Nika Egadze
Nika Egadze is a Georgian figure skater. He is the 2026 European champion, the 2025 Grand Prix de France bronze medalist and three-time ISU Challenger Series gold medalist. On the junior level, he is the 2017 European Youth Olympic bronze medalist and competed in the final segment at the 2020 World Junior Championships.
Personal life
Egadze was born on April 2, 2002 in Tbilisi, Georgia. His father is a jeweler and his mother is a mathematician. In addition, he has a younger brother.His godfather is Russian-Georgia pair skater, Luka Berulava.
Career
Early years
Egadze began learning how to skate in 2011 at the age of nine; his first figure skating coach was Marina Jaiani.2016–17 season
Egadze, coached by Lea Chopikashvili in Batumi, made his junior international debut on the 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing fourteenth at 2016 JGP France. He subsequently won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2016 Ice Star and silver on the junior level at the 2016 Santa Claus Cup.Following the season, Egadze moved to Moscow, Russia to train under Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov.
2017–18 season
Egadze started the season by competing on the 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing thirteenth at 2017 JGP Austria and at 2017 JGP Croatia. Although, he went on to compete on the junior level at the 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb but withdrew following the short program.2018–19 season
Egadze began the season in January, winning gold on the junior level at the 2019 Skate Helena. He was then selected to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, finishing in eighteenth place overall.2021–22 season
Making his senior international debut, Egadze started the season by finishing fourth at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. He followed this up by winning bronze at the 2021 Volvo Open Cup and gold at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria.He then placed eleventh at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, before also placing eleventh at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
Egadze finished the season by making his Senior Championship debut at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. He placed twenty-eighth in the short program and did not advance in the free skate segment of the competition.
2022–23 season
Egadze began the season by competing on the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series, placing fifth at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy and winning gold at the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. He followed up these results by finishing fifth at the 2022 Grand Prix de France and seventh at the 2022 NHK Trophy.Going on to compete at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Egadze finished seventh overall after placing twelfth in the short program and seventh in the free skate. He then made his World Championship debut at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan. Egadze placed twenty-ninth in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment of the competition.
2023–24 season
Egadze started the season by competing on the 2023–24 ISU Challenger Series, winning silver at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial. He then went on to finish fourth at 2023 Skate America. "I managed to perform my program quite well, but some of my jumps didn’t happen today," he said after the free skate. "Overall, I am happy." He went on to take silver at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, and fourth at the 2023 NHK Trophy.In January, he competed at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, finishing in seventh place. “I am very disappointed by my performance this week, but I am happy I fought,” he said. Two months later, he placed thirteenth at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2024–25 season
Egadze began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy and winning the bronze medal at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.He subsequently competed on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, placing fourth at 2024 Skate America “It was a good energy here at this entire competition,” he said after the free skate. “Very high level. Us last five skaters were at “The Ice” together in Japan, and it is really nice to be able to talk between each other. Especially, I liked competing here together with Ilia and being able to talk in the dressing room. It was a really good competition overall.” He then went on to compete at the 2024 Cup of China, placing fourth.
Following a fourth-place finish at the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Egadze competed at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. He placed second in the short program but eighth in the free skate, dropping to fourth place overall.
In March, Egadze finished ninth at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. “Overall, I’m very pleased,” he summed after the free skate. “I came into this program today with anger from Europeans, and I was 100% determined to make sure something like that wouldn’t happen again." The following month, he competed for Team Georgia at the 2025 World Team Trophy. He finished ninth in the men's singles event and Team Georgia placed sixth overall.
2025–26 season
Egadze opened his season by competing on the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series, winning silver at the 2025 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and gold at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy.He then competed on the 2025–26 Grand Prix series, winning the bronze medal at the 2025 Grand Prix de France. “I am so happy to have finally won the medal!” said Egadze. "Before that I had five Grand Prixes where I finished fourth, so I am really, really glad."
The following month, Egadze won the gold medal at the 2026 European Championships after placing first in both the short and free programs. In doing so, he became the first man from Georgia to win a gold at a European Championship. "I am so happy to be here in the UK and to skate here,” said the 23-year-old. “I feel so pleased. I was trying to compete with myself. I didn’t hear anyone’s scores. I just wanted to do my job here."