Misha Ge

Misha Ge
Personal information
Country represented	Uzbekistan
Born	17 May 1991 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Coach	Jun Ge, Alexei Mishin
Former coach	Frank Carroll, Larisa Ge
Choreographer	Misha Ge
Former choreographer	Larisa Ge, Lukash Abrahamyan
Skating club	Alpomish Tashkent
Training locations	Beijing Los Angeles
Began skating	1994
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	238.05 2014 Rostelecom Cup
Short program	82.25 2015 Four Continents
Free skate	158.36 2014 Rostelecom Cup

Misha Ge (born 17 May 1991) is an Uzbekistani figure skater. He has won seven international medals and two Uzbekistan national titles. He has finished in the top-ten at three ISU Championships and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing 17th.

Personal life

Misha Ge was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR to skating coaches Larisa and Jun Ge.^[1][2] He is of Russian, Chinese, and Korean descent.^[3] From the age of about 10, he lived in Beijing, China, where his parents coached.^[3] Ge also resided in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.^[4] He moved to the United States in mid-2009^[5] and returned to Beijing in 2013.^[6] He speaks Russian, Mandarin, and English.^[2] Ge has taken choreography courses at the Beijing Dance Academy and the Hollywood Dance Academy.^[7]

Career

Having first stepped onto the ice at age three and a half, Misha Ge began training seriously at ten after moving to China.^[8] From 2009, he trained in the United States. He started representing Uzbekistan in 2010.

Ge finished 6th at the 2011 Asian Winter Games and 12th at the 2011 Four Continents. He trained in Lake Arrowhead, California with Frank Carroll as his jump coach.

In 2011–12, Ge won silver medals at the Asian Trophy, Ice Challenge, and Istanbul Cup. He was 9th at the 2012 Four Continents.

Ge placed 16th at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario. His result earned Uzbekistan a men's entry at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Beijing became Ge's main training base in 2013.^[6] In autumn of that year, he received his first Grand Prix assignment, the 2013 Rostelecom Cup. In February 2014, Ge competed at the Winter Olympics in Sochi and finished 17th.^[2]

Ge placed 5th at the 2014 Cup of China and 4th at the 2014 Rostelecom Cup. Later during the season, he earned two top-ten placements at the ISU Championships. He placed 8th at the 2015 Four Continents in Seoul (7th in the short, 9th in the free), and 6th at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai (8th in SP, 7th in FS).

Ge received two 2015–16 Grand Prix assignments but had to withdraw from one, the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, due to a visa issue.^[9] He finished 8th at the 2015 Cup of China. In October, he won gold at an ISU Challenger Series event, the 2015 CS Denkova-Staviski Cup.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2016–17 [1]	Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones	The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2015–16 [10][11][12][13]	Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninoff Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo performed by Luciano Pavarotti	Nocturne No. 19 E minor by Frédéric Chopin	Get Low (Remix)[14] by Dillon Francis, DJ Snake Daisuke Takahashi Tribute[15] Eye by COBA Historia de un Amor played by Perez Prado Swan Lake (Hip hop version) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Fumiya Sashida - Ballad[16] by Fumiya Sashida
2014–15 [17]	Ave Maria by Hayley Westenra	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand	Uptown Funk[18] by Bruno Mars GOODBOY by G-Dragon Let's Get Freak Out by Lil Jon Bend Ova[19] Let's Get Freak Out by Lil Jon Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
2013–14 [2][6][20]	Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore Adagio in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni, Remo Giazotto	World Dance Collection: Neo Tango by Gotan Project Rhumba d'Amour Libella Swing by Parov Stelar Tutti Frutti by Little Richard Variations on a Theme by Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff	Overdose by EXO Say Something by A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera Crooked Gentleman:[21] Crooked by G-Dragon Gentleman by PSY The Hardest Ever by Will.i.am Miracles in December by EXO Warrior by B.A.P
2012–13 [22]	Farrucas by Pepe Romero Flamenco by Thomas Espanner	Charlie Chaplin feat. Hip Hop	Gentleman - Club House Mix by PSY Gangnam Style by PSY
2011–12 [23]	The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns	War and Love by Invincible	Fever by Adam Lambert
2010–11 [24]	Capone by Ronan Hardiman	Requiem for a Tower by Clint Mansell	Girls On The Dance Floor by Far East Movement ft. Stereotypes

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

International[25]
Event	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
Olympics						17th
Worlds			30th	19th	16th	27th	6th	15th
Four Continents			12th	9th	11th	13th	8th
GP Cup of China							5th	8th
GP Rostel. Cup						8th	4th
GP Skate Canada									6th
GP Trophée								WD	7th
CS Autumn Classic									2nd
CS DS Cup								1st
CS Finlandia							4th
Asian Games			6th
Asian Open				2nd		2nd
Cup of Nice				8th
DS Cup					1st	1st
Finlandia					6th
Ice Challenge				2nd	4th
Istanbul Cup				2nd
NRW Trophy					5th
Warsaw Cup					2nd
National[25]
Uzbekistani		1st	1st
Chinese	6th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

References

1. "Misha GE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
2. "Misha GE". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.
3. Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (17 June 2011). "The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew - June 17". IceNetwork. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
4. Flade, Tatjana (12 August 2012). "The international Misha Ge". Golden Skate.
5. Rohner, Lexi (8 September 2009). "Big names shine at Golden West Championships". IceNetwork. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
6. "Misha GE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014.
7. Luchianov, Vladislav (27 August 2015). "'One step at a time': Ge prefers to take things slow". IceNetwork.
8. Luchianov, Vladislav (4 March 2013). "'Earth citizen' Ge wishes to change figure skating". IceNetwork.
9. Misha Ge [mishageofficial] (8 October 2015). "My French Visa Update" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
10. Denkova Staviski Cup 2015 - Day 2 (YouTube). Sophia, Bulgaria: Denkova-Staviski Cup 2015 (Official Channel). 23 October 2015.
11. "Misha GE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015.
12. Misha Ge [mishageofficial] (28 February 2016). "SP - Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2 in C Minor" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
13. "Misha GE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
14. Ge, Masha (9 November 2015). "#CoC15 Gala: Get Low (HardHouse Mix) 👳🏼 #ArabicPrince" (Instagram).
15. The ICE 2015 (Television Production). Sapporo, Japan: Fuji Television. 25 July 2015.
16. Misha Ge [mishageofficial] (22 July 2015). "Japanese Theme in Custom Yukata : Fumiya Sashida - Ballad #Program1 #TheICE #Sapporo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
17. "Misha GE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 July 2015.
18. Ge, Masha (1 March 2015). "You know we got that Uptown Funky Style, so lets roll and make ladies move their feet on the dance floor, ice floor as well #Fashi #Funky #Styli 🎩😎 #KingsOnIce #NewGala" (Instagram).
19. Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (25 November 2014). "The Inside Edge: Ge enjoying surprising success". IceNetwork.com.
20. "Misha GE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013.
21. Misha Ge [mishageofficial] (27 January 2014). "2014 4CC Gala Misha Ge "Crooked Gentleman" (G-Dragon + PSY) Made by Misha Ge ;)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
22. "Misha GE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013.
23. "Misha GE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012.
24. "Misha GE: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
25. "Competition Results: Misha GE". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Misha Ge at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Misha Ge at the International Skating Union