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Niina Petrõkina
Niina Petrõkina at the 2024 World Championships
Other namesPetrokina, Petrykina
Born (2004-08-14) 14 August 2004 (age 20)
Tallinn, Estonia
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Estonia
DisciplineWomen's singles
CoachSvetlana Varnavskaja
Skating clubCascade Figure Skating Club
Began skating2008
Medal record
Estonian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tallinn Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tallinn Singles
Gold medal – first place 2025 Tallinn Singles
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tallinn Singles

Niina Petrõkina (born 14 August 2004) is an Estonian figure skater. She is the 2023 Skate America bronze medalist, a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and a three-time Estonian national champion (2022, 2023, 2025).

Petrõkina has represented Estonia at the World Junior, European, and World championships, notably finishing ninth at the 2023 World Championships. She is the first Estonian skater to win a medal on the ISU Grand Prix.

Personal life

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Petrõkina was born on 14 August 2004 in Tallinn, Estonia. She graduated from high school in 2023, with plans to begin studying for a coaching diploma, and eventual pursuit of university education.[1]

She is fluent in Russian and Estonian, and speaks a bit of English.[1]

Career

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Early years

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Petrõkina began learning how to skate in 2008 at the age of four. She began competing internationally for Estonia during the 2012–13 season at the Chicks level before competing as a basic and advanced novice. She made her international junior debut at the Haabersti Cup in October 2017.[2]

2018–19 season: Junior Grand Prix debut

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Petrõkina made her Junior Grand Prix debut in November at the 2018 JGP Czech Republic, where she finished eleventh. She did not receive a second JGP assignment that season. She earned the bronze medals in the junior women's events at the 2018 Volvo Open Cup and 2018 Tallinn Trophy before placing fourth at the 2019 Estonian Championships. She later took the titles at four more junior internationals in the new year.[2]

2019–20 season

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Petrõkina received two Junior Grand Prix assignments to open her season. Competing in Latvia, she placed sixth, and in Poland, tenth. She defended her junior title at the 2019 Tallinn Trophy and placed second at the 2019 Ice Star in the lead up to the 2020 Estonian Championships, where she won the silver medal behind Eva-Lotta Kiibus.[2]

In March 2020, Petrõkina competed at her first World Junior Championships, held at home in Tallinn. She failed to advance to the free skate, placing thirty-third.[3]

2020–21 season: Battle with anemia

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Petrõkina missed the entirety of the pandemic-affected 2020–21 season due to what was initially reported as an unspecified illness.[3] She revealed in 2023 that she had been suffering from an uncertain illness for some time prior the 2020 World Junior Championships, and following her poor showing there she was diagnosed with "severe" aplastic anemia. Petrõkina required a bone marrow transplant, but could not find a suitable donor, and was hospitalized for five months while undergoing immunosuppression therapy. Initially advised that she would not be able to return to skating for two to three years, a prospect she considered tantamount to the end of her career and which caused "a little depression," she was ultimately able to resume training in advance of the following season.[1]

2021–22 season: Senior international debut

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Petrõkina at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria

Petrõkina opened her season on the Junior Grand Prix at the second installment of the 2021 JGP France. She placed seventh at the event and followed that performance up with a fourth-place finish at the 2021 JGP Austria, a career-best placement for her on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.[2]

In November, Petrõkina made her senior international debut at her first Challenger series event, the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, where she won the bronze medal behind Japanese skater Wakaba Higuchi, and South Korea's Park Yeon-jeong. She also finished nearly forty points ahead of domestic rival and reigning Estonian champion Eva-Lotta Kiibus. She received a second Challenger assignment the following weekend, the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, where she won the silver medal behind Russian competitor Maiia Khromykh and ahead of Ekaterina Kurakova of Poland. In December, Petrõkina won her first senior national title at the 2022 Estonian Championships over Kiibus. After winning her national title, Petrõkina competed at a third Challenger assignment, the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. She placed fourth in the short program but advanced into bronze medal position by winning the free skate ahead of gold medalist Anastasiia Gubanova and silver medalist Amber Glenn.[2]

Petrõkina performing a catch-foot layback spin at the 2022 World Championships

Due to Petrõkina's national results, she qualified as the top-seeded Estonian woman to one of two berths for her country at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn. She finished eighth, also defeating Kiibus for a third time that season, but despite this, she was not named to the Estonian Olympic team due to the national federation's criteria for assigning the spot. Petrõkina expressed excitement at competing at the European championships alongside top athletes in the sport.[4] Notably, the event was held in the same arena as the 2020 World Junior Championships, where she had failed to qualify for the free skate.[3]

Shortly after the conclusion of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Russia invaded Ukraine. As a result, the International Skating Union banned all Russian athletes from competing at ISU championships.[5] As Russian women had dominated international figure skating in recent years, this had a significant impact on the field.[6] Petrõkina then made her World Championship debut, finishing sixteenth.[2] Due to both the invasion and the Omicron variant, the World Junior Championships could not be held as scheduled in Sofia in early March, and were rescheduled for mid-April in Tallinn, the third ISU championship held there in that year.[7] Petrõkina was sixth in the short program with a clean skate.[8] She struggled in the free skate, dropping to ninth overall.[9]

2022–23 season

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Petrõkina began the new season at two Challenger events, with an eleventh-place finish at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and a bronze medal at 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, the latter her third Challenger medal.[2] She was then invited to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate Canada International, where she finished in sixth place.[10] She finished the Grand Prix by coming seventh at the 2022 NHK Trophy.[2]

After winning her second consecutive Estonian national title, Petrõkina competed at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo. She was seventh in the short program, though less than a point back of fifth.[11] She rose to sixth after the free skate, and cried "tears of relief" at the result.[12] Hers was the highest-ever placement for an Estonian woman at the European Championships.[13]

Petrõkina finished twelfth at the 2023 World Junior Championships.[2] She went on to place ninth at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, achieving her "minimum goal" of a top ten ordinal that would secure a second Estonian women's berth the following year.[14]

2023–24 season

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Petrõkina during her free skate at the 2024 World Championships

Petrõkina began the season at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, coming seventh, before winning the bronze medal at the Shanghai Trophy.[2] She began the Grand Prix at the 2023 Skate America, where she finished fourth in the short program, 5.05 points back of third-place Isabeau Levito and 0.78 ahead of Mone Chiba in fifth.[15] In the free skate she was fourth as well, with a new personal best score of 129.53, and rose to third place overall, winning the bronze medal. This was the first Grand Prix medal for an Estonian skater in any discipline, of which she said she was "so proud."[16] Petrõkina came fourth at the 2023 Cup of China.[17]

Assigned to compete at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Petrõkina broke her left fibula falling out of a jump in practice, and withdrew from the event.[18] As a result she was also unable to compete at the national championships later that month, or to potentially attend the European Championships that were to be held in neighbouring Kaunas, Lithuania. Petrõkina indicated that she hoped to be able to compete at the World Championships in March.[19]

While Petrõkina's leg was not completely healed by the time of the World Championships in Montreal, she felt sufficiently ready to attending, saying "I feel pain in my leg on some jumps and also when I do something wrong. I need more time to fully recover, but there is none." She and her coaches opted to remove one jump type from her programs, as she was still unable to perform it.[20] She finished a surprise seventh place in the short program, earning her best score of the season (66.23).[21] The free skate proved more difficult, and Petrõkina earned 110.30, ending up sixteenth overall.[22] Speaking afterward, she said that after an initial mistake on a double Axel "it felt like someone stole my body and I couldn't control it." Despite these problems, Petrõkina opined "I did my best."[23] She remained in Canada for a time after the championships to work with choreographer, Mark Pillay, saying she planned to focus on full recovery before preparations for the next season.[24]

2024–25 season

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Petrõkina began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing seventh at the 2024 Lombardia Trophy and winning silver at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, she would have a rough outing at the 2024 NHK Trophy, where she finished a disappointing tenth-place. One week later, Petrõkina competed at her second Grand Prix assignment, the 2024 Finlandia Trophy. She only placed eleventh in the short program after popping a planned triple lutz into a single and getting no value for that jump. However, Petrõkina managed to deliver a strong free skate, placing fourth in that segment of the competition and moving up to seventh place overall. In an interview following the event, she said, "Today I have a real smile on my face. I am physically really ready but now I had two bad shorts in a row. I have to and will work on my mental side. But I am happy about today’s Free Skate. I am looking forward to rest for a few days now, as it was really stressful with these two competitions back to back. Next then will be Estonian Nationals and then Europeans and I really want to do well there."[25][26]

In mid-December, Petrõkina won her third national title at the 2025 Estonian Championships.[25]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–25
[27][28][29][30]
2023–24
[31][1]
2022–23
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  • Give Us a Little Love
    by Fallulah
    choreo. by Adam Solya
2021–22
[33]
  • Everyday Is Christmas
    by Sia
2020–21 Did not compete this season
2019–20
[34]
2018–19
[35]

Competitive highlights

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Competition placements at senior level [25]
Season 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships 16th 9th 16th
European Championships 7th 6th TBD
Estonian Championships 7th 4th 2nd 1st 1st 1st
GP Cup of China 4th
GP Finland 7th
GP NHK Trophy 7th 10th
GP Skate America 3rd
GP Skate Canada 6th
CS Budapest Trophy 3rd
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 3rd
CS Ice Challenge 3rd
CS Lombardia Trophy 7th 7th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 11th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 2nd
CS Warsaw Cup 2nd
Challenge Cup 5th
Shanghai Trophy 3rd
Tallink Hotels Cup 1st 4th
Competition placements at junior level [25]
Season 2015–16 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22 2022–23
World Junior Championships 33rd 9th 12th
Estonian Championships 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st
JGP Austria 4th
JGP Czech Republic 11th
JGP France 7th
JGP Latvia 6th
JGP Poland 10th
Ice Star 2nd
Tallink Hotels Cup 1st 1st 1st
Tallinn Trophy 3rd 1st
Volvo Open Cup 3rd

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [36]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 194.95 2023 Skate America
Short program TSS 68.00 2023 World Championships
TES 37.19 2022 World Junior Championships
PCS 31.86 2024 World Championships
Free skating TSS 129.53 2023 Skate America
TES 69.69 2022 European Championships
PCS 63.97 2023 World Championships
  • Small medals for the short program and free skating are only awarded at ISU Championships.

Senior level

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Results in the 2024–25 season [25]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 13–15, 2024 Italy 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy 7 60.73 7 104.25 7 164.98
Nov 8–10, 2024 Japan 2024 NHK Trophy 11 52.98 8 112.86 10 165.84
Nov 15–17, 2024 Finland 2024 Finlandia Trophy 11 53.76 4 124.90 7 178.66
2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2024 2024 World Championships 7
66.23 		18
110.30 		16
176.53
February 22-25, 2024 2024 Challenge Cup 7
51.57 		5
110.61 		5
162.18
February 15-18, 2024 2024 Tallink Hotels Cup 3
59.27 		4
108.55 		4
167.82
November 10–12, 2023 2023 Cup of China 4
62.58 		4
125.46 		4
188.04
October 20–22, 2023 2023 Skate America 4
65.02 		4
129.53 		3
194.55
October 3–5, 2023 2023 Shanghai Trophy 3
60.93 		2
131.08 		3
192.01
September 8–10, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 6
55.21 		8
101.72 		7
156.93
2022–2023 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 6
68.00 		12
125.49 		9
193.49
January 25–29, 2023 2023 European Championships 7
61.05 		6
122.69 		6
183.74
December 15–17, 2022 2023 Estonian Championships 1
63.98 		1
136.94 		1
200.92
November 18–20, 2022 2022 NHK Trophy 8
58.81 		6
121.48 		7
180.29
October 28–30, 2022 2022 Skate Canada International 7
61.68 		8
119.66 		6
181.34
October 13–16, 2022 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 8
53.00 		2
123.32 		3
176.36
September 21–24, 2022 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 13
47.34 		5
104.66 		11
152.00
2021–2022 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships 17
60.24 		16
116.36 		16
176.60
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 17
58.30 		7
128.77 		8
187.07
December 9–11, 2021 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 4
61.35 		1
121.22 		3
182.57
December 4–5, 2021 2022 Estonian Championships 1
70.07 		1
141.76 		1
211.83
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 3
64.92 		3
123.94 		2
188.86
November 11–14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria 3
57.39 		2
123.78 		3
181.17
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 13–15, 2019 2020 Estonian Championships 2
58.66 		2
112.92 		2
171.58
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 14–16, 2018 2019 Estonian Championships 3
47.90 		4
94.55 		4
142.45
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 9–10, 2017 2018 Estonian Championships 6
43.82 		7
83.20 		7
127.02

Junior level

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2022–2023 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 27–March 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships 15
55.67 		12
111.81 		12
167.48
February 4–5, 2023 2023 Estonian Junior Championships 1
65.49 		1
124.15 		1
189.64
2021–2022 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 6
65.90 		10
107.59 		9
173.49
February 5–6, 2022 2022 Estonian Junior Championships 1
61.86 		1
120.27 		1
182.13
October 7–9, 2021 2021 JGP Austria 6
58.97 		4
118.09 		4
177.06
August 25–28, 2021 2021 JGP France II 4
59.26 		9
86.06 		7
145.32
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 33
46.56
- 		33
46.56
February 13–16, 2020 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup 1
60.71 		1
113.71 		1
174.42
February 1–2, 2020 2020 Estonian Junior Championships 1
61.17 		1
120.91 		1
182.08
November 11–17, 2019 2019 Tallinn Trophy 1
56.65 		1
108.49 		1
165.14
October 14–17, 2019 2019 Ice Star 2
56.62 		3
110.79 		2
167.41
September 18–21, 2019 2019 JGP Poland 9
56.60 		10
100.30 		10
156.90
September 4–7, 2019 2019 JGP Latvia 11
53.47 		6
113.36 		6
166.83
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 22–24, 2019 2019 Tallink Hotels Cup 1
50.48 		1
94.28 		1
144.76
January 5–6, 2019 2019 Estonian Junior Championships 2
48.51 		1
102.69 		2
151.20
November 25–December 1, 2018 2018 Tallinn Trophy 7
40.54 		3
84.65 		3
125.19
November 6–11, 2018 2018 Volvo Open Cup 4
47.69 		3
92.28 		3
139.97
September 26–29, 2018 2018 JGP Czech Republic 12
48.91 		9
92.80 		11
141.71
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 15–18, 2018 2018 Tallink Hotels Cup 1
52.54 		1
97.19 		1
149.73
February 2–4, 2018 2018 Estonian Junior Championships 3
44.86 		2
86.86 		3
130.92

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