# Olga Mikutina

Olga Romanovna Mikutina (Ukrainian: Ольга Романівна Мікутіна; born 6 October 2003) is a Ukrainian-Austrian figure skater who competes for Austria. She is a four-time Austrian national champion (2020–21, 2024–25), as well as a two-time Austrian national junior champion (2019–2020). Internationally, she has represented the country at the European and World championships, and finished fourteenth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

## Personal life

Mikutina was born on 6 October 2003 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Her father, Roman, is a hockey player. In fall 2023, Mikutina began attending Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey.

## Career
### Early career

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.
When she was 12, her parents decided that she needed better training conditions than were available in Ukraine and were advised to seek out coach Elena Romanova in Feldkirch, Austria. She would later remark, "at first, I didn’t realize that we were really moving there. I thought we were just training there for some time." She began competing for Austria at the advanced novice level internationally in 2016. She subsequently became an Austrian citizen in January 2020.

### 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 thirteenth overall at the event. Later in the season, she improved her JGP record by placing ninth overall at her second assignment, the 2018 JGP Czech Republic. After the Junior Grand Prix, Mikutina competed at several 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 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 twentieth in the short program and qualified for the free skate, where she placed fifteenth, which lifted her to eighteenth overall.

### 2019–2020 season

Mikutina started the season at the 2019 JGP Latvia, where she placed seventeenth. Later that month, she placed thirteenth at 2019 JGP Zagreb. At her next event, Mikutina finished fourth at Ice Star 2019, held in Minsk. Afterward, 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 simultaneously hold Austrian national junior and senior titles.
In January, Mikutina came in fourth place at the EduSport Trophy in Bucharest and was assigned to the 2020 European Championships held in Graz, Austria. She ranked twenty-first in the short program at the event, earning a new personal best of 53.19 points. After the free skate, she finished in twenty-fourth place overall. Mikutina finished her season at the Jégvirág Cup in Hungary, where she won the gold medal at the junior level. She had been assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, which would have been her senior Worlds debut, but those were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

### 2020–2021 season

Mikutina made her season debut at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where she placed thirteenth. She was on the preliminary entry list for the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy but withdrew. After winning her second consecutive national title, she competed at the 2021 Tallink Hotels Cup, taking the silver medal behind Eva-Lotta Kiibus.
Mikutina made her World debut in Stockholm at the 2021 World Championships in late March. She skated clean in her short program at the event to score a new personal best, topping her previous score by over 14 points and qualified to the free skate in eleventh place. She then placed seventh in the free skate and finished eighth overall. Mikutina's placement in the top ten qualified a place for Austria at the 2022 Winter Olympics, as well as the possibility of a second berth and two placements at the following year's world championships. It was the best result for an Austrian lady since Julia Lautowa's eighth place in 1997.

### 2021–2022 season

Suffering from right knee inflammation, Mikutina's training was hindered over the summer, and as a result, she withdrew from the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and what was to be her first Grand Prix assignment, the 2021 NHK Trophy. She made her Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, where she finished in twelfth place of twelve skaters.
Mikutina failed to defend her national title, taking the silver medal behind Stefanie Pesendorfer, but was still assigned to the Austrian Olympic team and the European Championships, finishing fifteenth at the latter in January. Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the women's event, Mikutina placed eighteenth in the short program. Fourteenth in the free skate, she rose to fourteenth overall.
Days after the Olympics concluded, Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, as a result of which the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian skaters from competing at the 2022 World Championships. Mikutina's birthplace of Kharkiv became the site of one of the largest and most destructive battles of the war, which she vocally protested. She placed fourteen at the World Championships.

### 2022–2023 season

Mikutina continued to train, noting that "when I go on the ice, I can imagine myself in another world," away from worries relating to the war, while her father and grandparents continued to live in eastern Ukraine. She started her season with seventh and ninth placements at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, respectively. She then went on to win gold at the 2022 Tayside Trophy. At the 2022 Grand Prix de France, Mikutina finished in tenth place after placing tenth in both the short and free programs. She was tenth as well at the 2022 NHK Trophy.
Assigned to Austria's championship berths in the second half of the season, Mikutina came twelfth at the 2023 European Championships and nineteenth at the 2023 World Championships.

### 2023–2024 season

In October 2023, it was announced that Mikutina had switched training locations from Feldkirch, Austria to Montclair, New Jersey and that Galit Chait, Alexei Bychenko, and Evgeni Krasnopolski had joined her coaching team.
Mikutina made two appearances on the Challenger circuit, coming fifth at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy and ninth at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, and winning gold at the Swiss Open and the Austrian championships. Assigned to the European Championships, she finished in eighth place. She then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2024 Bavarian Open, and came fourteenth at the 2024 World Championships.

### 2024–2025 season

Mikutina began the season by finishing tenth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Assigned to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, she finished ninth at 2024 Skate America and eighth at the 2024 NHK Trophy.
In December, Mikutina won her fourth national title at the 2025 Austrian Championships. She was subsequently assigned to compete at the 2025 European Championships; however, she withdrew before the event due to health problems and was replaced by Flora Marie Schaller.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2024–2025 | El Mariachi by Robert Rodriguez Uccen (DWTS Remix) by Taalbi Brothers choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn | La terre vue du ciel by Armand Amar choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn |
| 2023–2024 | El Mariachi by Robert Rodriguez Uccen (DWTS Remix) by Taalbi Brothers choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn | The Curse by Agnes Obel Dawn of Faith by Eternal Eclipse choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn |
| 2022–2023 | My Nocturnal Serenade by Yohio choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn | The Curse by Agnes Obel Dawn of Faith by Eternal Eclipse choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn |
| 2021–2022 | My Nocturnal Serenade by Yohio choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn | Primavera Experience by Ludovico Einaudi choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn |
| 2020–2021 | Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima performed by Trío Ladies choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn | Primavera Experience by Ludovico Einaudi choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn |
| 2019–2020 | Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima performed by Trío Ladies choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn | Tango (from Step Up 3D) by Bear McCreary choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn |
| 2018–2019 | Megapolis (Russian: Мегаполис) by Bel Suono choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn | Tango (from Step Up 3D) by Bear McCreary choreo. by Rostislav Sinicyn |

## Competitive highlights

* GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
* JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
* CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
* C – Event was cancelled
Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
| Winter Olympics | | | 13th | | | |
| World Championships | C | 8th | 14th | 19th | 14th | TBD |
| European Championships | 24th | | 14th | 12th | 8th | |
| Austrian Championships | 1st | 1st | 2nd | | 1st | 1st |
| GP France | | | | 10th | | |
| GP NHK Trophy | | | | 10th | | 8th |
| GP Rostelecom Cup | | | 12th | | | |
| GP Skate America | | | | | | 9th |
| CS Budapest Trophy | | | | | 5th | |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | | | | 9th | | |
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | | | | | 9th | |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | 13th | | 7th | | 10th |
| Bavarian Open | | | | | 3rd | |
| Dragon Trophy | | | | | 1st | |
| EduSport Trophy | 4th | | | | | |
| Golden Bear of Zagreb | 2nd | | | | | |
| Istanbul Cup | 1st | | | | | |
| Sofia Trophy | | 1st | | | | |
| Swiss Open | | | | | 1st | |
| Tallink Hotels Cup | | 2nd | | | | |
| Tallinn Trophy | 3rd | | | | | |
| Tayside Trophy | | | | 1st | | |
Competition placements at junior level :
| Season | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
| World Junior Championships | | 18th | |
| Austrian Championships | 3rd | 1st | 1st |
| JGP Austria | | 13th | |
| JGP Croatia | | | 13th |
| JGP Czech Republic | | 9th | |
| JGP Latvia | | | 17th |
| Bavarian Open | 8th | | |
| Coupe du Printemps | 1st | | |
| Cup of Nice | 10th | | |
| Cup of Tyrol | 6th | | |
| Denkova-Staviski Cup | 2nd | | |
| Egna Spring Trophy | | 3rd | |
| FBMA Trophy | 1st | | |
| Halloween Cup | | 1st | |
| IceLab Cup | | | 1st |
| Ice Star | | | 4th |
| Jégvirág Cup | | | 1st |
| Skate Celje | | 1st | |
| Triglav Trophy | 1st | | |
| Volvo Open Cup | | 1st | |

## Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 198.77 | 2021 World Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 67.18 | 2021 World Championships |
| Short program | TES | 38.58 | 2021 World Championships |
| Short program | PCS | 30.63 | 2022 World Championships |
| Free skating | TSS | 131.59 | 2021 World Championships |
| Free skating | TES | 70.34 | 2021 World Championships |
| Free skating | PCS | 61.25 | 2021 World Championships |

### Senior level

2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 11–15, 2024 | 2025 Austrian Championships | 1 67.88 | 1 120.59 | 1 188.47 |
| November 8–10, 2024 | 2024 NHK Trophy | 8 60.94 | 10 108.99 | 8 169.93 |
| October 18–20, 2024 | 2024 Skate America | 9 56.81 | 9 109.96 | 9 166.77 |
| September 19–21, 2024 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 9 56.47 | 9 104.37 | 10 160.84 |
| 2023–2024 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 18–24, 2024 | 2024 World Championships | 16 60.77 | 13 116.99 | 14 177.76 |
| February 9–11, 2024 | 2024 Dragon Trophy | 1 60.14 | 2 112.91 | 1 173.05 |
| January 30–February 4, 2024 | 2024 Bavarian Open | 2 57.01 | 2 113.52 | 3 170.53 |
| January 10–14, 2024 | 2024 European Championships | 5 63.71 | 10 109.75 | 8 173.46 |
| December 13–17, 2023 | 2024 Austrian Championships | 2 58.62 | 1 114.31 | 1 172.93 |
| December 6–9, 2023 | 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 3 58.08 | 10 95.82 | 9 153.90 |
| October 26–29, 2023 | 2023 Swiss Ice Skating Open | 2 59.08 | 2 91.97 | 1 151.05 |
| October 13–15, 2023 | 2023 CS Budapest Trophy | 6 61.48 | 5 108.01 | 5 169.49 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 2022–2023 season |||||
| March 22–26, 2023 | 2023 World Championships | 20 57.05 | 18 115.26 | 19 172.31 |
| January 25–29, 2023 | 2023 European Championships | 4 62.78 | 18 96.30 | 12 159.08 |
| November 18–20, 2022 | 2022 NHK Trophy | 10 56.95 | 9 116.41 | 10 173.36 |
| November 4–6, 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix de France | 10 56.00 | 10 103.99 | 10 159.99 |
| October 15–16, 2022 | 2022 Tayside Trophy | 2 60.07 | 1 114.63 | 1 174.70 |
| October 4–9, 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 15 52.81 | 7 107.62 | 9 160.43 |
| September 21–24, 2022 | 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 4 58.31 | 9 97.22 | 7 155.53 |
| 2021–2022 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 21–27, 2022 | 2022 World Championships | 15 62.14 | 13 120.84 | 14 182.98 |
| February 15–17, 2022 | 2022 Winter Olympics | 17 61.14 | 13 121.06 | 13 182.20 |
| January 10–16, 2022 | 2022 European Championships | 12 60.16 | 17 103.85 | 15 164.01 |
| December 9–11, 2022 | 2022 Austrian Championships | 1 62.77 | 2 111.06 | 2 173.83 |
| November 26–28, 2021 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup | 10 57.09 | 12 104.00 | 12 161.09 |
| 2020–2021 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 22–28 March 2021 | 2021 World Championships | 11 67.18 | 7 131.59 | 8 198.77 |
| 19–21 February 2021 | 2021 Tallink Hotels Cup | 2 63.19 | 2 117.23 | 2 180.42 |
| 10–12 December 2020 | 2021 Austrian Championships | 1 55.97 | 1 113.13 | 1 169.10 |
| 23–26 September 2020 | 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 12 44.14 | 15 85.26 | 13 129.40 |
| 2019–2020 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 20–26 January 2020 | 2020 European Championships | 21 53.19 | 24 76.96 | 24 130.15 |
| 8–12 January 2020 | 2019 EduSport Trophy | 4 58.92 | 4 101.20 | 4 160.12 |
| 12–14 December 2019 | 2020 Austrian Championships | 2 56.67 | 1 114.98 | 1 171.65 |
| 25–30 November 2019 | 2019 Bosphorus Cup | 2 54.83 | 1 111.73 | 1 166.56 |
| 22–24 November 2019 | 2019 Eiscup Innsbruck | 1 62.57 | 1 122.29 | 1 184.86 |
| 11–17 November 2019 | 2019 Tallinn Trophy | 4 53.40 | 3 109.08 | 3 162.48 |
| 24–27 October 2019 | 2019 Golden Bear | 1 62.32 | 4 110.67 | 2 172.99 |

### Junior results

2019–2020 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 15–17 February 2020 | 2020 Jégvirág Cup | 1 55.84 | 1 110.72 | 1 166.56 |
| 12–14 December 2019 | 2020 Austrian Junior Championships | 1 54.06 | 2 97.99 | 1 152.05 |
| 1–3 November 2019 | 2019 Icelab Cup | 1 57.65 | 1 102.68 | 1 160.33 |
| 14–17 October 2019 | 2019 Ice Star | 3 56.57 | 6 94.52 | 4 151.09 |
| 25–28 September 2019 | 2019 JGP Croatia | 13 46.41 | 12 93.70 | 13 140.11 |
| 4–7 September 2019 | 2019 JGP Latvia | 21 42.36 | 13 88.06 | 17 130.42 |
| 2018–2019 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| 28–31 March 2019 | 2019 Egna Spring Trophy | 2 53.52 | 3 93.72 | 3 147.24 |
| 4–10 March 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | 20 48.75 | 15 96.59 | 18 145.34 |
| 13–16 December 2018 | 2019 Austrian Junior Championships | 1 53.87 | 1 100.32 | 1 154.19 |
| 22–25 November 2018 | 2018 Skate Celje | 1 55.23 | 2 90.31 | 1 145.54 |
| 6–11 November 2018 | 2018 Volvo Open Cup | 1 54.22 | 1 95.37 | 1 149.59 |
| 19–21 October 2018 | 2018 Halloween Cup | 1 58.94 | 1 108.10 | 1 167.04 |
| 26–29 September 2018 | 2018 JGP Czech Republic | 8 52.37 | 13 90.73 | 9 143.10 |
| 29 August – 1 September 2018 | 2018 JGP Austria | 13 45.01 | 15 74.50 | 13 119.51 |
| 2017–2018 season |||||
| 4 April 2018 | 2018 Triglav Trophy | 1 57.53 | 1 97.80 | 1 155.53 |
| 13–16 March 2018 | 2018 Coupe du Printemps | 1 57.53 | 1 97.80 | 1 155.33 |
| 26–31 January 2018 | 2018 Bavarian Open | 7 47.94 | 8 88.75 | 8 136.69 |
| 4–7 January 2018 | 2018 FBMA Trophy | 1 45.14 | 1 78.14 | 1 123.28 |
| 13–16 December 2017 | 2018 Austrian Junior Championships | 3 45.79 | 3 85.79 | 3 131.58 |
| 20–25 November 2017 | 2017 Cup of Tyrol | 18 41.28 | 4 88.21 | 6 129.49 |
| 31 October – 4 November 2017 | 2017 Denkova-Staviski Cup | 2 52.09 | 2 91.66 | 2 143.75 |
| 11–15 October 2017 | 2017 Cup of Nice | 7 46.36 | 10 83.57 | 10 129.93 |