Bulgarian figure skater
Alexandra Feigin (Bulgarian : Александра Фейгин ; born 22 December 2002) is a Bulgarian figure skater . She is a two-time Sofia Trophy champion (2019, 2020), the 2019 Denkova-Staviski Cup champion, the 2018 Crystal Skate of Romania champion, and a seven-time Bulgarian national champion (2016, 2018–20, 2022, 2024–25).
Personal life
Feigin was born on December 22, 2002 in Jerusalem, Israel .[ 1] Sofia, Bulgaria at a young age.[ 2]
Career
Early years
Feigin with longtime coach, Andrei Lutai , at the 2017 World Junior Championships Feigin started learning to skate in 2009 at the age of five due to her father, a former hockey player, constantly bringing her to the rink with him.[ 3] Andrei and Ina Lutai.[ 1] [ 4] [ 5]
Feigin at the 2018 World Junior Championships Her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in August 2016. In March, she competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei , Taiwan. She was ranked 25th in the short program and missed the cutoff for the free skate.
Feigin qualified to the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia , Bulgaria; she finished fifteenth overall after placing seventeenth in the short program and fifteenth in the free skate.
Feigin began her season on the JGP series, placing eleventh in Slovakia and eighth in Canada. Making her senior international debut, she won gold at the Crystal Skate of Romania in October and at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in November.
Feigin made her debut at a senior ISU championship at the 2019 European Championships , where she placed eleventh. She placed twenty-second at the 2019 World Junior Championships and then made her senior World Championship debut in Saitama , where she placed seventeenth.
Feigin started the season by competing on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix , finishing eleventh at 2019 JGP United States . She would go on to win medals in several minor senior international events, including bronze at the 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and gold at the 2019 Denkova-Staviski Cup . She also placed fourth at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy , narrowly missing the podium. She was seventeenth at the 2020 European Championships .[ 6] World Championships in Montreal , but those were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic .[ 7]
With the pandemic continuing to limit international travel, Feigin competed at a European-only 2020 CS Budapest Trophy , winning the bronze medal, her first on the Challenger series . After winning the Bulgarian national title again, she placed fourth at the 2021 Tallink Hotels Cup. Feigin placed seventeenth at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm .[ 8] 2022 Winter Olympics .[ 9]
In her only event of the fall season, Feigin finished in fifth at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge before coming twentieth at the 2022 European Championships to start the new year.[ 10]
Named to the Bulgarian team for the 2022 Winter Olympics , Feigin placed twenty-second in the short program of the women's event , qualifying for the free skate.[ 11] [ 12] 2022 World Championships to end the season.[ 10]
Feigin during a podcast interview in November 2022 Feigin began the season at the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge , coming in fourth, before winning gold at the 2022 Denkova-Staviski Cup and winning her fifth Bulgarian national title. She finished twelfth at the 2023 Winter World University Games , sixteenth at the 2023 European Championships , and twenty-fourth at the 2023 World Championships .[ 10]
Feigin started the season by competing at the 2023 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and the 2023 Denkova-Staviski Cup , winning bronze and gold, respectively. She then went on to finish sixth at the 2023 Tallinn Trophy .[ 13]
In December, Feigin won her sixth national title at the 2024 Bulgarian Championships . Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania , Feigin finished eightenth. Two months later, Feigin went on to win the silver medal at the 2024 Sonia Henie Trophy.[ 10] [ 13]
At the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec , Feigin placed twenty-sixth in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate segment.[ 10]
Feigin began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series , finishing sixth at the 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur .[ 10] 2024 Denkova-Staviski Cup .[ 13]
In late December, she won her seventh national title at the 2025 Bulgarian Championships .[ 13]
Programs
Season
Short program
Free skating
Exhibition
2024–25 [ 14]
2023–24 [ 15] [ 16]
Suite (from Modigliani Guy Farley
Cernunnos by Power-Haus, Christian Reindl,
2022–23 [ 17]
2021–22 [ 18]
2020–21 [ 19]
2019–20 [ 20]
2018–19 [ 1]
Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway
Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley Schindler's List Horizons
2017–18 [ 21]
Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway
Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
2016–17 [ 22]
Alice Through the Looking Glass by Danny Elfman
Competitive highlights
Detailed results
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System [ 13]
Segment
Type
Score
Event
Total
TSS 147.50 2018 World Junior Championships
Short program
TSS 51.49 2018 World Junior Championships
TES
31.28
2018 World Junior Championships
PCS
20.21
2018 World Junior Championships
Free skating
TSS 96.01 2018 World Junior Championships
TES
54.68
2016 JGP Slovenia
PCS
42.89
2018 World Junior Championships
Senior level
Junior results
References
External links
