Nikolaj Memola

Nikolaj Memola (born 18 November 2003) is an Italian figure skater. He is the 2025 European silver medalist, the 2023 World University Games bronze medalist, a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and the 2024 Italian national champion.

Memola is also the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist (including gold at the 2022 JGP Latvia), and has placed in the top ten finisher at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and the 2022 and 2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Personal life

Memola was born on November 18, 2003, in Monza, Italy, to an Italian father and a Russian mother. He has an older sister, Anna.

He is a student at the University of Milan.

Career Early years Memola began learning to skate in 2008.

He debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in October 2018, finishing nineteenth in Slovenia. He competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he placed eighth. He later reported financial losses from the incident.

Due to the severity of the pelvic injury, Memola was unable to train for approximately one month and withdrew from the 2026 Italian Championships. He was subsequently named to compete at the 2026 European Championship team.

Memola returned to training in late December, shortly before the European Championships, and competed while managing ongoing pain from his injury. He placed tenth in the short program and ninth at the free skate, finishing eleventh overall. The second Olympic men's singles berth for Italy was awarded to Matteo Rizzo, who won the silver medal at the event.

Programs Season Short program Free skate Exhibition 2018–19 Sarabande Suite Tango Amore

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

Senior level

Junior level