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Takahito Mura

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{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Takahito Mura
|image= 2014_Grand_Prix_of_Figure_Skating_Final_Takahito_Mura_IMG_3894.JPG
|caption= Mura at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final
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|country= [[Japan]]
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1991|2|11}}
|birth_place= [[Matsudo, Chiba]], Japan
|hometown= [[Nagoya]]
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|height= {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
|coach= [[Takashi Mura]], Chie Mura
|formercoach= [[Hiroshi Nagakubo]], Yoriko Naruse, [[Naoki Shigematsu]]
|choreographer= [[Jeffrey Buttle]], [[Charlie White (figure skater)|Charlie White]]
|formerchoreographer= Jamie Isley, [[Tom Dickson (figure skater)|Tom Dickson]], Nanami Yoshida, [[Eiji Iwamoto]]
|skating club= Hirota SC
|former skating club= Chukyo University
|currenttraininglocations= [[Okayama]]
|beganskating= 1994
|retired=
|combined total= 268.43
|combined date= [[2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2016 Four Continents]]
|SP score= 89.08
|SP date= [[2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2016 Four Continents]]
|FS score= 179.35
|FS date= [[2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2016 Four Continents]]
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{{MedalSport | [[Figure skating]]: [[Single skating|Men's singles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2014 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2014 Taipei]]|Men's singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Figure skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Winter Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Figure skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana-Almaty]]|Men's singles}}
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{{nihongo|'''Takahito Mura'''|無良崇人|Mura Takahito|extra=born February 11, 1991}} is a Japanese [[figure skater]]. He is the [[2014 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2014 Four Continents]] champion, [[2014 Skate Canada International]] champion, and [[2012 Trophée Éric Bompard]] champion. Nationally, he is a four-time [[Japan Figure Skating Championships|Japan Championships]] bronze medalist and 2008 [[Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|Japan Junior]] champion.<ref>http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/sports/skate/figure-japan2008/index.html</ref>

==Personal life==
Takahito Mura was born in [[Matsudo, Chiba]], Japan.<ref name=ISU-1617/> His father, [[Takashi Mura|Takashi]], competed internationally in both singles and pairs, and his mother also competed in figure skating.<ref name=GS120311/> In 2013, he married his wife and had a daughter, Kanna.<ref name=SN130424/><ref name=GS141221/>

==Career==
Mura placed fifth at the [[2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2006 World Junior Championships]]. He won two medals on the [[Junior Grand Prix]] circuit in 2006 and qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed just off the podium. He made his senior international debut at the [[2008 Finlandia Trophy]], which he won.

Mura won his first senior Grand Prix medal, gold, at the [[2012 Trophée Éric Bompard]]. In the 2013-14 season, he was assigned to the [[2013 Skate Canada International|2013 Skate Canada]] and [[2013 NHK Trophy]].<ref name=entries>{{cite web | url = http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=4812 | title = Entries Men 2013/14 - All 6 Events | work = ISU}}</ref> He placed tenth and sixth at his events. Mura finished sixth at the Japanese Nationals and was assigned to the [[2014 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2014 Four Continents Championships]] where he won the gold.

In the 2014–15 season, Mura took silver at an [[ISU Challenger Series]] event, the [[Lombardia Trophy]], before winning gold at his first GP assignment of the season, the [[2014 Skate Canada International]]. His next assignment was the [[2014 NHK Trophy]], where he placed third overall, qualifying for the [[2014–15 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final]], in Barcelona, Spain.

At the Grand Prix Final, Mura finished last in the short program and fourth in the free skate, ending fifth overall. He competed in the [[2014–15 Japan Figure Skating Championships]], where he finished 5th. When [[Tatsuki Machida]] retired from figure skating, Mura was named as his replacement to represent Japan at the [[2015 World Figure Skating Championships]], along with [[Yuzuru Hanyu]] and [[Takahiko Kozuka]]. He was also selected to represent Japan at the [[2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships]], where he finished seventh. At the World Championships, Mura finished in 16th place.

==Programs==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Season
! [[Short program (figure skating)|Short program]]
! [[Free skating]]
! Exhibition
|-
! 2016–17 <ref name=ISU-1617/>
|
* Zapateado
|
* [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] {{small| by [[Sergei Rachmaninov]] }}
|
*[[The Lady Is a Tramp]] by [[Tony Bennett]] and [[Lady Gaga]]
|-
! 2015–16 <ref name=IFS150422/><ref name=IN150612/><ref name=IN150807/><ref name=ISU-1516/>
|
* [[Dark Eyes (song)|Dark Eyes]] {{small| choreo. by [[Charlie White (figure skater)|Charlie White]] }}
|
* [[O (Cirque du Soleil)|O]] {{small|(from [[Cirque du Soleil]]) by [[Benoît Jutras]] choreo. by [[Jeffrey Buttle]] }}
|
* [[Feeling Good]] {{small| performed by [[Michael Bublé]] }}
|-
! 2014–15 <ref name=GS141221/><ref name=ISU-1415/>
|
* [[Carmen]] {{small| by [[Georges Bizet]] }}
----
* [[Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)|Violin Concerto]] {{small| by [[Felix Mendelssohn]] }}
|
* [[The Phantom of the Opera]] {{small| by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] }}
|
* [[Love Never Dies (musical)|Love Never Dies]] {{small| by Andrew Lloyd Webber }}
----
* Feeling Good {{small| performed by Michael Bublé }}
|-
! 2013–14 <ref name=ISU-1314/>
|
* [[Minnie the Moocher]] {{small| by [[Cab Calloway]] }}
* Jumpin' Jack {{small| by [[Big Bad Voodoo Daddy]] }}
|
* [[Shōgun (miniseries)|Shōgun]] {{small|by [[Maurice Jarre]] }}
----
* [[Spartacus (TV series)|Spartacus]] {{small| by [[Joseph LoDuca]] }}
|
* Love Never Dies {{small| by Andrew Lloyd Webber }}
|-
! 2012–13 <ref name=ISU-1213/>
|
* [[Malagueña (song)|Malagueña]] {{small| by [[Ernesto Lecuona]] }}
|
* Shōgun {{small|by Maurice Jarre }}
|
* [[Talking to the Moon (song)|Talking to the Moon]] {{small| by [[Bruno Mars]] }}
|-
! 2011–12 <ref name=ISU-1112/>
|
* Red Violin {{small| (Concierto de Aranjuez) by [[Ikuko Kawai]] }}
|
* Primavera Porteña {{small| by [[Ástor Piazzolla]] }}
|
* Neutron Star Collision {{small| by [[Muse (band)|Muse]] }}
|-
! 2010–11 <ref name=ISU-1011/>
|
* [[La califfa]] {{small| by [[Ennio Morricone]] }}
|
* Slow Dancing in the Big City
|
|-
! 2009–10 <ref name=ISU-0910/>
|
* [[Fur Elise]] {{small| by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] performed by [[Josh Vietti]] }}
|
* [[Gettysburg (1993 film)|Gettysburg]] {{small| by [[Randy Edelman]] }}
|
|-
! 2008–09 <ref name=ISU-0809/>
|
* The Feeling Begins {{small| by [[Peter Gabriel]] }}
|
* Kojiki {{small| by [[Kitaro]] }}
|
|-
! 2007–08 <ref name=ISU-0708b/><ref name=ISU-0708a/>
|
* Art on Ice {{small| by [[Edvin Marton]] }}
|
* Violin Concerto {{small| by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] }}
----
* Emperor Concerto {{small| by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] }}
|
* [[Mas Que Nada]] {{small| by [[Sérgio Mendes]] }}
|-
! 2006–07 <ref name=ISU-0607/>
|
* Art on Ice {{small| by Edvin Marton }}
|
* KA {{small| by [[René Dupéré]] }}
|
|-
! 2005–06 <ref name=ISU-0506/>
|
* [[Sabre Dance]] {{small| by [[Aram Khachaturian]] }}
|
* Violin Concerto
|
|}

== Competitive highlights ==
''GP: [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix]]; CS: [[ISU Challenger Series|Challenger Series]]; JGP: [[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]]''

=== 2008–09 to present ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | International<ref name=ISU-TM/>
|-
! Event
! [[2008–09 figure skating season|08–09]]
! [[2009–10 figure skating season|09–10]]
! [[2010–11 figure skating season|10–11]]
! [[2011–12 figure skating season|11–12]]
! [[2012–13 figure skating season|12–13]]
! [[2013–14 figure skating season|13–14]]
! [[2014–15 figure skating season|14–15]]
! [[2015–16 figure skating season|15–16]]
! [[2016–17 figure skating season|16–17]]
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || 15th || || || || 8th || || 16th || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents]] || || || || 5th || 8th || bgcolor=gold | 1st || 7th || 5th ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|Final]] || || || || || || || 5th || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Trophée Éric Bompard|Bompard]] || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || 5th
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[NHK Trophy]] || 5th || || 6th || || || 6th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Skate America]] || || || || || || || || 10th ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Skate Canada International|Skate Canada]] || || || || || 8th || 10th || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || 8th
|-
| align=left | {{small|CS}} [[Lombardia Trophy|Lombardia]] || || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|CS}} [[U.S. International Figure Skating Classic|U.S. Classic]] || || || || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Games]] || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || 4th
|-
| align=left | [[International Challenge Cup|Challenge Cup]] || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Finlandia Trophy]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Merano Cup]] || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Nepela Trophy]] || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || WD ||
|-
| align=left | [[NRW Trophy]] || || || || 4th || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Coupe du Printemps|Printemps]] || || || || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
| align=left | [[Triglav Trophy]] || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | National<ref name=JSF-TM/>
|-
| align=left | [[Japan Figure Skating Championships|Japan Champ.]] || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 10th || 5th || 5th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 6th || 5th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | Team events
|-
| align=left | [[ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating|World Team Trophy]] || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd T 5th P || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd T 4th P || ||
|-
| colspan=10 align=center | TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. 
|}

=== 2003–04 to 2007–08 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | International: Junior, Novice<ref name=ISU-TM/>
|-
! Event
! {{tooltip|03–04|2003–04}}
! 04–05
! 05–06
! 06–07
! 07–08
|-
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|Junior Worlds]] || || || 5th || 8th || 19th
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix Final|Final]] || || || || 4th ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Germany|Germany]] || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Hungary|Hungary]] || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Poland|Poland]] || || || 8th || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Romania|Romania]] || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia|Slovakia]] || || || 5th || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Chinese Taipei|Taiwan]] || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd ||
|-
| align=left | [[Skate Helena]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st N || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Mladost Trophy]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st N || bgcolor=silver | 2nd N || || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | National<ref name=JSF-TM/>
|-
| align=left | [[Japan Figure Skating Championships|Japan Champ.]] || || || || 8th || 5th
|-
| align=left | [[Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships|Japan Junior]] || 13th || 12th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
| colspan=6 align=center | Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior 
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name=ISU-TM>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00007258.htm |title= Competition Results: Takahito MURA |publisher= International Skating Union }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0506>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2005/2006 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060516012423/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= May 16, 2006 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0607>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2006/2007 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070417161045/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= April 17, 2007 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0708a>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2007/2008 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071214063601/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= December 14, 2007 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0708b>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2007/2008 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080529215658/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= May 29, 2008 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0809>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2008/2009 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090711155900/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= July 11, 2009 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0910>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2009/2010 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100508093917/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= May 8, 2010 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1011>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2010/2011 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110816132851/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= August 16, 2011 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1112>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2011/2012 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120419165712/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= April 19, 2012 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1213>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2012/2013 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130620143401/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= June 20, 2013 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1314>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2012/2013 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140528132548/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= May 28, 2014 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1415>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2014/2015 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150523175702/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= May 23, 2015 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1516>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2015/2016 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160527233836/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |archivedate= May 27, 2016 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1617>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007258.htm |title= Takahito MURA: 2016/2017 |publisher= International Skating Union }}</ref>

<ref name=JSF-TM>{{cite web |url= http://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/national/detail.php?athlete_id=9 |title= 無良崇人/MURA Takahito |language= Japanese |publisher= [[Japan Skating Federation]] |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141102025600/http://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/national/detail.php?athlete_id=9 |archivedate= November 2, 2014 |deadurl= no }}</ref>

<ref name=GS120311>{{cite news |url= http://www.goldenskate.com/2012/03/mura-gains-consistency/ |title= Mura gains consistency |first= Tatjana |last= Flade |work= Golden Skate |date= March 11, 2012 |accessdate= March 11, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name=SN130424>{{cite news |url= http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/sports/figureskate/headlines/article/20130424-00000037-kyodo_sp |script-title=ja:フィギュア無良が結婚３月の世界選手権代表 |language= Japanese |trans_title= |publisher= Sportsnavi |date= April 24, 2013 |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6GCkjIS8g |archivedate= April 27, 2013 |deadurl= no }}</ref>

<ref name=GS141221>{{cite news |url= http://www.goldenskate.com/2014/12/takahito-mura/ |title= Takahito Mura skates for his family |first= Tatjana |last= Flade |work= Golden Skate |date= December 21, 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name=IFS150422>{{cite news |title= News Briefs From Around The Globe |first= Susan D. |last= Russell |url= http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/32773-news-briefs-from-around-the-globe |date= April 22, 2015 |work= International Figure Skating |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150520085936/http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/32773-news-briefs-from-around-the-globe |archivedate= May 20, 2015 |deadurl= no }}</ref>

<ref name=IN150612>{{cite news |last= Xiong |first= Wei |title= Japanese stars debut programs at 'Dreams on Ice' |url= http://www.icenetwork.com/news/2015/06/12/130204078/japanese-stars-debut-programs-at-dreams-on-ice |work= [[IceNetwork.com]] |date= June 12, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name=IN150807>{{cite news |last= Xiong |first= Wei |title= Skating's biggest stars heat up Asada's 'THE ICE' |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2015/08/07/141709956/skatings-biggest-stars-heat-up-asadas-the-ice |work= [[IceNetwork.com]] |date= August 7, 2015}}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
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Abzal Rakimgaliev

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{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Abzal Rakimgaliev
|image= 2011 Four Continents Abzal RAKIMGALIEV 2.jpg
|caption= Rakimgaliev in 2011.
|fullname= {{lang-kk|Абзал Бауыржанұлы Рақымғалиев}}: [[Kazakh alphabets|Abzal Bawırjanulı Raqımğaliev]]
|altname=
|country= [[Kazakhstan]]
|formercountry=
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1992|5|25|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan
|hometown=
|residence=
|height= {{height|m=1.68|precision=0}}
|coach= Craig Maurizi, [[Nikolai Morozov (figure skater)|Nikolai Morozov]]
|formercoach= Marina Voitsekhovskaia, Salim Khaidarov, [[Zhanna Gromova]], [[Olga Markova (figure skater)|Olga Markova]]
|choreographer= Olga Orlova, Nikolai Morozov
|formerchoreographer= Vadim Yarulin, Larisa Timoshenko, Ilona Prataseni
|skating club= National Skating Federation of Kazakhstan
|currenttraininglocations= [[Hackensack, New Jersey]]
|formertraininglocations= [[Moscow]] [[Simsbury, Connecticut]] [[Daugavpils]] [[Almaty]]
|beganskating= 1999
|retired=
|combined total= 185.81
|combined date= [[2013 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2013 Four Continents]]
|SP score= 64.27
|SP date= [[2016 CS Tallinn Trophy]]
|FS score= 124.98
|FS date= [[2013 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|2013 Four Continents]]
|medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry | {{KAZ}} }}
{{MedalSport | [[Figure skating]]: [[Single skating|Men's singles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Figure Skating Trophy]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2008 Asian Trophy | [[Hong Kong]]}}
}}

'''Abzal Rakimgaliev''' (born 25 May 1992) is a [[Kazakhstan]]i [[figure skater]]. He is the 2007 Kazakhstani national champion and has won seven senior international medals. He competed at the [[Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|2010 Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]], where he placed 26th, and at the [[Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's singles|2014 Olympics]] in [[Sochi]], where he placed 22nd.

== Programs ==
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! Season
! [[Short program (figure skating)|Short program]]
! [[Free skating]]
|-
!2016-2017 <ref name="ISU-1617">{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm|publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|
*[[Who Wants to Live Forever]] by [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
|
*Je Dors Sur de Rses Mozart Rock Opera 
|-
! 2015–16 <ref name=ISU-1516/>
|
* [[Too Darn Hot]] {{small| by [[Ella Fitzgerald]] }}
|
* Je dors sur des roses {{small| (from [[Mozart, l'opéra rock]]) }}
|-
! 2014–15 <ref name=ISU-1415/>
|
* He Lives in You {{small| (from [[The Lion King (musical)]]) by [[Mark Mancina]], [[Jay Rifkin]], Lebo M }}
|
* [[Once Upon a Time in America]] {{small| by [[Ennio Morricone]] }}
|-
! 2013–14 <ref name=ISU-1314/>
|
* Swing medley {{small| by [[Big Bad Voodoo Daddy]] }}
|
* Once Upon a Time in America {{small| by Ennio Morricone }}
|-
! 2012–13 <ref name=ISU-1213/>
|
* [[The Sting]] {{small| by [[Marvin Hamlisch]] }}
|
* [[The Addams Family (film)|The Addams Family]] {{small| by [[Marc Shaiman]] }}
|-
! 2011–12 <ref name=ISU-1112/>
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* [[Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan]] {{small| by [[Mark Mancina]] }}
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* The Addams Family {{small| by Marc Shaiman }}
|-
! 2010–11 <ref name=ISU-1011/>
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* [[Beetlejuice]] {{small| by [[Danny Elfman]] }}
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* Circus
|-
! 2009–10 <ref name=ISU-0910/>
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* Selections {{small| by [[Maksim Mrvica]] }}
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* Irish dance
|-
! 2008–09 <ref name=ISU-0809/>
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* [[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]] {{small| by [[Carl Orff]] (modern arrangement) }}
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* Child in Paradise {{small| by [[Maksim Mrvica]] }}
* Nostradamus {{small| by Maksim Mrvica }}
|-
! 2007–08 <ref name=ISU-0708/>
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* [[Furia (film)|Furia]] {{small| by [[Brian May]] }}
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* Selections {{small| by Maksim Mrvica }}
|-
! 2006–07 <ref name=ISU-0607/>
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* Furia {{small| by Brian May }}
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* Selections {{small| by [[ABBA]] }}
|}

== Competitive highlights ==
''CS: [[ISU Challenger Series|Challenger Series]]; JGP: [[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]]''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=14 align=center | International<ref name=ISU-AR/>
|-
! Event
! 04–05
! 05–06
! 06–07
! 07–08
! [[2008–09 figure skating season|08–09]]
! [[2009–10 figure skating season|09–10]]
! [[2010–11 figure skating season|10–11]]
! [[2011–12 figure skating season|11–12]]
! [[2012–13 figure skating season|12–13]]
! [[2013–14 figure skating season|13–14]]
! [[2014–15 figure skating season|14–15]]
! [[2015–16 figure skating season|15–16]]
! [[2016–17 figure skating season|16–17]]
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Olympics]] || || || || || || 26th || || || || 22nd || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || || || || 24th || || 21st || || || 28th || 20th || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents]] || || || || 13th || 14th || 13th || 13th || 18th || 15th || 15th || 20th || || WD
|-
| align=left | {{small|CS}} [[Denkova-Staviski Cup|DS Cup]] || || || || || || || || || || || || 6th ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|CS}} [[Golden Spin of Zagreb|Golden Spin]] || || || || || || || || || || || || 17th ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|CS}} [[Tallinn Trophy]] || || || || || || || || || || || || || 7th
|-
| align=left | {{small|CS}} [[Warsaw Cup]] || || || || || || || || || || || || 11th || 12th
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Winter Universiade|Universiade]] || || || || || || || || || 12th || || 16th || || 12th
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Games]] || || || || || || || 7th || || || || || || 12th
|-
| align=left | [[Asian Figure Skating Trophy|Asian Trophy]] || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Crystal Skate of Romania|Crystal Skate]] || || || || || || || || 6th || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[International Cup of Nice|Cup of Nice]] || || || || || || || || 11th || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Finlandia Trophy]] || || || || || || || || 12th || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Gardena Spring Trophy|Gardena]] || || || || || || || || 5th || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Golden Spin of Zagreb|Golden Spin]] || || || || 10th || || 10th || 5th || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Ice Star]] || || || || || || || || 6th || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Istanbul Cup (figure skating)|Istanbul Cup]] || || || || || || || || 4th || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Lombardia Trophy]] || || || || || || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Nepela Trophy]] || || || || || || || || 7th || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[NRW Trophy]] || || || || || || || 9th || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Coupe du Printemps|Printemps]] || || || || || || || 4th || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Triglav Trophy]] || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=14 align=center | International: Junior or novice<ref name=ISU-AR/>
|-
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|Junior Worlds]] || || || || || || || 12th || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria|Austria]] || || || || 15th || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Belarus|Belarus]] || || || || || || 15th || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] || || || || 9th || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Hungary|Hungary]] || || || 13th || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Italy|Italy]] || || || || || 7th || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Norway|Norway]] || || || 12th || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Spain|Spain]] || || || || || 12th || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Turkey|Turkey]] || || || || || || 14th || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Gardena Spring Trophy|Gardena]] || || || 7th J || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | Golden Lynx || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st J || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Triglav Trophy]] || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd J || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Warsaw Cup]] || || bgcolor=gold | 1st N || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=14 align=center | National<ref name=ISU-AR/>
|-
| align=left | [[Kazakhstani Figure Skating Championships|Kazakhstani]] || 5th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd ||
|-
| colspan=14 align=center | Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior 
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name=ISU-AR>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00008859.htm |title= Competition Results: Abzal RAKIMGALIEV |publisher= International Skating Union }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0607>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00008859.htm |title= Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2006/2007 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070103235639/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00008859.htm |archivedate= 3 January 2007 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0708>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00008859.htm |title= Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2007/2008 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080514111318/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00008859.htm |archivedate= 14 May 2008 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0809>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00008859.htm |title= Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2008/2009 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090531091530/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00008859.htm |archivedate= 31 May 2009 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0910>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |title= Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2009/2010 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100606043852/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |archivedate= 6 June 2010 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1011>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |title= Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2010/2011 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110816090720/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |archivedate= 16 August 2011 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1112>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |title= Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2011/2012 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120419155217/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |archivedate= 19 April 2012 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1213>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |title= Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2012/2013 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130822080049/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |archivedate= 22 August 2013 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1314>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |title= Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2013/2014 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140528054407/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |archivedate= 28 May 2014 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1415>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |title= Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2014/2015 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150523180221/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |archivedate= 23 May 2015 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-1516>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |title= Abzal RAKIMGALIEV: 2015/2016 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160527234428/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008859.htm |archivedate= 27 May 2016 |deadurl= unfit }}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category inline|Abzal Rakimgaliev}}
* {{isu name | id=00008859 | name=Abzal Rakimgaliev}}
* [http://www.tracings.net/rakh-abza.html Abzal Rakimgaliev] at Tracings.net

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