Denis Gurdzhi | |
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Born | Cologne | 25 January 2003
Hometown | Dortmund |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | ![]() |
Coach | Lorenzo Magri |
Skating club | TSC Eintracht Dortmund |
Began skating | 2005 |
Retired | May 16, 2024 |
Denis Gurdzhi (born 25 January 2003) is a retired German figure skater. He is the 2021 German national champion and competed in the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships.
Gurdzhi was born on 25 January 2003 in Cologne. He has an older sister by eight years, Juliana, who represented Germany internationally in pairs. [1] Gurdzhi's parents are from Russia. In 2019, he lost one finger during an accident in which he fell on the street.
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2020–2021 [2] | ||
2019–2020 [3] |
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2018–2019 [4] |
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2017–2018 [5] | ||
2016–2017 [1] |
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JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International [6] | |||||||||||
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Event | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
CS Golden Spin | 13th | ||||||||||
CS Nepela Memorial | 16th | ||||||||||
CS Finlandia | 16th | ||||||||||
CS Warsaw Cup | 24th | WD | |||||||||
Open d'Andorra | 5th | ||||||||||
Trophée Nice | 8th | ||||||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 9th | ||||||||||
International: Junior [6] | |||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 20th | ||||||||||
JGP France | 8th | ||||||||||
JGP Germany | 20th | ||||||||||
JGP Poland | 21st | ||||||||||
JGP Slovakia | 13th | ||||||||||
Alpen Trophy | 4th | ||||||||||
Bavarian Open | 6th | 6th | |||||||||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||
Christmas Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||
Halloween Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||
Ice Star | 5th | ||||||||||
NRW Trophy | 7th N | 1st N | 8th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | ||||
Prague Ice Cup | 1st | ||||||||||
Santa Claus | 2nd | ||||||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 3rd | ||||||||||
National [6] [7] | |||||||||||
German Champ. | 5th | 1st | WD | 3rd | |||||||
German Junior | 1st U | 4th N | 1st N | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | C | |||
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled Levels: U = Novice U13; N = Advanced novice |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 178.54 | 2019 JGP France |
Short program | TSS | 67.81 | 2020 World Junior Championships |
TES | 34.84 | 2020 World Junior Championships | |
PCS | 32.97 | 2020 World Junior Championships | |
Free skating | TSS | 115.75 | 2019 JGP France |
TES | 51.95 | 2019 JGP France | |
PCS | 63.80 | 2019 JGP France | |
ISU Personal best in bold.
2023–24 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
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2-5 November 2023 | 2023 Volvo Open Cup | 10 52.30 | 9 96.76 | 9 149.06 | |
18-22 October 2023 | 2023 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 7 57.59 | 9 101.52 | 8 159.11 | |
4-8 October 2023 | 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy | 18 55.67 | 17 96.22 | 16 151.89 | |
28-30 September 2023 | 2023 CS Nepela Memorial | 14 59.15 | 16 100.27 | 16 159.42 | |
2022–23 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
7–10 December 2022 | 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 11 51.66 | 14 104.58 | 13 156.24 | |
2020–21 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
18–19 December 2020 | 2021 German Championships | 1 65.98 | 1 114.83 | 1 180.81 | |
2019–20 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
1–3 January 2020 | 2020 German Championships | 6 57.66 | 4 114.09 | 5 171.75 |
2020–21 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
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26–29 November 2020 | 2020 NRW Autumn Trophy | 1 61.12 | 2 98.59 | 1 159.71 | |
2019–20 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
2–8 March 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 17 67.81 | 21 110.27 | 20 178.08 | |
20–23 February 2020 | 2020 Challenge Cup | 3 63.54 | 3 100.44 | 2 163.98 | |
3–9 February 2020 | 2020 Bavarian Open | 6 66.33 | 5 111.11 | 6 177.44 | |
13–15 December 2019 | 2020 German Junior Championships | 1 65.15 | 1 107.33 | 1 172.48 | |
8–10 November 2019 | 2019 Prague Ice Cup | 1 62.47 | 1 98.97 | 1 161.44 | |
17–20 October 2019 | 2019 Halloween Cup | 1 60.01 | 2 104.93 | 2 164.94 | |
21–24 August 2019 | 2019 JGP France | 8 62.79 | 7 115.75 | 8 178.54 | |
9–11 August 2019 | 2019 NRW Summer Trophy | 1 55.19 | 1 98.43 | 1 153.62 | |
2018–19 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
7–9 December 2018 | 2019 German Junior Championships | 3 53.30 | 1 108.12 | 1 161.42 | |
29 Nov. – 2 Dec. 2018 | 2018 Christmas Cup | 2 52.87 | 2 95.84 | 2 148.71 | |
12–18 November 2018 | 2018 Alpen Trophy | 7 51.90 | 4 100.39 | 4 152.29 | |
22–25 August 2018 | 2018 JGP Slovakia | 15 49.14 | 13 96.92 | 13 146.06 | |
10–12 August 2018 | 2018 NRW Summer Trophy | 3 51.65 | 2 103.54 | 2 155.19 | |
2017–18 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
26–31 January 2018 | 2018 Bavarian Open | 7 55.67 | 6 112.01 | 6 167.68 | |
11–14 January 2018 | 2017 German Junior Championships | 3 55.15 | 3 108.48 | 3 163.63 | |
4–10 December 2017 | 2017 Santa Claus Cup | 2 55.70 | 1 116.69 | 2 172.39 | |
26–29 October 2017 | 2017 Ice Star | 5 53.27 | 4 113.36 | 5 166.63 | |
4–7 October 2017 | 2017 JGP Poland | 19 49.78 | 22 88.14 | 21 137.92 | |
2016–17 season | |||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
11–15 January 2017 | 2017 German Junior Championships | 5 53.34 | 6 95.92 | 6 149.26 | |
30 Nov. – 4 Dec. 2016 | 2016 NRW Trophy | 10 49.52 | 8 97.64 | 8 147.16 | |
9–13 November 2016 | 2016 Volvo Open Cup | 4 52.61 | 4 102.96 | 3 155.57 | |
5–8 October 2016 | 2016 JGP Germany | 18 49.09 | 21 89.68 | 20 138.77 |
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