Niina Petrõkina

Niina Petrõkina (born August 14, 2004) is an Estonian figure skater. She is a two-time European champion (2025, 2026), the 2023 Skate America bronze medalist, a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and a four-time Estonian national champion (2022–23, 2025–26). Additionally, Petrõkina represented Estonia at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

She is the first Estonian skater to win a medal on the ISU Grand Prix and the first to win a European title.

Personal life Petrõkina was born on August 14, 2004, in Tallinn, Estonia to Russian parents, Natalja Masterova and Aleksei Petrõkin. She graduated from high school in 2023, with plans to begin studying for a coaching diploma, and eventual pursuit of university education. She began competing internationally for Estonia during the 2012–13 season at the Chicks level before competing as a basic and advanced novice. She made her international junior debut at the Haabersti Cup in October 2017.

In mid-December, Petrõkina won her third national title at the 2025 Estonian Championships.

She next competed at the Road to 26 Trophy, which was held in February in Milan and served as a test event for the 2026 Winter Olympics. In the short program, she had a disappointing performance, including an invalid jumping pass, and she finished in fifth place. She said afterward that she was "not ready" as she had not had much time to rest after the European Championships. However, she had a much stronger free skate, and she won the competition overall.

Petrõkina finished the season with an eighth-place finish at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

2025–26 season: Milano Cortina Olympics, second consecutive European title, and Achilles tendon injury Petrõkina opened the season with an eighth-place finish at the 2025 CS Nepela Memorial. In late October, Petrõkina shared that following the 2025 European Championships, her Achilles had become inflamed and that after nine months of being in pain, she had finally undergone surgery earlier that month. She further shared that a major goal going forward is to compete at at least one major international event prior to the 2026 European Championships. She subsequently withdrew from her second Grand Prix assignment, the 2025 Finlandia Trophy, as well.

Petrõkina returned to competition at the 2025 CS Tallinn Trophy in late November, where she finished fourth overall. The following month, she won her fourth national title at the 2026 Estonian Championships.

On 17 February, Petrõkina competed in the short program of the 2026 Winter Olympics. She placed tenth in that segment due to the second part of her triple-triple combination being called as landed on the quarter. "I was really nervous, but I’m glad I brought everything with me and did my job well. So I’m happy," she said following her performance. "It feels amazing because I really wanted to come here and see how everything is. The atmosphere and everything else, since it’s my first time here. I just wanted to see how everything is set up here."

Two days later, Petrõkina competed in the free skate segment, where she delivered a clean skate and earned positive grade of execution on every one of her elements. She ultimately placed sixth in that segment and moved up to seventh place overall. "I’m really happy because I did all my jumps, all my elements, and I gave it my all," she said after the free skate. "I showed all my emotions and everything I had. I am proud of it."

Petrõkina and speed skater, Marten Liiv, were subsequently chosen as Estonia's flag bearers for the Olympic closing ceremony.

In March, Petrõkina competed at the 2026 World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. She placed eleventh in the short program but rose to sixth in the free skate, finishing in seventh place overall, the highest placement ever achieved by an Estonian woman at a World Championships. "I feel amazing right now," said Petrõkina after the free skate. "I’m done. I was really nervous because it was hard to compete in the last competition of the season. But I pushed everything that I had inside of me and now I’m free."

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2026–27 Berghain Game of Thrones 2025–26 Criminal Tango

Dune Dune Theme Epic Trailer Version (Paul’s Dream) The Dune Sketchbook Don't Cry for Me Argentina

Cell Block Tango 2024–25 216.14| 70.61|2026 European Championships 38.40|2026 European Championships 33.12|2026 World Championships 145.53|2026 European Championships 76.11|2026 European Championships 69.42|2026 European Championships

Senior level

Junior level 2022–2023 season Date Event SP FS Total February 27 – March 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships 15 55.67 12 111.81 12 167.48 February 4–5, 2023 2023 Estonian Junior Championships 1 65.49 1 124.15 1 189.64 2021–2022 season Date Event SP FS Total April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 6 65.90 10 107.59 9 173.49 February 5–6, 2022 2022 Estonian Junior Championships 1 61.86 1 120.27 1 182.13 October 7–9, 2021 2021 JGP Austria 6 58.97 4 118.09 4 177.06 August 25–28, 2021 2021 JGP France II 4 59.26 9 86.06 7 145.32 2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS Total March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 33 46.56 - 33 46.56 February 13–16, 2020 2020 Tallink Hotels Cup 1 60.71 1 113.71 1 174.42 February 1–2, 2020 2020 Estonian Junior Championships 1 61.17 1 120.91 1 182.08 November 11–17, 2019 2019 Tallinn Trophy 1 56.65 1 108.49 1 165.14 October 14–17, 2019 2019 Ice Star 2 56.62 3 110.79 2 167.41 September 18–21, 2019 2019 JGP Poland 9 56.60 10 100.30 10 156.90 September 4–7, 2019 2019 JGP Latvia 11 53.47 6 113.36 6 166.83 2018–2019 season Date Event SP FS Total February 22–24, 2019 2019 Tallink Hotels Cup 1 50.48 1 94.28 1 144.76 January 5–6, 2019 2019 Estonian Junior Championships 2 48.51 1 102.69 2 151.20 November 25 – December 1, 2018 2018 Tallinn Trophy 7 40.54 3 84.65 3 125.19 November 6–11, 2018 2018 Volvo Open Cup 4 47.69 3 92.28 3 139.97 September 26–29, 2018 2018 JGP Czech Republic 12 48.91 9 92.80 11 141.71 2017–2018 season Date Event SP FS Total March 15–18, 2018 2018 Tallink Hotels Cup 1 52.54 1 97.19 1 149.73 February 2–4, 2018 2018 Estonian Junior Championships 3 44.86 2 86.86 3 130.92