1995) is a Russian-Georgian figure skater who currently represents Georgia. He is the 2020 European bronze medalist, a two-time Rostelecom Cup silver medalist (2018, 2020), the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, and the 2018 Georgian national champion.

Morisi Kvitelashvili
Kvitelashvili at the 2018 European Championships
Personal information
Native nameყვითელაშვილი
Full nameMorisi Mikhailovich Kvitelashvili
Alternative namesMoris
Country represented Georgia
Former country(ies) represented Russia
Born (1995-03-17) 17 March 1995
Moscow, Russia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
CoachEteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov
Former coachMarina Selitskaia
ChoreographerAlexei Zhelezniakov
Skating clubSambo 70
Training locationsMoscow
Began skating2000
World standing13 (2018–19)
23 (2017–18)
43 (2016–17)
54 (2015–16)
71 (2014–15)
107 (2013–14)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total248.58
2018 Rostelecom Cup
Short program99.56
2020 Rostelecom Cup
Free skate163.94
2020 European Championships

Representing Russia, he is the 2015 CS Mordovian Ornament bronze medalist, and on the junior level, the 2013 JGP Czech Republic bronze medalist, and the 2014 Russian junior national bronze medalist.

He placed 24th 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 fourteenth at the 2011 Russian Junior Championships and eighteenth 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 fifth.

2014–2015 season: Grand Prix debut

Making his ISU Challenger Series (CS) debut, Kvitelashvili placed fifth at the Lombardia Trophy in September 2014. In November, he competed at the 2014 Rostelecom Cup, replacing the injured Kolyada; he finished twelfth at the event, the first senior Grand Prix (GP) assignment of his career. After placing eighth at the 2015 Russian Championships, he was sent to his second Winter Universiade and finished seventh 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 twelfth at his sole GP event, the 2015 Cup of China. In December 2015, he placed fifth in his final international event for Russia, the CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, and twelfth 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 tenth in the short program and fourth in the free skate, he finished sixth overall at the 2017 European Championships, held in January in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

In March, Kvitelashvili placed nineteenth in the short, eleventh in the free, and thirteenth 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 fifth 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 twelfth 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 twenty-fourth overall.

2018–2019 season

Beginning the season at the 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy, Kvitelashvili placed fourth in the short program and third in the free skate, narrowly finishing fourth overall, less than half a point behind Keiji Tanaka. At his second Challenger event, the Finlandia Trophy, he placed fifth in the free skate and third in the free, taking the bronze medal overall. His first Grand Prix event of the season, 2018 Skate America, saw him place eighth overall, after coming eleventh in the short program and seven in the free skate. At the 2018 Rostelecom Cup, he placed second in both programs to win the silver medal, his first Grand Prix medal.[9][10]

Kvitelashvili placed tenth at the 2019 European Championships, and finished the season with a thirteenth-place showing at the 2019 World Championships.

2019–2020 season: Bronze at Europeans

Kvitelashvili was fourth to begin the season at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, before winning the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.

At his first Grand Prix event of the season, Kvitelashvili placed fifth in both segments at the 2019 Internationaux de France, for fourth place overall.[11] He was seventh at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup.[12]

Kvitelashvili won the bronze medal at 2020 European Championships after placing fourth in the short program and third in the free program.[13] Only 0.03 points away from winning the silver medal that went to Artur Danielian, he said he had "dreamed for a long time about this." He was the first Georgian man to win a medal at the European Championships.[14]

Kvitelashvili was assigned to compete at the 2020 World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[15]

2020–2021 season

With the pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU opted to run the Grand Prix primarily based on geographic location, and Kvitelashvili was assigned to compete at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup. He won the short program with clean short program scoring slightly under one hundred points, in what was considered something of an upset.[16] Fourth in the free skate, he took his second silver medal from Rostelecom. He said afterward that he was "happy how everything came together, even though not everything worked in the free skating."[17]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
2019–2020
[18]
2018–2019
[19]
2017–2018
[5]
2015–2017
[20][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
[21]
  • 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
[22]
  • Interview with the Vampire
    by Elliot Goldenthal

Competitive highlights

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

For Georgia
International[23]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Olympics24th
Worlds13th26th13thC
Europeans6th12th10th3rd
GP France6th4th
GP Rostelecom Cup5th2nd7th2nd
GP Skate America8th
CS Finlandia 3rd
CS Golden Spin1st2nd
CS Lombardia4th
CS Ice Star2nd
CS Ondrej Nepela4th
Denis Ten Memorial1st
Int. Challenge Cup3rdTBD
Shanghai Trophy2nd
Bosphorus Cup1st
Santa Claus Cup1st
Winter Universiade3rd
National[23]
Georgian Champ. 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

For Russia
International[23]
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 3rd
Winter Universiade5th7th
International: Junior[23]
JGP Czech Republic3rd
JGP Slovakia4th
NRW Trophy3rd
National[24]
Russian Champ.15th8th12th
Russian Junior Champ.14th8th14th3rd
J = Junior level

Detailed results

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

2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 20–22, 2020 2020 Rostelecom Cup 1
99.56		 4
176.24		 2
275.80
2019–20 season
January 20–26, 2020 2020 European Championships 4
82.77		 3
163.94		 3
246.71
December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2
81.10		 4
155.55		 2
236.65
November 15–17, 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 9
75.87		 5
161.72		 7
237.59
November 1–3 2019 2019 Internationaux de France 5
78.79		 5
157.59		 4
236.38
9-12 October 2019 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 1
88.00		 1
156.98		 1
244.98
13–15 September 2019 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy 4
74.15		 4
146.81		 4
220.96
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships 12
82.67		 13
158.07		 13
240.74
March 7–9, 2019 2019 Winter Universiade 5
82.71		 2
175.31		 3
258.02
21–27 January 2019 2019 European Championships 15
73.04		 7
146.75		 10
219.79
27 November – 1 December 2018 2018 Bosphorus Cup 1
78.66		 1
142.07		 1
220.73
16-18 November 2018 2018 Rostelecom Cup 2
89.94		 2
158.64		 2
248.58
Oct. 19 – 21, 2018 2018 Skate America 11
68.58		 7
136.54		 8
205.12
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

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