Minerva Fabienne Hase

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Minerva Fabienne Hase
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Hase in 2022
Personal information
Country represented Germany
Born (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25)
Berlin, Germany
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Partner Nikita Volodin
Former partner Nolan Seegert
Coach Dmitri Savin, Rico Rex, Knut Schubert
Former coach Fedor Klimov, Romy Österreich
Choreographer Paul Boll, Mark Pillay
Skating club BSV 92
Training locations Berlin
Former training locations Sochi
Began skating 2004
World standing 11 (2020–21)
14 (2019–20)
20 (2018–19)
45 (2017–18)
31 (2016–17)
47 (2015–16)
28 (2014–15)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 206.43
2023–24 Grand Prix Final
Short program 72.56
2023–24 Grand Prix Final
Free skate 135.28
2023 NHK Trophy

Minerva Fabienne Hase (born 10 June 1999) is a German pair skater. With her current partner, Nikita Volodin, she is the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time ISU Grand Prix gold medalist and two-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (including gold at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy).

Hase previously partnered with Nolan Seegert, with whom she was the 2019 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and three-time German national champion (2019–20, 2022). The pair represented Germany at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Hase was born on 10 June 1999 in Berlin.[1] She studied at the Schul- und Leistungssportzentrum in Berlin.[2]

Career

Single skating

Hase began learning to skate in 2004.[1] She skated internationally in the novice ranks until 2013. In January 2016, she finished fifth in the junior ladies' category at the German Youth Championships.

Partnership with Seegert

2014–2015 season: First season in pairs

Hase teamed up with Nolan Seegert in 2014. The pair's international debut came in late November, at the 2014 NRW Trophy, where they took the bronze medal. In January 2015, they took bronze at the Toruń Cup before competing at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden; they placed eleventh in the short program, tenth in the free skate, and eleventh overall. They concluded their first season with a bronze at the International Challenge Cup.

2015–2016 season

Making their ISU Challenger Series debut, Hase/Seegert placed 6th at the 2015 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They then won gold at the 2015 NRW Trophy and finished sixth at the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy. They received silver at the 2016 Sarajevo Open and at the 2016 Bavarian Open.

2016–2017 season

In November, Hase/Seegert won gold at the 2016 NRW Trophy and bronze at the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup. The following month, they competed at the German Championships but withdrew following the short program due to an injury to Hase.[3]

In January, Hase/Seegert skated at the 2017 Toruń Cup, placing fourth, and then at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava; they finished twelfth overall in the Czech Republic after placing thirteenth in the short program and twelfth in the free skate. In March, the pair took bronze at the 2017 Cup of Tyrol before competing at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. They achieved a personal best short program score, of 59.76 points, but their ranking (nineteenth) was insufficient to advance to the final segment.

2017–2018 season

In October, Hase/Seegert finished eighth at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy and fourth at the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star. They outscored Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert by 5.77 points for the bronze medal at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup in November. The following month, the pair won silver behind Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot at the German Championships, ranking second in both segments and obtaining 4.33 points more than Hocke/Blommaert.[4] Hase/Seegert were not included in Germany's team to the 2018 Winter Olympics, having finished third overall in the national qualification standings.[5]

Due to a back injury sustained by Hase, the pair was unable to accept a spot at the 2018 European Championships, which became available after Savchenko/Massot withdrew.[6]

2018–2019 season: First national title

Hase/Seegert started the new competition season at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and finished fourth.[7] The pair received their first Grand Prix invitations.[8] They placed fifth at the 2018 Skate America and seventh at the 2018 Internationaux de France.[9][10] After participating at the 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb and placing fourth,[11] they won their first national title at the 2019 German Championships.[12]

Hase/Seegert took sixth place at the 2019 European Championships,[13] and at the 2019 Challenge Cup they won gold at their first international competition with a new best total score of 185.38 points.[14][15] Hase/Seegert and Hocke/Blommaert were assigned to Germany's two berths at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama.[16] In the short program Hase/Seegert started with a personal best of 64.28 points in the competition and took tenth place. However, an aborted lift towards the end of the free program put them in fourteenth place in that segment (109.76 points);[17][18] overall, they reached thirteenth place.

2019–2020 season: Grand Prix medal

After the pair Hocke/Blommaert announced the end of their common career in April 2019,[19] Hase/Seegert were the only German pair to receive two starting places from the International Skating Union for the 2019–20 Grand Prix season.[20] They placed fifth at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, setting new personal bests in the short program and in total score, before placing seventh at the 2019 Internationaux de France. At their second Grand Prix assignment, the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, Hase/Seegert placed fourth in the short program, narrowly behind the new Russian pair of Stolbova/Novoselov.[21] In the free skate, Stolbova/Novoselov performed poorly, while Hase/Seegert nearly equaled their personal best in the segment, placing fourth again, but third overall due to their short program lead over the Austrian team Ziegler/Kiefer. The bronze medal was their first Grand Prix medal, which Seegert called "our biggest moment so far in our career."[22]

After winning the German title for the second consecutive year, Hase/Seegert were assigned to the 2020 European Championships, where they placed fifth in the short program with a new personal best, breaking 70 points in that segment for the first time.[23] Fifth in the free skate as well, they were fifth overall, despite a number of errors that led Hase to deem it "not a good program."[24] This proved to be their final competition for the season, as they had been assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[25]

2020–2021 season

With the pandemic continuing to affect events, Hase/Seegert made their season debut at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, which, due to its being attended only by European pairs, made them the pre-event favourites.[26] They were ranked first after the short program but withdrew before the free skate due to a practice injury.[27]

Hase/Seegert were scheduled to compete in the Grand Prix at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic.[28] They were assigned to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, but after Hase injured her leg in training, they had to withdraw.[29]

2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics

Recovery from ligament surgery left Hase off the ice for months.[30] They began training in Sochi with new coach Dmitri Savin.[31]

Hase/Seegert began the season at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where they placed second in the short program 0.20 points behind Georgians Safina/Berulava. They were second in the free skate as well, behind Spaniards Barquero/Zandron, but first overall, taking their first Challenger gold. Hase commented on her return to the ice, saying "we did not come here to win, we just were happy to be able to skate again."[30] At their second Challenger event of the season, the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, they placed seventh.[32]

At their first Grand Prix assignment, the 2021 Skate Canada International, Hase/Seegert, were third in the short program with a clean skate. A number of imperfect elements in the free skate, particularly Hase's struggles on the throw jumps, dropped them to fifth overall. Hase said afterward "I felt a little bit shaky at the beginning; I was tired. We can still be proud of the program."[33] They were seventh of seven teams at the 2021 NHK Trophy after several errors in both programs. Speaking after the free, Hase said it was "a tough skate for us, mentally and physical. We are not used to skating bad short programs, so it was mentally tough."[34]

After winning their third German national title, Hase/Seegert competed at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, finishing eighth.[35]

Hase/Seegert were named as the lone pairs entries for the German Olympic team. However, shortly after arriving in Beijing, Seegert tested positive for COVID-19 and was required to isolate. As a result, they were unable to participate in the Olympic team event, though it remained possible that they would be cleared for the pairs event two weeks later.[36] On February 11, the German Ice Skating Union announced that Seegert had been released from quarantine and would be able to compete.[37] They placed fourteenth in the short program after Hase fell on her jump attempt, qualifying for the free skate.[38] However, due to lack of training time for Seegert during his quarantine, they had a "disastrous" free skate including two aborted lift attempts, finishing last in the free skate and dropping to sixteenth overall.[39] Hase called it "just pure fighting."[40]

Further difficulties awaited the pair immediately after the Olympics, as due to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and resulting tensions between Russia and Germany, they were not allowed to return to Russia to train.[41] The International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian skaters from competing at the 2022 World Championships. As well, the Chinese Skating Association opted not to send athletes to compete in Montpellier. As those countries’ athletes comprised the entirety of the top five pairs at the Olympics, this greatly impacted the field.[42] Hase/Seegert were sixth in the short program with a clean skate, with Hase calling it "a program one can end the season with. The audience was very supportive."[43] In the free skate, Seegert put his foot down on a jump and Hase stepped out of a throw, but their 123.32 score was narrowly a new personal best, and they finished fifth overall with another new personal best.[44]

Hase and Seegert's partnership came to an end following the Olympic season. Seegert initially sought a new partner, but in January of 2023 he informed the German Ice Skating Union that he had not been able to find a suitable one, and that he would be retiring from competition.

Partnership with Volodin

In June of 2022, Hase was introduced by coach Dmitry Savin to Russian pair skater Nikita Volodin. Agreeing to skate together and represent her country, they trained through the 2022–23 season while waiting for Volodin to be released by the Figure Skating Federation of Russia.[45]

2023–24 season

Volodin was released by the Russian federation in May of 2022, and Hase and Volodin continued training in Berlin with Savin, Rico Rex, and Knut Schubert as their coaches.[46][47]

Hase/Volodin debuted as a team at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, where they won the silver medal behind reigning Italian European champions Conti/Macii, and finishing ahead of domestic rivals Hocke/Kunkel. Hase said it felt "so good to be back and even be on the podium in our first competition."[48] They went on to win a Challenger gold medal on home soil at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, after coming back from placing third in the short program.[49]

Hase/Volodin made their senior Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo. They placed third in the short program behind Shanghai Trophy champions Peng/Wang and Conti/Macii after an error on their throw triple loop, but won the free skate despite jump errors and rose to take the gold medal. Hase admitted that the result felt "very lucky," but that it was "a special moment for both of us."[50] They went on to win the 2023 NHK Trophy as well, improving on all their personal bests in the process and qualifying to the Grand Prix Final as the second seed.[51]

Volodin having become ill following the NHK Trophy, the team was uncertain of their ability to compete. Returning to China for the Final, held in Beijing, they performed their first full run-through since the NHK Trophy in training. Hase/Volodin set a new personal best score to win the short program narrowly over Canadians Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps and Italians Conti/Macii. They finished second in the free skate behind Conti/Macii, but won the gold medal by 0.55 points over the Italian team. Hase said they were "overwhelmed."[52]

Programs

With Volodin

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[47]
  • The Path of Silence
  • The Power of Mind
    by Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen, Gabriel Saban & Phillipe Briand
    choreo. by Paul Boll & Mark Pillay

With Seegert

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–2022
[53]
2020–2021
[54]
2019–2020
[55][56]
2018–2019
[57]
  • House of the Rising Sun
    performed by Heavy Young Heathens
    choreo. by Mark Pillay
2017–2018
[1]
  • Say Something
    by A Great Big World
    performed by Christina Aguilera
  • New World Coming
    by DiSa, Benjam Wallfisch
2016–2017
[3][2]
2015–2016
[58]
2014–2015
[59]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

Pairs with Volodin

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[60]
Event 23–24
Worlds TBD
Europeans 5th
GP Final 1st
GP NHK Trophy 1st
GP Finland 1st
CS Lombardia Trophy 2nd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1st
Budapest Trophy 1st
National[60]
German Champ. 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Pairs with Seegert

International[32]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics 16th
Worlds 19th 13th C WD 5th
Europeans 11th 12th 6th 5th 8th
GP France 7th 7th C
GP NHK Trophy 7th
GP Rostelecom 3rd
GP Skate America 5th
GP Skate Canada 5th
CS Finlandia 7th 8th 7th
CS Golden Spin 4th 3rd
CS Ice Star 4th
CS Nebelhorn 6th 6th 4th 5th WD 1st
CS Tallinn Trophy 6th
CS Warsaw Cup 3rd 3rd
Bavarian Open 2nd
Challenge Cup 3rd 1st WD
Cup of Nice 4th
Cup of Tyrol 3rd
NRW Trophy 3rd 1st 1st 2nd
Sarajevo Open 2nd
Toruń Cup 3rd 4th
National[32]
German Champ. 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st WD 1st
Team Events[32]
Olympics WD
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

Ladies' singles

International[61]
Event 12–13 13–14 15–16
Coupe du Printemps 11th N
NRW Trophy 15th N
Warsaw Cup 5th N
National[61]
Germany 5th J
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system [62]:{{{3}}}
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 206.43 2023–24 Grand Prix Final
Short program TSS 72.56 2023–24 Grand Prix Final
TES 40.03 2023–24 Grand Prix Final
PCS 32.53 2023–24 Grand Prix Final
Free skating TSS 135.28 2023 NHK Trophy
TES 70.73 2023 NHK Trophy
PCS 64.55 2023 NHK Trophy

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

With Volodin

2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 8-14, 2024 2024 European Championships 2
69.63
6
121.06
5
190.69
December 14–16, 2023 2024 German Championships 1
77.38
1
141.39
1
218.77
December 7–10, 2023 2023–24 Grand Prix Final 1
72.56
2
133.87
1
206.43
November 24–26, 2023 2023 NHK Trophy 1
67.23
1
135.28
1
202.51
November 17–19, 2023 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 3
63.59
1
129.13
1
192.72
October 13-15, 2023 2023 Budapest Trophy 2
62.51
1
133.73
1
196.24
September 20–23, 2023 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3
62.85
1
132.11
1
194.96
September 8–10, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 3
66.22
2
128.30
2
194.52

With Seegert

2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 1–3, 2022 2022 World Championships 6
66.29
5
123.32
5
189.61
February 18–19, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics 14
62.37
16
87.32
16
149.69
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 5
62.21
9
106.54
8
168.75
December 9–11, 2021 2022 German Championships 1
68.94
1
128.70
1
197.64
November 12–14, 2021 2021 NHK Trophy 7
54.63
7
107.26
7
161.89
October 29–31, 2021 2021 Skate Canada International 3
67.93
5
118.89
5
186.82
October 7–10, 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 5
65.19
6
123.18
7
188.37
September 22–25, 2021 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2
66.26
2
118.99
1
185.25
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 26–29, 2020 2020 NRW Trophy 1
64.46
2
91.49
2
155.95
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 20–26, 2020 2020 European Championships 5
70.43
5
115.96
5
186.39
January 1–3, 2020 2020 German Championships 1
67.49
1
124.42
1
191.91
December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2
68.30
3
116.79
3
185.09
November 15–17, 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 4
67.74
4
118.42
3
186.16
November 1–3, 2019 2019 Internationaux de France 6
59.13
7
103.96
7
163.09
September 25–29, 2019 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3
67.99
6
114.31
5
182.30
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships 10
64.28
14
109.76
13
174.04
February 21–24, 2019 2019 International Challenge Cup 1
67.56
2
117.82
1
185.38
January 21–27, 2019 2019 European Championships 6
60.08
5
120.48
6
180.56
December 21–23, 2018 2019 German Championships 1
66.86
2
107.83
1
174.69
December 5–8, 2018 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 4
62.97
4
109.21
4
172.18
November 23–25, 2018 2018 Internationaux de France 7
52.61
6
102.16
7
154.77
October 19–21, 2018 2018 Skate America 3
60.04
5
102.06
5
162.10
September 26–29, 2018 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2
58.27
6
103.34
4
161.61
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 14–16, 2017 2018 German Championships 2
59.58
2
109.41
2
168.99
November 16–19, 2017 2017 CS Warsaw Cup 2
59.92
3
107.80
3
167.72
October 26–29, 2017 2017 CS Ice Star 3
55.38
4
97.78
4
153.16
October 6–8, 2017 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 8
45.67
8
89.71
8
135.38
2016–17 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 29–April 2, 2017 2017 World Championships 19
59.76
19
59.76
February 28–March 5, 2017 2017 Mentor Toruń Cup 3
58.30
3
100.40
3
158.70
January 25–29, 2017 2017 European Championships 13
51.27
12
96.13
12
147.40
January 10–15, 2017 2017 Mentor Toruń Cup 4
48.62
4
89.47
4
138.09
November 30–December 4, 2016 2016 NRW Trophy 2
49.81
1
87.22
1
137.03
November 17–20, 2016 2016 CS Warsaw Cup 3
49.12
2
92.50
3
141.62
October 6–10, 2016 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy 7
50.28
8
77.27
7
127.55
September 22–24, 2016 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6
44.00
6
91.54
6
135.54
2015–16 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 17–21, 2016 2016 Bavarian Open 2
52.06
3
88.28
2
140.34
February 4–6, 2016 2016 Sarajevo Open 2
45.36
2
86.06
2
131.42
December 11–13, 2015 2016 German Championships 3
54.52
3
89.02
3
143.54
November 24–29, 2015 2015 NRW Trophy 1
43.10
1
72.77
1
115.87
November 18–22, 2015 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy 4
50.76
7
87.46
6
138.22
October 14–18, 2015 2015 International Cup of Nice 4
42.78
4
75.84
4
118.62
September 24–26, 2015 2015 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6
50.29
6
79.77
6
130.06
2014–15 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 19–22, 2015 2015 International Challenge Cup 3
44.83
3
82.87
3
127.70
January 26–February 1, 2015 2015 European Championships 11
42.13
10
79.16
11
121.29
January 7–10, 2015 2014 Mentor Toruń Cup 3
42.41
3
78.93
3
121.34
December 11–13, 2014 2015 German Championships 2
38.61
2
79.80
2
118.41
November 26–30, 2014 2014 NRW Trophy 3
38.80
3
63.44
3
102.24

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