Luka Berulava
Luka Berulava is a Georgian pair skater. With his skating partner, Alina Butaeva, he won two medals at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics − bronze in pairs and gold in the team event.
Personal life
Berulava was born on 27 November 2002 in Moscow. He resides in Perm.Career
Berulava began learning to skate in 2005. In 2019, he teamed up with Russia's Alina Butaeva to compete in pair skating. The pair decided to train in Perm, coached by Pavel Sliusarenko and Alexei Menshikov.The two made their debut for Georgia in September 2019, placing eighth at an ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Poland and then sixth at JGP Croatia. Their results earned a spot for Georgia in the pairs' event at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. In November, they took bronze in the junior pairs' category at the Volvo Open Cup in Riga, Latvia. In December, they won the junior event at the Golden Spin of Zagreb.
In January 2020, the pair competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. They finished third in the short program behind two pairs from Russia, then did likewise in the free skating program. Their combined score put them in third place with a bronze medal. This was Georgia's first medal in the Winter Youth Olympic Games, and their tenth medal in the Youth Olympic Games overall. The pair also received a gold medal for their participation in the team event as part of Team Courage, composed also of Arlet Levandi from Estonia, Ksenia Sinitsyna from Russia, and ice dancers Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama from Japan. Butaeva/Berulava finished the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, where they placed seventh.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2019–2020 | by Carl Orff |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand PrixPairs with Butaeva