Júlia Láng

Júlia Láng (born 6 November 2003) is a retired Hungarian figure skater. She has represented her country at two (2018, 2019) Junior World Championships and three (2021, 2022, 2023) Senior World Championships. Láng is a four-time Hungarian national champion (2018, 2021–23). She is known for her signature move, a highly flexible layback slide variation performed while holding the blade, which she was the first to introduce in international competition. She was first documented performing the move in practice on July 17, 2017.

Career 2017–2018 season Láng made her debut in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series at the 2017 event in Salzburg, where she also performed her signature slide move for the first time in competition. In January 2018 Láng became the junior national champion. In March, she represented Hungary at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ranked thirty-second in the short, she did not advance to the free skate.

2018–2019 season In the 2018–2019 season, Láng competed in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing twelfth in the 2018 JGP Slovakia and tenth in the 2018 JGP Slovenia.

In March 2019, she represented Hungary at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Ranked tenth in the short, she vaulted into the penultimate (second-to-last) group for the free skate, where she placed fourteenth, falling to fourteenth overall.

2019–2020 season Láng competed at both the 2019 JGP USA in Lake Placid and at 2019 JGP Russia in Chelyabinsk, placing tenth and eleventh, respectively.

In senior competition, she placed fifteenth in the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and competed at several minor senior events.

2020–2021 season With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting international competition, Láng nevertheless competed at several European international competitions. She was chosen as Hungary's entry for the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, where she finished in thirtieth place. Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23

Detailed results Senior level

2022–2023 season Date Event SP FS Total March 22–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 33 44.26 - 33 44.26 January 25–29, 2023 2023 European Championships 23 46.33 23 83.95 23 130.28 December 15–17, 2022 2023 Four National Championships 3 51.04 3 112.17 3 163.21 Nov. 28 – Dec. 4, 2022 2022 Santa Claus Cup 2 54.37 5 89.15 4 143.52 November 9–13, 2022 2022 CS Ice Challenge 20 44.25 16 89.92 17 134.17 November 2–6, 2022 47th Volvo Open Cup 7 49.68 10 88.65 10 138.33 October 13–16, 2022 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 2 58.65 5 106.42 4 165.07 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total March 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships 31 47.93 - 31 47.93 February 24–27, 2022 2022 Challenge Cup 2 58.46 3 110.08 3 168.54 December 17–18, 2021 2022 Four National Championships 4 54.86 2 113.21 3 168.07 December 6–12, 2021 2021 Santa Claus Cup 4 52.25 3 101.36 3 153.61 October 14–17, 2021 2021 Budapest Trophy 10 50.11 13 87.70 13 137.81 September 22–25, 2021 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 24 45.22 12 100.42 16 145.64 2020–21 season Date Event SP FS Total March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 30 54.20 - 30 54.20 February 25–28, 2021 2021 International Challenge Cup 14 48.17 7 101.60 9 149.77 December 18–19, 2020 2021 Hungarian National Championships 1 61.61 1 100.66 1 162.27 October 15–17, 2020 2020 Budapest Trophy 4 58.20 4 108.35 4 166.55 2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS Total February 20–23, 2020 2020 Challenge Cup 12 52.31 5 107.35 6 159.66 February 14–16, 2020 2020 Jégvirág Cup 1 52.68 1 96.92 1 149.60 February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 6 51.29 3 107.11 4 158.40 January 14–18, 2020 2020 Skate Helena 4 46.83 1 92.46 2 139.29 December 2–8, 2019 2017 Santa Claus Cup 2 50.39 1 89.43 2 139.82 November 6–10, 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 10 50.39 14 89.43 14 139.82 October 17–20, 2019 2019 International Halloween Cup 5 51.60 2 98.11 2 149.71 September 25–28, 2019 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 18 41.95 12 90.62 15 132.57

Junior level

2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS Total September 11–14, 2019 2018 JGP Russia 15 46.19 9 97.25 11 143.44 August 28–31, 2019 2018 JGP United States 12 50.95 11 83.84 10 134.79 2018–2019 season Date Event SP FS Total March 5–11, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 10 55.86 14 97.38 14 153.24 February 13–14, 2019 2019 EYOF 7 50.78 22 67.78 13 118.56 February 1–3, 2019 2019 Hungarian Junior Championships 1 56.34 4 84.53 2 140.87 January 15–19, 2019 2019 Skate Helena 3 48.60 1 97.82 2 146.42 December 14–16, 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Bratislava 1 52.36 2 97.60 2 149.96 Nov. 29 – Dec. 2, 2018 2018 Christmas Cup 3 51.52 5 81.34 3 132.86 November 7–11, 2018 2018 Volvo Open Cup 5 46.48 2 92.86 4 139.14 October 19–21, 2018 2018 International Halloween Cup 3 48.38 5 88.61 4 136.99 October 3–6, 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia 10 46.67 10 92.79 10 139.46 August 22–25, 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia 12 48.42 13 83.03 12 131.45 2017–2018 season Date Event SP FS Total April 4–8, 2018 2018 Triglav Trophy 3 42.87 3 81.79 3 124.66 March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships 32 42.00 - 32 42.00 February 16–18, 2018 2018 Jégvirág Cup 2 49.10 3 80.20 2 129.30 January 26–31, 2018 2018 Bavarian Open 9 46.12 10 87.07 9 133.20 January 6, 2018 2018 Hungarian Junior Championships 1 48.11 1 96.53 1 144.64 December 15–17, 2017 2017 Grand Prix of Bratislava 1 44.26 1 82.91 1 127.17 December 4–10, 2017 2017 Santa Claus Cup 10 40.16 2 87.48 4 127.64 November 20–25, 2017 2017 Cup of Tyrol 15 41.99 8 81.92 9 123.91 November 8–12, 2017 2017 Leo Schenu Memorial 3 45.55 3 77.45 3 123.00 October 21–23, 2017 2017 International Halloween Cup 1 43.93 2 77.89 1 121.82 Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2017 2017 JGP Austria 24 36.61 21 66.95 22 103.56