VIDEO The best result in the Olympic history of Romanian women's skating: Julia Sauter ticked off a new remarkable success for Romania at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games
Julia Sauter at the 2026 Olympic Games. Photo credit: Natacha Pisarenko / AP / Profimedia
The Romanian athlete Julia Sauter, debutant in the Olympic competitions, competed on Thursday evening in the individual figure skating event of the Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina. She finished in 17th place, the best performance in the Olympic history of Romanian women's figure skating.
After achieving a personal best of 63.13 points in the short program, two days ago, Julia Sauter also performed a flawless exercise in the free program, reports Eurosport Romania, specifying that the representative of our country obtained 127.8 points for this evolution, with a total of 190.3 points.
Career high for Julia Sauter
Julia Sauter (28 years old) also surpassed her career-best cumulative score of 16 points.
The athlete born in Germany became a citizen of Romania in October 2025.
Julia Sauter, the representative of Romania in figure skating, finished the competition at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games in 17th place, according to GOLAZO.ro. It is the best performance achieved by Romania in female figure skating.
Julia Sauter takes the 11th position after the third value group has also ended. Next comes the best six skaters, who will not be able to rank below Julia Sauter, so she will occupy the 17th position at the end of the competition, GSP announces. It will be the best ranking at the Olympic Games by a skater from Romania in the women's competition.
After two series (12 sports), Sauter ranks 5th in the overall standings. There are still 12 athletes to compete, so Sauter is guaranteed a place in the top 17.
- With the score obtained, Julia Sauter ranked second at the time she performed, but she still had 15 skaters behind her. The competition is ongoing on TVR.
Julia Sauter, in the Olympic figure skating final
The women's free figure skating program took place on Thursday evening, and Julia Sauter was the ninth competitor to enter the ice. In total, 24 skaters competed in this final.
At the age of 28, the figure skater representing Romania qualified for the Olympic finals after making a solid progress in the short program, held on Tuesday evening. Sauter received 63.13 points for his performance of The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army. He ranked 16th (ranking that earned him the qualification for the free program, .nr), placing Romania in 10th place worldwide in the nation ranking and 5th in Europe.
Another remarkable success for Romania at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina. A career best and hopes are rekindled on Thursday. “Wow, that was really, really good”
The previous record of a skater from Romania was position 23 – Roxana Luca, in 2002, Eurosport recalls.
It should be noted that, if she finishes in the top 13, Julia Sauter will also surpass the Romanian men's record, held by Gheorghe Chiper and Corner Gheorghe – position 14.
The podium of the Olympic final
The Olympic title in the women's individual event in the figure skating competition was won on Thursday evening by the American Alysa Liu, aged 20, with a total of 226.79 points, writes News.ro.
The Japanese Kaori Sakamoto (25 years old) climbed to the second step of the podium – 224.90, and the bronze was obtained, at only 17 years old, also by a Japanese woman, Ami Nakai (219.16).
Truly a golden moment 🥇#AlysaLiu #FigureSkating #MilanoCortina2026 pic.twitter.com/x6qE8OWWvZ
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