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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Арина Калугина |
| Born | 24 November 2010 |
| Home town | Moscow, Russia |
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Coach | Viktoria Butsaeva Evgeni Vlasov Galina Ishchenko |
| Skating club | Sports School Moskvich |
| Began skating | 2014 |
Arina Kalugina (Russian: Арина Калугина; born 24 November 2010) is a Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater who represents Azerbaijan. On the junior level, she is the 2025 Denis Ten Memorial bronze medalist and the 2025 Ephesus Cup bronze medalist.
She has landed the quadruple Salchow jump in competition,[1] being the first woman representing Azerbaijan to do so.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Arina was born on 24 November 2010 in Yaroslavl, Russia.[2]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Kalugina began skating in 2014 at the age of four. She has previously skated for Russia, making appearances at events such as the 2024 Russian Jumping Championship and the Moscow Championships.[3][4][5][6] She began representing Azerbaijan on the international stage in the 2024–25 season.[7]
2024–2025 season
[edit]Kalugina made her first international appearance for Azerbaijan in January 2025 at the 2025 Ephesus Cup where she won the bronze medal behind Inga Gurgenidze and Elina Goidina.[8] The following month she competed at the 2025 Junior World Championships finishing in 14th place with a total score of 172.43 points. She successfully executed a quadruple Salchow - double Axel sequence in her free skate.[9] "I'm happy that I landed my first quad salchow, and even though I fell on the second one, I feel like I gave my maximum...For next season, I want to do new programs, and I also want to work on new quads. I want to do a quad flip and a quad loop, and I want to get consistency on my triple Axel." shares Arina.[10]
2025–2026 season
[edit]Arina opened her season competing at the 2025 Junior Grand Prix in Turkey finishing in ninth place overall. She followed this up by finishing seventh at the JGP in Azerbaijan.[11]
In October, she won the bronze medal at the 2025 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.[12] Subsequently, she finished fifth at the 2025 Bosphorus Cup.[13]
In early March, Kalugina withdrew from the 2026 World Junior Championships due to visa conflicts.[14]
Programs
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 |
by Carlos Rafael Rivera, Jeremy Levy |
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| 2024–25 |
|
Competitive highlights
[edit]- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
- TBD – Assigned
- WD – Withdrew from competition
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 172.43 | 2025 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 57.87 | 2025 JGP Azerbaijan |
| TES | 34.47 | 2025 World Junior Championships | |
| PCS | 25.09 | 2025 JGP Azerbaijan | |
| Free skating | TSS | 115.39 | 2025 World Junior Championships |
| TES | 71.22 | 2025 World Junior Championships | |
| PCS | 52.07 | 2025 JGP Azerbaijan |
| Season | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
|---|---|---|
| World Junior Championships | 14th | |
| Bosphorus Cup | 5th | |
| Ephesus Cup | 3rd | |
| Denis Ten Challenge | 3rd | |
| JGP Turkey | 9th | |
| JGP Azerbaijan | 7th |
Detailed results
[edit]| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| 27 – 30 August 2025 |  2025 Junior Grand Prix in Turkey |
11 | 54.18 | 10 | 103.47 | 9 | 157.65 |
| 24 – 27 September 2025 | 2025 Junior Grand Prix in Azerbaijan |
6 | 57.87 | 7 | 109.91 | 7 | 167.78 |
| 1 – 4 October 2025 |  2025 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge |
3 | 51.71 | 2 | 115.53 | 3 | 167.24 |
| 24 – 30 November 2025 | 2025 Bosphorus Cup |
4 | 60.04 | 6 | 94.81 | 5 | 154.85 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| 20–24 January 2025 | 2025 Ephesus Cup |
3 | 58.98 | 3 | 114.66 | 3 | 173.64 |
| 24 Feb – 2 March 2025 |  2025 World Junior Championships |
16 | 57.04 | 12 | 115.39 | 14 | 172.43 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Bios: Arina Kalugina", International Skating Union, retrieved 24 April 2026
- ↑ "Arina KALUGINA - International Skating Union". isu-skating.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ allskaters.info https://allskaters.info/arina_kalugina/?utm_referrer=https://www.google.com/. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
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- ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Ephesus Cup 2025 - Junior Women". onlinesonuclar.buzpateni.org.tr. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "ISU World Junior Championships 2025 - Junior Women". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Skating Scores: Latest Figure Skating Results, Scores, Rankings & Statistics". skatingscores.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "ISU Figure Skating Challenger Series Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2025". isu-skating.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Skating Scores: Latest Figure Skating Results, Scores, Rankings & Statistics". skatingscores.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Threads". www.threads.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ "Arina KALUGINA - International Skating Union". isu-skating.com. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ mj (2025-07-29). Arina Kalugina - 2025 Junior World Figure Skating Championships- short program. Retrieved 2026-04-23 – via YouTube.