1. Eva-Lotta Kiibus was born on 17 January 2003 and is an Estonian figure skater.
32 Facts About Eva-Lotta Kiibus
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus is the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, a two-time Estonian national champion, and a three-time Tallink Hotels Cup champion.
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In September 2018, Eva-Lotta Kiibus debuted on both the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the senior-level ISU Challenger Series.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus became the national junior champion the following month.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus was ranked 26th in the short program but did not advance to the final segment.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus continued competing on senior and junior levels for the new season.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus was eleventh at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
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In January 2020, Eva-Lotta Kiibus first competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, placing fourteenth.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus then made her debut at the European Championships, placing eleventh in the short program.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus was assigned to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, the ISU having opted to allot the Grand Prix for that season based primarily on geographic location.
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The event was later cancelled due to the pandemic, but Eva-Lotta Kiibus was reassigned to the 2020 Rostelecom Cup.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus was one of several skaters to contract COVID-19 at the Rostelecom Cup, as a result of which she took weeks to recover, and indicated at the Estonian Championships that mental recovery would take longer.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus placed third in the short program at the national championships.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus rallied in the free skate to edge out Gerli Liinamae for the gold medal by 0.31 points.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus began the Olympic season at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, where she placed eleventh.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus next competed at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, skating two clean programs to place seventh overall.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus earned new personal bests in the free program and overall score, breaking 200 points for the first time in her career.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus enjoyed less success at her two subsequent events, first finishing seventeenth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, notably with a score nearly forty points behind domestic rival Niina Petrokina, who won the bronze medal.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus then finished in eleventh place at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus finished behind Petrokina again at the 2022 European Championships, but despite this, due to the Estonian federation's criteria, she was still named to the Estonian Olympic team.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus was twentieth in the free skate but remained twenty-first overall.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus had surgery on one of her legs following the Olympics and was off the ice for three months recovering.
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On 31 August 2022, Eva-Lotta Kiibus announced that she had decided to change coaches, parting ways with longtime coach Anna Levandi to train in the Netherlands under Thomas Kennes.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus was part of the Estonian delegation to the 2023 Winter World University Games, where she came sixteenth.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus then finished in fifteenth place at the 2023 European Championships.
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In February 2023, Eva-Lotta Kiibus was diagnosed with stress fractures in the tibias of both her legs, as a result of which she stopped training for two months and began gradually working her way back into athletic form.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus returned to competition in late January when she competed at the 2024 Bavarian Open, finishing fourth.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus subsequently went on to compete at the 2024 Challenge Cup, where she placed fifth.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus ended the season by winning silver and gold at the 2024 Maria Olszewska Memorial and 2024 Coupe du Printemps, respectively.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus went on to finish fifth at the 2024 Tirnavia Ice Cup, fourth at the 2024 NRW Trophy, ninth at the 2024 Warsaw Cup, and tenth at the 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb.
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In mid-December, Eva-Lotta Kiibus finished fifth at the 2025 Estonian Championships.
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Eva-Lotta Kiibus subsequently finished the season by finishing seventh at the 2025 International Challenge Cup and winning gold at the 2025 Coupe du Printemps.