Nika Egadze

Nika Egadze
Nika Egadze
	Egadze at the 2025 World Championships
Native name	ნიკა ეგაძე (Georgian)
Born	2 April 2002; Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Georgia
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Eteri Tutberidze; Daniil Gleikhengauz; Sergei Dudakov
Skating club	Batumi Sports Centre
Began skating	2011
Medal record
Georgian Championships

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, silver at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, and fourth at the 2023 NHK Trophy.^[4]

In January, he competed at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, finishing in seventh place. 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^[6] “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.”^[6] He then went on to compete at the 2024 Cup of China, placing fourth.^[4]^[7]

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]^[8]

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."^[9] 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]^[10]^[11]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2024–2025 ^[12]	L'enfer by Stromae choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz, Eteri Tutberidze	The Winter by Balmorhea Can You Hear the Music (from Oppenheimer) by Ludwig Göransson choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz, Eteri Tutberidze	Deadpool & Wolverine LFG by Rob Simonsen The Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh Bye Bye Bye by NSYNC
2023–2024 ^[1]	Ave Maria by Vladimir Vavilov performed by Thomas Spencer-Wortley choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz	Moulin Rouge Nature Boy performed by David Bowie El Tango de Roxanne performed by Ewan McGregor choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz	Lacrimosa by Apashe
2022–2023 ^[13]	I Won't Complain by Benjamin Clementine choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz, Sergei Rozanov	SOS d'un terrien en détresse by Daniel Balavoine performed by Dimash Kudaibergen choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz	Sense by Tom Odell
2021–2022 ^[14]		Un Giorno Per Noi (from Romeo and Juliet) by Henry Mancini performed by Josh Groban choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz, Sergei Rozanov
2019–2020 ^[15]	La Sorciere Tu vas me détruire (from Notre-Dame de Paris) by Riccardo Cocciante choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz, Sergei Rozanov	Opening Theme Not in Blood, But in Bond I Never Woke Up in Handcuffs Before Discombobulate (from Sherlock Holmes) by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz
2017–2018 ^[5]	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz
2016–2017 ^[3]	The Mission by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Sandro Meshki	Nessun dorma (from Turandot) by Giacomo Puccini choreo. by Vakhtang Murvanidze

Competitive highlights

GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
WD – Withdrew from competition

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
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 28–31, 2021	2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	6	69.65	4	154.00	4	223.65
Nov 6–7, 2021	2021 Volvo Open Cup	3	76.52	2	149.08	3	225.60
Nov 11–14, 2021	2021 CS Cup of Austria	12	68.02	1	159.55	1	227.57
Nov 26–28, 2021	2021 Rostelecom Cup	12	50.35	7	159.82	11	210.17
Dec 7–11, 2021	2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	8	73.56	10	141.08	11	214.64
Jan 10–16, 2022	2022 European Championships	28	63.60	—	—	28	63.60

Results in the 2022–23 season ^[4]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 16–19, 2022	2022 CS Lombardia Trophy	3	82.82	5	134.82	5	217.64
Oct 26–29, 2022	2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	1	71.81	1	136.66	1	208.47
Nov 4–6, 2022	2022 Grand Prix de France	4	82.44	6	150.96	5	233.40
Nov 18–20, 2022	2022 NHK Trophy	5	84.47	8	148.39	7	232.86
Jan 25–29, 2023	2023 European Championships	12	72.96	7	147.69	7	220.65
Mar 22–26, 2023	2023 World Championships	29	65.17	—	—	29	65.17

Results in the 2023–24 season ^[4]^[16]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 8–10, 2023	2023 CS Lombardia Trophy	3	78.75	2	164.60	2	243.35
Sep 28–30, 2023	2023 CS Nepela Memorial	1	84.11	2	159.20	2	243.31
Oct 20–22, 2023	2023 Skate America	5	85.76	5	151.69	4	237.45
Nov 1–4, 2023	2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	1	83.95	2	150.87	2	234.82
Nov 24–26, 2023	2023 NHK Trophy	7	81.30	4	156.04	4	237.34
Dec 22–23, 2023	2024 Georgian Championships	1	—	1	—	1	—
Jan 8–14, 2024	2024 European Championships	10	77.00	6	156.16	7	233.16
Mar 18–24, 2024	2024 World Championships	7	92.08	15	149.47	13	241.55

Results in the 2024–25 season ^[4]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 12–15, 2024	2024 CS Lombardia Trophy	4	76.45	6	155.56	5	232.01
Oct 3-5, 2024	2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	2	90.06	4	152.37	3	242.43
Oct 18–20, 2024	2024 Skate America	3	93.89	4	167.82	4	261.71
Nov 22–24, 2024	2024 Cup of China	4	87.73	4	159.81	4	247.54
Dec 4–7, 2024	2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	5	75.18	4	141.83	4	217.01
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025	2025 European Championships	2	91.94	8	151.93	4	243.87
Mar 25-30, 2025	2025 World Championships	6	90.39	8	172.64	9	263.03
Apr 17–20, 2025	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
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Apr 11–12, 2016	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
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 21–24, 2016	2016 JGP Slovenia	13	52.82	15	96.47	14	149.29
Nov 18–20, 2016	2016 Ice Star	3	53.83	3	103.87	3	157.70
Dec 6–11, 2016	2016 Santa Claus Cup	4	52.95	2	110.92	2	163.87
Feb 13–15, 2017	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
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2017	2017 JGP Austria	16	46.56	8	113.96	13	160.52
Sep 27–30, 2017	2017 JGP Croatia	16	44.08	10	109.09	13	153.17
Dec 6–9, 2017	2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb	1	69.60	—	—	–	WD

Results in the 2019–20 season ^[4]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Jan 16–18, 2020	2020 Skate Helena	2	62.69	1	127.27	1	189.96
Mar 2–8, 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	22	58.22	17	122.44	18	180.66

References

^ ^a ^b "Nika EGADZE: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "ნიკა ეგაძე: მიზანს არ უნდა უღალატო, თუნდაც გეგონოს, რომ ეს დასასრულია". Aversi. Aversi. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Nika EGADZE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "GEO–Nika Egadze". SkatingScores.com.
^ ^a ^b "Nika EGADZE: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b Slater, Paula (October 20, 2024). "Malinin triumphs; Aymoz shines". Golden Skate.
^ Slater, Paula (November 24, 2024). "Shun Sato takes first Grand Prix gold in China". Golden Skate.
^ Slater, Paula (February 1, 2025). "Lukas Britschgi soars to European title". Golden Skate.
^ Slater, Paula (March 30, 2025). "USA's Ilia Malinin defends World title in Boston". Golden Skate.
^ Slater, Paula (April 17, 2025). "Team USA leads at 2025 World Team Trophy". Golden Skate.
^ Slater, Paula (April 18, 2025). "Team USA maintains lead at 2025 World Team Trophy". Golden Skate.
^ "Nika EGADZE: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 November 2024.
^ "Nika EGADZE: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023.
^ "Nika EGADZE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022.
^ "Nika EGADZE: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020.
^ "Georgian Championship". Georgian Figure Skating Federation. December 23, 2023.

External links

Nika Egadze at the International Skating Union
Nika Egadze at SkatingScores.com
Nika Egadze on Instagram

[ISU-2324-1] "Nika EGADZE: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023.

[aversi-2] "ნიკა ეგაძე: მიზანს არ უნდა უღალატო, თუნდაც გეგონოს, რომ ეს დასასრულია". Aversi. Aversi. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[ISU-1617-3] "Nika EGADZE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017.

[SS-NE-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "GEO–Nika Egadze". SkatingScores.com.

[ISU-1718-5] "Nika EGADZE: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.

[GS102024M-6] Slater, Paula (October 20, 2024). "Malinin triumphs; Aymoz shines". Golden Skate.

[GS112424M-7] Slater, Paula (November 24, 2024). "Shun Sato takes first Grand Prix gold in China". Golden Skate.

[GS020125M-8] Slater, Paula (February 1, 2025). "Lukas Britschgi soars to European title". Golden Skate.

[GS033025-9] Slater, Paula (March 30, 2025). "USA's Ilia Malinin defends World title in Boston". Golden Skate.

[GS041725-10] Slater, Paula (April 17, 2025). "Team USA leads at 2025 World Team Trophy". Golden Skate.

[GS041825-11] Slater, Paula (April 18, 2025). "Team USA maintains lead at 2025 World Team Trophy". Golden Skate.

[ISU-2425-12] "Nika EGADZE: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 November 2024.

[ISU-2223-13] "Nika EGADZE: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023.

[ISU-2122-14] "Nika EGADZE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022.

[ISU-1920-15] "Nika EGADZE: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020.

[2024Georgia-16] "Georgian Championship". Georgian Figure Skating Federation. December 23, 2023.

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