Roman Galay
Finnish figure skater
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Roman Galay (born 20 August 1998)[1] is a Finnish former figure skater. He is a two-time Finnish national champion (2019, 2020).[2] He has competed at a total of five ISU Championships, at two European and three World Junior Championships.[1]
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| Born | 20 August 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Lappeenranta, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2021 | ||||||||||||||
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Personal life
He married Russian-born Georgian figure skater Anastasiia Gubanova on 26 July 2024.[3]
Early life and career
Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Galay moved to Finland in the late 2000s, and he later received Finnish citizenship.[4][5] He lived in Lappeenranta, Finland, when he was young, then he moved to the Lahti region after middle school. He trained in Vierumäki where he completed both a physical education instructor's degree and high school.
In 2018 he relocated to Saint Petersburg where he was coached by Evgeni Rukavicin. Galay won Finnish Figure Skating Championships the following two years.[6]
Competitive highlights
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
- WD – Withdrew from competition
| Season | 2015–16 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
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| European Championships | 32nd | 31st | ||
| Finnish Championships | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 13th | 21st | 8th | |
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 6th | |||
| CS Tallinn Trophy | 16th | |||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 7th | |||
| Bavarian Open | 8th | |||
| Dragon Trophy | 1st | |||
| Jégvirág Cup | WD | |||
| Nordic Championships | 5th | 7th | 4th | |
| NRW Trophy | 5th | |||
| Skate Helena | 2nd | |||
| Winter Universiade | 19th |
| Season | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
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| World Junior Championships | 36th | 33rd | 35th | |||
| Finnish Championships | 4th | 1st | 1st | |||
| JGP Austria | 6th | |||||
| JGP Czech Republic | 19th | |||||
| JGP Estonia | 17th | |||||
| JGP Poland | 12th | |||||
| JGP Slovenia | 17th | |||||
| Bavarian Open | 11th | |||||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | 9th | |||||
| Lombardia Trophy | 1st | |||||
| Nordic Championships | 1st | |||||
| Tallinn Trophy | 1st | 3rd |
Detailed results
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 203.52 | 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy |
| Short program | TSS | 67.93 | 2019 CS Warsaw Cup |
| TES | 35.38 | 2019 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| PCS | 32.55 | 2019 CS Warsaw Cup | |
| Free skating | TSS | 136.48 | 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy |
| TES | 69.48 | 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy | |
| PCS | 67.92 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy |
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 171.31 | 2015 JGP Austria |
| Short program | TSS | 59.59 | 2015 JGP Austria |
| TES | 33.34 | 2015 JGP Austria | |
| PCS | 26.86 | 2018 World Junior Championships | |
| Free skating | TSS | 111.72 | 2015 JGP Austria |
| TES | 53.36 | 2015 JGP Austria | |
| PCS | 58.36 | 2015 JGP Austria |