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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