Yuri Hulitski

Yuri Cheslavavich^[1] Hulitski (Belarusian: Юрый Чэслававіч Гуліцкі; born 18 April 1996) is a retired Belarusian competitive ice dancer. With Anna Kublikova, he is the 2018 Open d'Andorra silver medalist and the 2019 Belarusian national champion. He has competed in the final segment at three ISU Championships.

Yuri Hulitski
Hulitski at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Full name	Yuri Cheslavavich Hulitski
Native name	Юрый Чэслававіч Гуліцкі (Belarusian)
Other names	Gulitski/Gulicki
Born	(1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 28) Minsk, Belarus
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Belarus
Coach	Alexander Zhulin, Alexei Sitnikov, Tatiana Beliaeva
Skating club	RCOP Minsk
Began skating	2000
Retired	July 23, 2020

Career

Hulitski began learning to skate in 2000. He competed at least five seasons with Eugenia Tkachenka. At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, the two placed 10th in the individual ice dancing event and won gold in the team event. At the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, they qualified to the free dance and finished 17th overall.^[2]

Hulitski and Russia's Maria Oleynik made their international debut in August 2015. Their final event together was the 2016 World Junior Championships, held in March in Debrecen, Hungary. They placed 16th in the short dance, 18th in the free dance, and 17th overall.^[3]

Hulitski and Kristsina Kaunatskaia from Belarus debuted their partnership in September 2016, at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Japan.^[4] After another JGP event, in Germany, they switched to the senior ranks, taking silver at the Belarusian Championships in December. In February, they placed 14th at the 2017 Winter Universiade, their final competition together.

Hulitski then teamed up with Russia's Anna Kublikova. Making their international debut, they placed 12th at the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star in October. In December 2018, they took silver at the Open d'Andorra. In January, they competed at the 2019 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus. They qualified to the free dance and finished 18th overall. They placed 22nd at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Japan.

In August 2019, the pair split as Kublikova retired.^[5]

Programs

With Kaunatskaia

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2016–2017 [6]	Blues: Innuendo by Queen Swing: Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen	Mgzavrbi Tango

With Oleynik

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2015–2016 [7]	Waltz: Until... by Sting Foxtrot: Miss Kiss Kiss Bang by Alex Swings Oscar Sings	Mozart, l'opéra rock

With Tkachenka

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2014–2015 [8]	Samba: Rolling in the Deep by Adele Rhumba: Set Fire to the Rain by Adele Samba: Rolling in the Deep by Adele	The Great Gatsby
2013–14	Quickstep: La Vie en rose
2011–2012 [9]	Cha Cha: A Night Like This by Caro Emerald Samba: Selection by The Black Eyed Peas	Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Kublikova

International
Event	2017–18	2018–19
World Champ.		22nd
European Champ.		18th
CS Golden Spin	16th	11th
CS Ice Star	12th
CS Ondrej Nepela		11th
CS Warsaw Cup	11th
Ice Star		4th
Open d'Andorra		2nd
Open Ice Mall Cup		7th
Toruń Cup		4th
Volvo Open Cup	7th
National
Belarusian Champ.	2nd	1st

With Kaunatskaia

International[4]
Event	2016–17
Winter Universiade	14th
International: Junior[4]
JGP Germany	10th
JGP Japan	9th
National
Belarusian Championships	2nd
J = Junior level

With Oleynik

International[3]
Event	2015–16
World Junior Championships	17th
JGP Latvia	10th
JGP Spain	9th
Ice Star	2nd J
Santa Claus Cup	5th J
Toruń Cup	2nd J
National
Belarusian Championships	1st J
J = Junior level

With Tkachenka

International[2]
Event	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15
Junior Worlds					17th
Youth Olympics		10th
JGP Belarus				12th
JGP France					9th
JGP Germany			12th		11th
JGP Latvia		18th
JGP Poland				13th
JGP Slovenia			16th
Ice Star			4th J	7th J	2nd J
Tallinn Trophy					1st J
Toruń Cup				7th J
Volvo Open Cup			4th J		5th J
National[2]
Belarusian Champ.				2nd J	2nd J
Team events
Youth Olympics		1st T 7th P
J = Junior level T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

References

1. "Гулицкий Юрий Чеславович" (in Russian). Skating Union of Belarus. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018.
2. "Competition Results: Eugenia TKACHENKA / Yuri HULITSKI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 November 2015.
3. "Competition Results: Maria OLEYNIK / Yuri HULITSKI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016.
4. "Competition Results: Kristsina KAUNATSKAIA / Yuri HULITSKI". International Skating Union.
5. Hulitski, Yuri (August 17, 2019). "К сожалению, наши дальнейшие пути с Аней разошлись" [Unfortunately, I will not continue mypartnership with Anya.] (Instagram) (in Russian).
6. "Kristsina KAUNATSKAIA / Yuri HULITSKI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
7. "Maria OLEYNIK / Yuri HULITSKI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
8. "Eugenia TKACHENKA / Yuri HULITSKI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
9. "Eugenia TKACHENKA / Yuri GULITSKI: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

Media related to Yuri Gulitski at Wikimedia Commons

• Anna Kublikova / Yuri Hulitski at the International Skating Union
• Maria Oleynik / Yuri Hulitski at the International Skating Union