Maria Levushkina
| Maria Levushkina | ||||||
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| Native name | Мария Левушкина (Bulgarian) | |||||
| Other names | Mariya | |||||
| Born | 18 July 2004 Varna, Bulgaria | |||||
| Hometown | Sofia, Bulgaria & Moscow, Russia | |||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||
| Country |  Bulgaria | |||||
| Discipline | Women's singles | |||||
| Coach | Svetlana Sokolovskaya Andrei Lutai Stanislav Zakharov | |||||
| Skating club | Denkova-Staviski Skating Club | |||||
| Began skating | 2008 | |||||
| Medal record | ||||||
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Maria Levushkina (Bulgarian: Мария Левушкина; born 18 July 2004) is a Bulgarian figure skater. She is a two-time Bulgarian junior national champion (2019–20) and competed in the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships.
Personal life
Levushkina was born in Varna, Bulgaria and has a brother who played hockey. The family moved to Moscow when she was four for her parents' work, though they continued to spend summers in Bulgaria.[1]
Career
Levushkina began skating in Moscow when she was young.[1] She continued to train in Moscow as well as in Sofia.[2]
In 2018, Levushkina competed in her first ISU Junior Grand Prix series. She competed at the stages in Yerevan and Linz and finished in 10th place in both.[3] The next season, on the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix series, her first Grand Prix assignment was in Riga; she was 9th after the short program, but she skated a clean free skate and improved her free skate personal best by 20 points to end in 7th.[2] At her second assignment in Chelyabinsk, she placed 9th.[4] In October, she competed at the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge in won bronze in the junior women's category.[5]
Levushkina hoped to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics after winning one of the four country quotas available through performance on the Junior Grand Prix series.[6] However, although she represented Bulgaria, she did not have Bulgarian citizenship. She applied in August, and the Bulgarian Olympic Committee and the Bulgarian Skating Federation attempted to help her receive a passport before the deadline in December.[1] Ultimately, Ivelina Baycheva was given the spot instead.[7]
Levushkina competed at the 2020 World Junior Championships in March, where she reached the free skate and finished in 23rd place.[8]
The 2020 Junior Grand Prix and many other competitions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but in February 2021, Levushkina competed in the Bulgarian Championships as a senior and won the bronze medal.[9] In December, she competed at the Golden Spin of Zagreb, where she finished 17th.[10]
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2020–2021 [11] | ||
| 2019–2020 [12] |
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| 2018–2019 [13] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International [14] | ||||
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| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 17th | |||
| Sofia Trophy | 5th | |||
| International: Junior[14] | ||||
| Junior Worlds | 23rd | |||
| JGP Armenia | 10th | |||
| JGP Austria | 10th | |||
| JGP France | 15th | |||
| JGP Latvia | 7th | |||
| JGP Russia | 9th | |||
| Crystal Skate | 2nd | |||
| Denis Ten Memorial | 3rd | |||
| Denkova-Staviski | 2nd | 1st | ||
| Egna Trophy | 7th | |||
| Ice Star | 6th | |||
| Skate Helena | 4th | |||
| Sofia Trophy | 2nd | 1st | 6th | |
| Toruń Cup | 1st | |||
| National[14] | ||||
| Bulgarian Champ. | 1st J | 1st J | 3rd | |
Detailed results
Senior level
| 2021–2022 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-11 December 2021 | 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 17 44.23 | 17 85.72 | 17 129.95 |
| 2020–2021 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 12–14 February 2021 | 2021 Bulgarian Championships | 3 54.94 | 2 103.59 | 3 158.53 |
Junior level
| 2019–2020 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2–8 March 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 23 50.60 | 23 78.71 | 23 129.31 |
| 12–16 February 2020 | 2020 Sofia Trophy | 1 60.64 | 3 89.28 | 1 149.92 |
| 7–9 February 2020 | 2020 Bulgarian Championships | 1 60.72 | 2 95.09 | 1 155.81 |
| 7–12 January 2020 | 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup | 2 53.50 | 3 95.98 | 1 149.48 |
| 29 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2019 | 2019–20 Bulgarian Championships | 1 60.51 | 1 106.89 | 1 167.40 |
| 12–17 November 2019 | 2019 Denkova-Staviski Cup | 1 55.89 | 1 101.26 | 1 157.15 |
| 14–17 October 2019 | 2019 Ice Star | 6 48.21 | 4 97.59 | 6 145.80 |
| 9–12 October 2019 | 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | 3 56.18 | 3 97.17 | 3 153.35 |
| 11–14 September 2019 | 2019 JGP Russia | 9 53.94 | 13 90.34 | 9 144.28 |
| 4–7 September 2019 | 2019 JGP Latvia | 9 55.23 | 7 106.03 | 7 161.26 |
| 2018–2019 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 28–31 March 2019 | 2019 Egna Spring Trophy | 4 51.46 | 7 79.13 | 7 130.59 |
| 5–10 February 2019 | 2019 Sofia Trophy | 1 56.51 | 2 96.91 | 2 153.42 |
| 17–19 January 2019 | 2019 Skate Helena | 6 45.70 | 3 93.77 | 4 139.47 |
| 27 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2018 | 2018 Denkova-Staviski Cup | 2 49.60 | 3 85.59 | 2 135.19 |
| 16–18 November 2018 | 2018–19 Bulgarian Championships | 2 49.41 | 1 98.00 | 1 147.41 |
| 24–28 October 2018 | 2018 Crystal Skate | 1 44.76 | 3 76.80 | 2 121.56 |
| 10–13 October 2018 | 2018 JGP Armenia | 11 46.09 | 10 86.97 | 10 133.06 |
| 29 Aug. – 1 Sept. 2018 | 2018 JGP Austria | 12 45.05 | 10 81.91 | 10 126.96 |
References
- ^ a b c "Фигуристка чака наш паспорт от август, за да участва на олимпиада — OFFNews" [Figure skater waiting for our passport since August to take part in Olympics]. OFFNews (in Bulgarian). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Мария Левушкина със седмо място на юношеското Гран При в Рига" [Maria Levushkina with seventh place at the Youth Grand Prix in Riga]. Bulgarian National Radio (in Bulgarian). 7 September 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Българката Мария Левушкина завърши на 10-о място на турнира по" [Bulgarian Maria Levushkina finished 10th at the tournament]. Новини 24/7 (in Bulgarian). 13 October 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Българката Мария Левушкина се класира на девето място турнира по" [Bulgarian Maria Levushkina ranked ninth in the tournament]. Новини 24/7 (in Bulgarian). 14 September 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Фейгин и Левушкина с бронзови медали от турнира Денис Тен Мемориал" [Feigin and Levushkina with bronze medals from the tournament Denis Ten Memorial]. Bulgarian National Radio (in Bulgarian). 12 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Наша фигуристка спечели квота за младежките олимпийски игри" [Our figure skater wins quota for Youth Olympics]. insport.bg (in Bulgarian). 19 October 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Общо 18 спортисти ще представят България на Зимните младежки игри в Лозана" [A total of 18 athletes will represent Bulgaria at the Winter Youth Games in Lausanne]. Bulgarian National Radio (in Bulgarian). 11 December 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Българката Мария Левушкина завърши на 23-о място при девойките на" [Bulgarian Maria Levushkina finished 23rd in the girls]. Новини 24/7 (in Bulgarian). 8 March 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Започна държавното по фигурно пързаляне за всички възрасти" [The state figure skating for all ages has started]. insport.bg (in Bulgarian). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "ISU CS 53rd Golden Spin of Zagreb 2021". International Skating Union. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Maria LEVUSHKINA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Maria LEVUSHKINA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Maria LEVUSHKINA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Competition Results: Maria LEVUSHKINA". International Skating Union.