Olga Mikutina


Olga Mikutina is a Ukrainian-born figure skater who competes for Austria. She is the 2019 Austrian junior champion and represented the country at the 2019 World Junior Championships, advancing to the free skate and finishing 18th overall.

Personal life

Mikutina was born on 6 October 2003 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Her father, Roman, is a hockey player.

Career

Early years

Mikutina took up skating in 2007 at the age of four. She began her skating career competing for her native Ukraine, and by age 12, was already a three-time Ukrainian youth national champion. She began competing for Austria at the advanced novice level internationally in 2016.

2017–2018 season

At the 2018 Austrian Championships, Mikutina won the junior bronze medal.

2018–2019 season

Mikutina made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in August 2019 at the 2018 JGP Austria. She placed 13th overall at the event. Later on in the season, she improved her JGP record by placing 9th overall at her second assignment, the 2018 JGP Czech Republic. After the Junior Grand Prix, Mikutina competed at a number of other international competitions, taking gold in the junior divisions of the 2018 installments of the Halloween Cup, Skate Celje, and the Volvo Open Cup.
At the 2019 Austrian Championships in December, Mikutina she won her first junior national title and was thus named to the Austrian team for the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. At the event in March, Mikutina ranked 20th in the short program and qualified for the free skate where she placed 15th, which lifted her to 18th overall.

2019–2020 season

Mikutina started the season at the 2019 JGP Latvia, where she placed 17th. Later that month, she placed 13th at 2019 JGP Zagreb. At her next event, Mikutina finished 4th at Ice Star 2019 held in Minsk. Afterwards, she completed at several international competitions on the senior level, earning the silver medal at Golden Bear, bronze at the Tallinn Trophy and gold medals at Icelab International Cup, Eiscup Innsbruck and Bosphorus Cup. In December, she won gold on the junior and senior levels at the Austrian championships, becoming the first skater to hold Austrian national junior and senior titles at the same time.
In January, Mikutina came in 4th place at the EduSport Trophy in Bucharest and was assigned to the 2020 European Championships held in Graz, Austria. At the event, she ranked 21st in the short program, earning a new personal best of 53.19 points. After the free skate, she finished in 24th place overall. Mikutina finished her season at the Jégvirág Cup in Hungary, where she won the gold medal at the junior level.

Programs

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Austria

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior results

Junior results