32 Facts About Morisi Kvitelashvili

Morisi Kvitelashvili is the 2020 European bronze medalist, a three-time Rostelecom Cup medalist, a five-time Challenger series medalist, and the 2018 Georgian national champion.

Morisi Kvitelashvili placed 24th at the 2018 Winter Olympics and progressed to 10th place at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Morisi Kvitelashvili was born on 17 March 1995 in Moscow, Russia.

Morisi Kvitelashvili placed fourteenth at the 2011 Russian Junior Championships and eighteenth at the 2012 edition.

Morisi Kvitelashvili won the junior bronze medal at the 2012 NRW Trophy, his first international event.

In 2013, Morisi Kvitelashvili was selected to compete on the ISU Junior Grand Prix ; he placed fourth, 1.62 points behind bronze medalist Mikhail Kolyada, at his first event, which took place in September in Kosice, Slovakia.

Morisi Kvitelashvili won the bronze medal at the 2015 CS Mordovian Ornament in Saransk, Russia.

Morisi Kvitelashvili finished twelfth at his sole GP event, the 2015 Cup of China.

Morisi Kvitelashvili made his first international appearance for Georgia in December 2016 at the Santa Claus Cup in Hungary.

In March, Morisi Kvitelashvili placed nineteenth in the short, eleventh in the free, and thirteenth overall at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Morisi Kvitelashvili competed at two Grand Prix events, placing fifth at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup and 6th at the 2017 Internationaux de France.

Morisi Kvitelashvili was invited to the Russian event as a replacement for Keiji Tanaka.

Morisi Kvitelashvili won medals at both of his Challenger Series events, taking silver at the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star and gold at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In January, Morisi Kvitelashvili placed twelfth at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow.

Morisi Kvitelashvili placed tenth at the 2019 European Championships and finished the season with a thirteenth-place showing at the 2019 World Championships.

Morisi Kvitelashvili was fourth to begin the season at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial before winning the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.

At his first Grand Prix event of the season, Morisi Kvitelashvili placed fifth in both segments at the 2019 Internationaux de France, for fourth place overall.

Morisi Kvitelashvili won the bronze medal at 2020 European Championships after placing fourth in the short program and third in the free program.

Morisi Kvitelashvili was assigned to compete at the 2020 World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Morisi Kvitelashvili won the short program with a clean short program scoring slightly under one hundred points, in what was considered something of an upset.

Morisi Kvitelashvili placed fourteenth at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.

Morisi Kvitelashvili began the Olympic season at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, where he won the bronze medal.

At his second assignment, the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, Morisi Kvitelashvili placed second in the short program with a new personal best score of 95.37, only 0.44 points behind segment leader Kazuki Tomono of Japan.

Morisi Kvitelashvili was third in the free skate, albeit with a new personal best, but this was sufficient for him to rise to first place, claiming his first Grand Prix gold medal.

At the 2022 European Championships, Morisi Kvitelashvili finished in sixth place.

Morisi Kvitelashvili was able to attend, but his Russian coaches were not.

Morisi Kvitelashvili placed seventh in the short program after stepping out of his quad Salchow, but rose to fifth in the free skate and finished a career-best fourth overall, 5.35 points behind bronze medalist Vincent Zhou of the United States.

Morisi Kvitelashvili won the silver medal at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy in his inaugural outing with his new team, before turning to the Grand Prix, where he finished eighth at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy.

Morisi Kvitelashvili was twelfth at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.

Morisi Kvitelashvili finished sixteenth at the 2023 European Championships, and twentieth at the 2023 World Championships.

Morisi Kvitelashvili subsequently appeared in the Japan Open later that fall, as part of Team Europe, coming sixth of six men competing.

Morisi Kvitelashvili placed twelfth in the men's singles event and Team Georgia finished in sixth place overall.