Gregor Urbas (born 20 November 1982 in Jesenice) is a Slovenian former competitive figure skater. He is a three-time Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, a five-time Triglav Trophy champion, the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, and a nine-time (2001–2009) Slovenian national champion. He competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. He qualified for the free skate at nineteen ISU Championships – six Worlds, eight Europeans, and five Junior Worlds.
Gregor Urbas | |
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Urbas in 2007. | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | Slovenia |
Born | (1982-11-20) 20 November 1982 (age 39) Jesenice, SR Slovenia |
Home town | Ljubljana |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Former coach | Gordana Smrekar Elena Babitskaia Valeri Babitski Mojca Kurbos |
Former choreographer | Alexei Gorshkov Sergei Petukhov Sandra Schar |
Skating club | DKK Stanko Bloudek |
Retired | 2010 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 187.48 2008 Worlds |
Short program | 63.43 2008 Europeans |
Free skate | 125.83 2008 Worlds |
Urbas began skating when he was about eight years old.[1][2] His first coach was Mojca Kurbos.[1] He joined Elena Babitskaia and Valeri Babitski by 2001.[3] They coached him until the end of the 2004–05 season.[4] Gordana Smrekar became his coach the following season.[5] During his career, he practiced mainly in Slovenia and occasionally traveled to Philadelphia to train under Uschi Keszler.[1]
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2009–10 [6] |
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2008–09 [7] |
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2007–08 [8] |
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2005–07 [9][5] |
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2004–05 [4] |
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2003–04 [2][10] |
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2002–03 [11] |
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2001–02 [12] |
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2000–01 [3] |
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GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[13] | |||||||||||||
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Event | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 |
Olympics | 29th | 27th | |||||||||||
Worlds | 30th | 28th | 24th | 20th | 19th Q | 22nd | 22nd | 17th | 21st | ||||
Europeans | 27th | 19th | 18th | 14th | 27th | 17th | 9th | 11th | 21st | 18th | |||
GP Bompard | 9th | 10th | 9th | ||||||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 11th | 12th | |||||||||||
Bofrost Cup | 5th | ||||||||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 5th | 8th | |||||||||||
Golden Spin | 9th | 7th | 15th | 12th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | ||||
Merano Cup | 13th | ||||||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 6th | 13th | 13th | 10th | 18th | ||||||||
Nepela Memorial | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 11th | 12th | |||||||
Schäfer Memorial | 6th | 2nd | 5th | 12th | |||||||||
Slovenia Trophy | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||||
Triglav Trophy | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | |||||||
Universiade | 6th | ||||||||||||
International: Junior[13] | |||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 23rd | 17th | 23rd | 13th | 6th | ||||||||
JGP Final | 8th | ||||||||||||
JGP Canada | 8th | ||||||||||||
JGP Czech Rep. | 5th | ||||||||||||
JGP Bulgaria | 4th | ||||||||||||
JGP France | 10th | ||||||||||||
JGP Germany | 23rd | 13th | |||||||||||
JGP Hungary | 13th | ||||||||||||
JGP Norway | 4th | ||||||||||||
JGP Slovenia | 5th | ||||||||||||
JGP Ukraine | 4th | ||||||||||||
Triglav Trophy | 10th J | 2nd J | 2nd J | 1st J | 2nd J | ||||||||
Slovenia Trophy | 1st J. | ||||||||||||
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Slovenian Champ. | 1st J | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
J: Junior level; Q: Qualifying round |
Ondrej Nepela Trophy champions in figure skating – Men's singles | |
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Golden Spin of Zagreb champions in figure skating – Men's singles | |
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