Nika Egadze

Nika Egadze
Egadze at the 2025 World Championships
Native nameნიკა ეგაძე (Georgian)
Born (2002-04-02) 2 April 2002
Tbilisi, Georgia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Georgia
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachEteri Tutberidze
Daniil Gleikhengauz
Sergei Dudakov
Skating clubBatumi Sports Centre
Began skating2011
Medal record
Georgian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Tbilisi Singles

Nika Egadze (Georgian: ნიკა ეგაძე; born 2 April 2002) is a Georgian figure skater. He is the 2021 CS Cup of Austria champion and the 2021 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist. On the junior level, he is the 2017 European Youth Olympic bronze medalist and competed in the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Egadze was born on April 2, 2002 in Tbilisi, Georgia.[1] His father is a jeweler and his mother is a mathematician. In addition, he has a younger brother.[2]

Career

Early years

Egadze began learning how to skate in 2011 at the age of four; his first figure skating coach was Marina Jaiani.[3][2]

2016–17 season

Egadze, coached by Lea Chopikashvili in Batumi, made his junior international debut on the 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing fourteenth at 2016 JGP France. He subsequently won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2016 Ice Star and silver on the junior level at the 2016 Santa Claus Cup.[4]

Following the season, Egadze moved to Moscow, Russia to train under Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov.[5]

2017–18 season

Egadze started the season by competing on the 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing thirteenth at 2017 JGP Austria and at 2017 JGP Croatia. Although, he went on to compete on the junior level at the 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb but withdrew following the short program.[4]

2018–19 season

Egadze began the season in January, winning gold on the junior level at the 2019 Skate Helena. He was then selected to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, finishing in eighteenth place overall.[4]

2021–22 season

Making his senior international debut, Egadze started the season by finishing fourth at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. He followed this up by winning bronze at the 2021 Volvo Open Cup and gold at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria.[4]

He then placed eleventh at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, before also placing eleventh at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[4]

Egadze finished the season by making his Senior Championship debut at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. He placed twenty-eighth in the short program and did not advance in the free skate segment of the competition.[4]

2022–23 season

Egadze began the season by competing on the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series, placing fifth at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy and winning gold at the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. He followed up these results by finishing fifth at the 2022 Grand Prix de France and seventh at the 2022 NHK Trophy.[4]

Going on to compete at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Egadze finished seventh overall after placing twelfth in the short program and seventh in the free skate. He then made his World Championship debut at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan. Egadze placed twenty-ninth in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment of the competition.[4]

2023–24 season

Egadze started the season by competing on the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, winning silver at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial. He then went on to finish fourth at 2023 Skate America. "I managed to perform my program quite well, but some of my jumps didn’t happen today," he said after the free skate. "Overall, I am happy."[6] He went on to take silver at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, and fourth at the 2023 NHK Trophy.[4][7]

In January, he competed at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, finishing in seventh place. “I am very disappointed by my performance this week, but I am happy I fought,” he said.[8] Two months later, he placed thirteenth at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4]

2024–25 season

Egadze began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy and winning the bronze medal at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.

He subsequently competed on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, placing fourth at 2024 Skate America[9] “It was a good energy here at this entire competition,” he said after the free skate. “Very high level. Us last five skaters were at “The Ice” together in Japan, and it is really nice to be able to talk between each other. Especially, I liked competing here together with Ilia and being able to talk in the dressing room. It was a really good competition overall.”[9] He then went on to compete at the 2024 Cup of China, placing fourth.[4][10]

Following a fourth-place finish at the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Egadze competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. He placed second in the short program but eighth in the free skate, dropping to fourth place overall.[4][11]

In March, Egadze finished ninth at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. “Overall, I’m very pleased,” he summed after the free skate. “I came into this program today with anger from Europeans, and I was 100% determined to make sure something like that wouldn’t happen again."[12] The following month, he competed for Team Georgia at the 2025 World Team Trophy. He finished ninth in the men's singles event and Team Georgia placed sixth overall.[4][13][14]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2025–2026
[15]
2024–2025
[16]
2023–2024
[1]
2022–2023
[17]
2021–2022
[18]
2019–2020
[19]
2017–2018
[5]
2016–2017
[3]

Competitive highlights

Competition placements at senior level [4]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
World Championships 29th 13th 9th
European Championships 28th 7th 7th 4th
Georgian Championships 1st
World Team Trophy 6th
(9th)
GP Cup of China 4th
GP France 5th TBD
GP NHK Trophy 7th 4th
GP Rostelecom Cup 11th
GP Skate America 4th 4th
GP Skate Canada TBD
CS Cup of Austria 1st
CS Denis Ten Memorial 4th 1st 2nd 3rd
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 11th 4th
CS Lombardia Trophy 5th 2nd 5th
CS Nepela Memorial 2nd
Volvo Open Cup 3rd
Competition placements at junior level [4]
Season 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2019–20
World Junior Championships 18th
JGP Austria 13th
JGP Croatia 13th
JGP Slovenia 14th
European Youth Olympic Festival 3rd
Golden Spin of Zagreb WD
Ice Star 3rd
Santa Claus Cup 2nd
Skate Helena 1st
World Development Trophy 5th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [4]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 263.03 2025 World Championships
Short program TSS 93.89 2024 Skate America
TES 53.86 2024 Skate America
PCS 40.03 2024 Skate America
Free skating TSS 172.64 2025 World Championships
TES 94.62 2025 World Championships
PCS 78.25 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

Senior level

Results in the 2021–22 season [4]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 28–31, 2021 Kazakhstan 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 6 69.65 4 154.00 4 223.65
Nov 6–7, 2021 Latvia 2021 Volvo Open Cup 3 76.52 2 149.08 3 225.60
Nov 11–14, 2021 Austria 2021 CS Cup of Austria 12 68.02 1 159.55 1 227.57
Nov 26–28, 2021 Russia 2021 Rostelecom Cup 12 50.35 7 159.82 11 210.17
Dec 7–11, 2021 Croatia 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 8 73.56 10 141.08 11 214.64
Jan 10–16, 2022 Estonia 2022 European Championships 28 63.60 — — 28 63.60
Results in the 2022–23 season [4]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 16–19, 2022 Italy 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy 3 82.82 5 134.82 5 217.64
Oct 26–29, 2022 Kazakhstan 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 1 71.81 1 136.66 1 208.47
Nov 4–6, 2022 France 2022 Grand Prix de France 4 82.44 6 150.96 5 233.40
Nov 18–20, 2022 Japan 2022 NHK Trophy 5 84.47 8 148.39 7 232.86
Jan 25–29, 2023 Finland 2023 European Championships 12 72.96 7 147.69 7 220.65
Mar 22–26, 2023 Japan 2023 World Championships 29 65.17 — — 29 65.17
Results in the 2023–24 season [4][20]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 8–10, 2023 Italy 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 3 78.75 2 164.60 2 243.35
Sep 28–30, 2023 Slovakia 2023 CS Nepela Memorial 1 84.11 2 159.20 2 243.31
Oct 20–22, 2023 United States 2023 Skate America 5 85.76 5 151.69 4 237.45
Nov 1–4, 2023 Kazakhstan 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 1 83.95 2 150.87 2 234.82
Nov 24–26, 2023 Japan 2023 NHK Trophy 7 81.30 4 156.04 4 237.34
Dec 22–23, 2023 Georgia (country) 2024 Georgian Championships 1 — 1 — 1 —
Jan 8–14, 2024 Lithuania 2024 European Championships 10 77.00 6 156.16 7 233.16
Mar 18–24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Championships 7 92.08 15 149.47 13 241.55
Results in the 2024–25 season [4]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 12–15, 2024 Italy 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy 4 76.45 6 155.56 5 232.01
Oct 3-5, 2024 Kazakhstan 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2 90.06 4 152.37 3 242.43
Oct 18–20, 2024 United States 2024 Skate America 3 93.89 4 167.82 4 261.71
Nov 22–24, 2024 China 2024 Cup of China 4 87.73 4 159.81 4 247.54
Dec 4–7, 2024 Croatia 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 75.18 4 141.83 4 217.01
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 Estonia 2025 European Championships 2 91.94 8 151.93 4 243.87
Mar 25-30, 2025 United States 2025 World Championships 6 90.39 8 172.64 9 263.03
Apr 17–20, 2025 Japan 2025 World Team Trophy 8 84.76 10 147.83 6 (9) 232.59


Junior level

Results in the 2015–16 season [4]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Apr 11–12, 2016 Poland 2016 World Development Trophy 3 48.48 6 78.43 5 126.91
Results in the 2016–17 season [4]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 21–24, 2016 Slovenia 2016 JGP Slovenia 13 52.82 15 96.47 14 149.29
Nov 18–20, 2016 Belarus 2016 Ice Star 3 53.83 3 103.87 3 157.70
Dec 6–11, 2016 Hungary 2016 Santa Claus Cup 4 52.95 2 110.92 2 163.87
Feb 13–15, 2017 Turkey 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 6 53.71 4 101.47 3 155.18
Results in the 2017–18 season [4]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2017 Austria 2017 JGP Austria 16 46.56 8 113.96 13 160.52
Sep 27–30, 2017 Croatia 2017 JGP Croatia 16 44.08 10 109.09 13 153.17
Dec 6–9, 2017 Croatia 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb 1 69.60 — — – WD
Results in the 2019–20 season [4]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 16–18, 2020 Serbia 2020 Skate Helena 2 62.69 1 127.27 1 189.96
Mar 2–8, 2020 Estonia 2020 World Junior Championships 22 58.22 17 122.44 18 180.66

References

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