Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova, born 18 May 2002, is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2018 Olympic champion, 2019 World champion, 2018 European champion, 2017–18 Grand Prix Final champion, and 2018 Russian national champion. Zagitova won a silver medal in the team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia team. Following the 2020-21 season, she is ranked ninth among ladies' singles skaters by the International Skating Union.
Zagitova is the only Russian female figure skater to win gold at the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships, and Grand Prix Final. She is the first Muslim athlete to win Olympic gold, a world title, and the Super Slam. She is the youngest and second ladies' singles skater after Yuna Kim to win gold in all major ISU titles, including the Junior Grand Prix Series and Final, World Junior Championships, Grand Prix Series and Final, European Championships, World Championships, and Winter Olympics. She won gold at the 2017 World Junior Championships and the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final, where she became the first junior lady to score above 200 points. Zagitova has broken the world record once under the old scoring system and four times under the new system.
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