Misha Ge

Background

Misha Ge was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR to skating coaches Larisa and June Ge.

Education

He has finished in the top-ten at three International Skating Union Championships and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing 17th.

Career

Having first stepped onto the ice at age three and a half, Misha Ge began training seriously at ten after moving to China. 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. 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.

In February 2014, Ge competed at the Winter Olympics in Sochi and finished 17th. 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 International Skating Union 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).

Foreign the 2015-2016 figure skating season, Ge was assigned to compete at the 2015 Cup of China and the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard. However, he withdrew from the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard due to a visa issue.

Achievements

• He has won seven international medals and two Uzbekistan national titles. In 2011-2012, Ge won silver medals at the Asian Trophy, Ice Challenge, and Istanbul Cup. In autumn of that year, he received his first Grand Prix assignment, the 2013 Rostelecom Cup. In October, he won the first place at the 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup for the third time, which became an International Skating Union Challenger Series during the previous season.