Minerva Hase

Minerva Fabienne Hase (born 10 June 1999) is a German pair skater. With her current partner, Nikita Volodin, she is the 2026 Winter Olympic bronze medalist, 2026 World gold medalist, 2025 World silver medalist, the 2024 World bronze medalist, the 2025 European champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (2023–24, 2024–25), a six-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and a three-time German national champion (2023–25).

Hase previously partnered with Nolan Seegert, with whom she was the 2019 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and three-time German national champion (2019–20, 2022). The pair represented Germany at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Personal life Hase was born on 10 June 1999 in Berlin.

Career Single skating Hase began learning to skate in 2004.

Partnership with Nikita Volodin In June 2022, Hase was introduced to Russian pair skater, Nikita Volodin, by Dmitri Savin.

Volodin was released by the Russian federation in May 2022. It was subsequently announced that the pair would train in Berlin under coaches, Rico Rex and Knut Schubert, due to Hase being unable to travel to Russia with the country's ongoing political situation resulted from its invasion of Ukraine. In addition, Savin would continue working with the pair by acting as their coach at international competitions.

2023–24 season: World bronze and Grand Prix Final champions

Hase/Volodin debuted as a team at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, where they won the silver medal behind reigning Italian European champions Conti/Macii, and finishing ahead of domestic rivals Hocke/Kunkel. Hase said it felt "so good to be back and even be on the podium in our first competition."

Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, the team won the gold medal at the 2024 Grand Prix de France. Three weeks later, prior to the pairs short program at the 2024 Cup of China, Hase would suffer with food poisoning. Despite this, the pair would go on to complete their short program, finishing second in that segment behind Conti/Macii due to Volodin taking an unexpected fall during the step sequence. The following day, Hase/Volodin would put forth a strong free skate performance, winning that segment of the competition. Hase/Volodin would finish second overall to Conti/Macii. Following the event, Hase said, "We are relieved, really just relieved. This was a hard work, like this program was hard work from beginning to the end. So, I'm really happy with what we did today. I'm just dead. I'm happy it's done now, that I can like chill now a little bit."

Qualifying for the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final, Hase/Volodin delivered to solid performances in an event that was otherwise riddled with costly errors by the other pair teams, allowing them to win the event for a second consecutive time and by almost twelve points. Two weeks later, Hase/Volodin won their second national title at the 2025 German Championships.

The following month, Hase/Volodin competed at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. After placing third in the short program, they managed to deliver a personal best free skate performance despite losing a level on their final lift. Despite winning the latter segment of the competition, Miura/Kihara's lead following the short program was enough for them to remain in first place overall, resulting in Hase/Volodin winning the silver medal.

2025–26 season: Milano Cortina Olympic bronze, World champions, European silver, and Grand Prix Final bronze

Hase and Volodin opened their season at 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy where they won their third consecutive gold medal. The following month, they took silver at 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy earning their fifth ISU Challenger Series medal. The team next competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics. "It's going to get down to who has the best nerves in both programs and who's going to be the most clean," said Hase of the Olympics. "We're all very strong teams. I think the past years of the Olympics, it was never like this, such a range of teams that can make the podium." The team led at the conclusion of the short program, but ultimately placed third, winning the bronze medal.

On 15 February, Hase/Volodin competed in the short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning that segment with a personal best score. "We went onto the ice and wanted it to feel like training," said Hase following their short program. "To block out all the stress and the Olympics. It’s just another run. That’s how we went onto the ice. We did our job, and so of course we are very happy with the first part. But the big emotions, we’re saving those for later." The following day, Hase/Volodin placed third in the free skate due to mistakes on the side-by-side jumps, including Hase popping a planned triple Salchow into a single. As a result, they dropped to third overall behind Miura/Kihara and Metelkina/Berulava. Despite this, the pair expressed satisfaction with the result. "We are simply very relieved that it was enough for the bronze medal," Hase stated after their free skate. "No matter what color the medal is, we are just very proud that we were able to take a medal home from our first Olympic Games together, after only three years of skating together. I don’t think many people can say that about themselves. So the pride in our performance today is definitely bigger than anything else." Volodin added, "Bronze is one hundred percent a success. How can an Olympic medal be considered anything but a success? Yes, we were leading, but we knew we had very strong competitors here - the entire top ten. Every mistake is very costly. It’s great that under such conditions we were able to win a bronze medal."

The following month, Hase/Volodin competed at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships place first in both the short program and free skate, taking the gold. “This medal means a lot,” said Hase. “It shows that we were on the right path and that we worked so hard to get here. Now we have a whole collection—bronze two years ago, silver last year, and now gold. It shows that we are growing as a team and that we can perform under pressure.”

Programs Pair skating with Nikita Volodin

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2025–2026 El Abrazo Memoryhouse Europe, after the Rain November Europe, after the Rain Last Days Fortitude

Always Remember Us This Way 2024–2025

Pair skating with Nolan Seegert

2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total January 20–26, 2020 2020 European Championships 5 70.43 5 115.96 5 186.39 January 1–3, 2020 2020 German Championships 1 67.49 1 124.42 1 191.91 December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 68.30 3 116.79 3 185.09 November 15–17, 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 4 67.74 4 118.42 3 186.16 November 1–3, 2019 2019 Internationaux de France 6 59.13 7 103.96 7 163.09 September 25–29, 2019 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3 67.99 6 114.31 5 182.30 2018–19 season Date Event SP FS Total March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships 10 64.28 14 109.76 13 174.04 February 21–24, 2019 2019 International Challenge Cup 1 67.56 2 117.82 1 185.38 January 21–27, 2019 2019 European Championships 6 60.08 5 120.48 6 180.56 December 21–23, 2018 2019 German Championships 1 66.86 2 107.83 1 174.69 December 5–8, 2018 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 62.97 4 109.21 4 172.18 November 23–25, 2018 2018 Internationaux de France 7 52.61 6 102.16 7 154.77 October 19–21, 2018 2018 Skate America 3 60.04 5 102.06 5 162.10 September 26–29, 2018 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2 58.27 6 103.34 4 161.61 2017–18 season Date Event SP FS Total December 14–16, 2017 2018 German Championships 2 59.58 2 109.41 2 168.99 November 16–19, 2017 2017 CS Warsaw Cup 2 59.92 3 107.80 3 167.72 October 26–29, 2017 2017 CS Ice Star 3 55.38 4 97.78 4 153.16 October 6–8, 2017 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 8 45.67 8 89.71 8 135.38 2016–17 season Date Event SP FS Total March 29–April 2, 2017 2017 World Championships 19 59.76 – 19 59.76 February 28–March 5, 2017 2017 Mentor Toruń Cup 3 58.30 3 100.40 3 158.70 January 25–29, 2017 2017 European Championships 13 51.27 12 96.13 12 147.40 January 10–15, 2017 2017 Mentor Toruń Cup 4 48.62 4 89.47 4 138.09 November 30–December 4, 2016 2016 NRW Trophy 2 49.81 1 87.22 1 137.03 November 17–20, 2016 2016 CS Warsaw Cup 3 49.12 2 92.50 3 141.62 October 6–10, 2016 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy 7 50.28 8 77.27 7 127.55 September 22–24, 2016 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6 44.00 6 91.54 6 135.54 2015–16 season Date Event SP FS Total February 17–21, 2016 2016 Bavarian Open 2 52.06 3 88.28 2 140.34 February 4–6, 2016 2016 Sarajevo Open 2 45.36 2 86.06 2 131.42 December 11–13, 2015 2016 German Championships 3 54.52 3 89.02 3 143.54 November 24–29, 2015 2015 NRW Trophy 1 43.10 1 72.77 1 115.87 November 18–22, 2015 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy 4 50.76 7 87.46 6 138.22 October 14–18, 2015 2015 International Cup of Nice 4 42.78 4 75.84 4 118.62 September 24–26, 2015 2015 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6 50.29 6 79.77 6 130.06 2014–15 season Date Event SP FS Total February 19–22, 2015 2015 International Challenge Cup 3 44.83 3 82.87 3 127.70 January 26–February 1, 2015 2015 European Championships 11 42.13 10 79.16 11 121.29 January 7–10, 2015 2014 Mentor Toruń Cup 3 42.41 3 78.93 3 121.34 December 11–13, 2014 2015 German Championships 2 38.61 2 79.80 2 118.41 November 26–30, 2014 2014 NRW Trophy 3 38.80 3 63.44 3 102.24