# Nurullah Sahaka

Nurullah Sahaka (born 10 January 2000) is a Swiss figure skater. He is the 2018 Dragon Trophy champion, the 2017 FBMA Trophy silver medalist, and a four-time Swiss national medalist. He competed in the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

## Career
### Early years

Sahaka began learning to skate in 2009. In January 2013, he became the Swiss national under-16 novice champion. He won silver in the junior men's category at the Swiss Championships in January 2014 and made his junior international debut the following month. He won the Swiss junior title in January 2015.
Sahaka debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in August 2015. He made his first appearance in the senior ranks and placed fifth at the Swiss Championships in December.

### 2016–2017 season

In December 2016, Sahaka won his first senior national medal, bronze, having finished third behind Stéphane Walker and Lukas Britschgi. In January 2017, he won his first senior international medal – silver at the FBMA Trophy in Abu Dhabi. In March, he competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. Ranked 34th in the short program, he did not advance to the free skate.

### 2017–2018 season

Sahaka began his season on the Junior Grand Prix series. He finished fourth in the senior ranks in December at the Swiss Championships. In February 2018, he won the senior men's title at the Dragon Trophy in Slovenia. In March, he qualified to the final segment at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. He ranked 13th in the short program, 18th in the free skate, and 16th overall.

### 2018–2019 season

In December, Sahaka won silver in the senior men's event at the Swiss Championships, placing second behind Britschgi. In March, he competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

### 2019–2020 season

Sahaka made his debut on the Challenger series, placing twelfth at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and thirteenth at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup. In addition to competing at some minor internationals, he won another silver medal at the Swiss championships.

### 2020–2021 season

With the COVID-19 pandemic greatly limiting international competitions, Sahaka's sole event of the year was the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where he placed fifteenth.

### 2021–2022 season

Sahaka made his debut at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2021–2022 | Nemesis by Benjamin Clementine choreo. by Karine Arribert, Alisa Agafonova | Time (from Inception) by Hans Zimmer choreo. by Karine Arribert, Alisa Agafonova |
| 2020–2021 | Pierrot and the Moon by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Karine Arribert, Alisa Agafonova | Evolution: From Big Bang to Life in Space by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Cornelia Leroy, Nikolai Morozov |
| 2019–2020 | Land of All by Woodkid choreo. by Karine Arribert, Alisa Agafonova | Charlie Chaplin medley choreo. by Karine Arribert, Alisa Agafonova |
| 2018–2019 | Au Café des délices by Patrick Bruel arranged by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Florent Amodio | Evolution: From Big Bang to Life in Space by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Cornelia Leroy, Nikolai Morozov |
| 2017–2018 | Les yeux de la mama/Gitrano by Kendji Girac choreo. by Cornelia Leroy | Pierrot and the Moon by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Karine Arribert |
| 2016–2017 | Indigène (Tarzan) by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Cornelia Leroy | Pierrot and the Moon by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Karine Arribert |
| 2015–2016 | Indigène (Tarzan) by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Cornelia Leroy | L'Enfant Pur (Le Petit Prince) by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Cornelia Leroy |

## Competitive highlights

* JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
* CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 |
| Swiss Championships | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | | 3rd | 1st |
| CS Budapest Trophy | | | | | | | | 15th |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | | | | | | | 21st | |
| CS Ice Challenge | | | | | | | | 14th |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | | | | 12th | 15th | | |
| CS Warsaw Cup | | | | 9th | 13th | | | |
| Dragon Trophy | | | 1st | | 3rd | | | |
| FBMA Trophy | | 2nd | | | | | | |
| Golden Bear of Zagreb | | | | 12th | | | | |
| Halloween Cup | | | | | 5th | | | |
| Mentor Toruń Cup | | | | | 6th | | | |
| Tirnavia Ice Cup | | | | | 1st | | | |
| Trophée Métropole Nice | | | | | | | 5th | |
| Volvo Open Cup | | | | | | | 4th | |
| World University Games | | | | | | | | 17th |
Competition placements at junior level :
| Season | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 |
| World Junior Championships | | | | 34th | 16th | 31st |
| Swiss Championships | 2nd | 1st | | | | |
| JGP Austria | | | | | 16th | 15th |
| JGP Poland | | | | | 14th | |
| JGP Slovakia | | | 15th | | | |
| JGP Slovenia | | | | 12th | | 13th |
| Bavarian Open | | | | | 7th | 1st |
| Challenge Cup | | | | 1st | | |
| Coupe du Printemps | 15th | | | | | |
| Cup of Nice | | | 7th | | | |
| Cup of Tyrol | | | | 4th | | |
| European Youth Olympic Festival | | 15th | | | | |
| Golden Bear of Zagreb | | | | 2nd | | |
| Heiko Fischer Cup | 5th | | | | | |
| Lombardia Trophy | | | 8th | | | |
| Tallinn Trophy | | 7th | 10th | | | |