Júlia Láng (born 6 November 2003) is a Hungarian figure skater. She has represented her country at two (2018, 2019) Junior World Championships and three (2021, 2022, 2023) Senior World Championships. Láng is a four-time Hungarian national champion (2018, 2021–23). She is known for her signature move, a highly flexible layback slide variation performed while holding the blade, which she was the first to introduce in international competition. She was first documented performing the move in practice on July 17, 2017. After a long break in competitions, she announced an attempt to return into the pairs category with Italy's Filippo Clerici skating for Hungary in 2026.
Career 2017–2018 season Láng made her debut in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series at the 2017 event in Salzburg, where she also performed her signature slide move for the first time in competition. In January 2018 Láng became the junior national champion. In March, she represented Hungary at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ranked thirty-second in the short, she did not advance to the free skate.
2018–2019 season In the 2018–2019 season, Láng competed in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing twelfth in the 2018 JGP Slovakia and tenth in the 2018 JGP Slovenia.
In March 2019, she represented Hungary at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Ranked tenth in the short, she vaulted into the penultimate (second-to-last) group for the free skate, where she placed fourteenth, falling to fourteenth overall.
2019–2020 season Láng competed at both the 2019 JGP USA in Lake Placid and at 2019 JGP Russia in Chelyabinsk, placing tenth and eleventh, respectively.
In senior competition, she placed fifteenth in the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and competed at several minor senior events.
2020–2021 season With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting international competition, Láng nevertheless competed at several European international competitions. She was chosen as Hungary's entry for the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, where she finished in thirtieth place.
2021–2022 season Láng began the season competing at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to attempt again to qualify a berth for Hungary at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She placed sixteenth at the event, outside of the range of qualification. She was thirteenth at the Budapest Trophy, before medaling at several minor international events, including a gold at the Jégvirág Cup. Competing at the 2023 Four National Championships, she finished third overall in the standings and first among Hungarians, winning her second senior national title. She took the bronze medal at the International Challenge Cup. She was thirty-first at the 2022 World Championships.
2022–2023 season Making her season debut on home ice at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, Láng finished in fourth position. She went on to place tenth at the Volvo Open Cup and was only seventeenth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge shortly afterward before placing fourth at the Santa Claus Cup. Competing at the 2023 Four National Championships, she finished third overall in the standings and first among Hungarians, winning her third consecutive national title.
At the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Láng finished in twenty-third place. Following this event, Láng relocated from Budapest to Egna, Italy to train at the Young Goose Academy with Angelina Turenko, Alisa Mikonsaari, Lorenzo Magri, and Eva Martinek becoming her new coaches.
Going on to compete at the 2023 International Challenge Cup, Láng finished the event in eighteenth place.
At the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Láng placed thirty-fourth in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate segment of the competition.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2023–2024 The Road A Evaristo Carriego Grand Guignol 2022–2023 I Dreamed a Dream 2021–2022 Kincsem 2020–2021 And the Waltz Goes On 2019–2020 Romeo and Juliet Malagueña 2018–2019 Masquerade Waltz 2017–2018 Moonlight Sonata
Competitive highlights CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 Worlds 30th 31st 34rd Europeans 23rd Budapest 4th 4th Ice Challenge 17th Nebelhorn 15th WD 16th Nepela Memorial WD Bavarian Open 4th Budapest 13th Celje Open 4th Challenge Cup 6th 9th 3rd 18th Halloween Cup 2nd Jégvirág Cup 1st 1st Santa Claus Cup 2nd 1st 3rd 4th Skate Helena 2nd 2nd Volvo Open Cup 14th 8th 10th International: Junior Junior Worlds 32nd 14th Austria 22nd Slovakia 12th Slovenia 10th U.S. 10th Russia 11th EYOF 13th Bavarian Open 9th Christmas Cup 3rd GP Bratislava 1st 2nd Halloween Cup 1st 4th Ice Challenge (Leo Scheu) 3rd Jégvirág Cup 2nd Santa Claus Cup 4th Skate Helena 2nd Triglav Trophy 3rd Volvo Open Cup 4th National Hungarian Champ.1st J 2nd J 1st 1st 1st
Detailed results Senior level
2022–2023 season Date Event SP FS Total March 22–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 33 44.26 - 33 44.26 January 25–29, 2023 2023 European Championships 23 46.33 23 83.95 23 130.28 December 15–17, 2022 2023 Four National Championships 3 51.04 3 112.17 3 163.21 Nov. 28 – Dec. 4, 2022 2022 Santa Claus Cup 2 54.37 5 89.15 4 143.52 November 9–13, 2022 2022 CS Ice Challenge 20 44.25 16 89.92 17 134.17 November 2–6, 2022 47th Volvo Open Cup 7 49.68 10 88.65 10 138.33 October 13–16, 2022 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 2 58.65 5 106.42 4 165.07 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total March 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships 31 47.93 - 31 47.93 February 24–27, 2022 2022 Challenge Cup 2 58.46 3 110.08 3 168.54 December 17–18, 2021 2022 Four National Championships 4 54.86 2 113.21 3 168.07 December 6–12, 2021 2021 Santa Claus Cup 4 52.25 3 101.36 3 153.61 October 14–17, 2021 2021 Budapest Trophy 10 50.11 13 87.70 13 137.81 September 22–25, 2021 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 24 45.22 12 100.42 16 145.64 2020–21 season Date Event SP FS Total March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 30 54.20 - 30 54.20 February 25–28, 2021 2021 International Challenge Cup 14 48.17 7 101.60 9 149.77 December 18–19, 2020 2021 Hungarian National Championships 1 61.61 1 100.66 1 162.27 October 15–17, 2020 2020 Budapest Trophy 4 58.20 4 108.35 4 166.55 2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS Total February 20–23, 2020 2020 Challenge Cup 12 52.31 5 107.35 6 159.66 February 14–16, 2020 2020 Jégvirág Cup 1 52.68 1 96.92 1 149.60 February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 6 51.29 3 107.11 4 158.40 January 14–18, 2020 2020 Skate Helena 4 46.83 1 92.46 2 139.29 December 2–8, 2019 2017 Santa Claus Cup 2 50.39 1 89.43 2 139.82 November 6–10, 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 10 50.39 14 89.43 14 139.82 October 17–20, 2019 2019 International Halloween Cup 5 51.60 2 98.11 2 149.71 September 25–28, 2019 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 18 41.95 12 90.62 15 132.57
Junior level
2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS Total September 11–14, 2019 2018 JGP Russia 15 46.19 9 97.25 11 143.44 August 28–31, 2019 2018 JGP United States 12 50.95 11 83.84 10 134.79 2018–2019 season Date Event SP FS Total March 5–11, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 10 55.86 14 97.38 14 153.24 February 13–14, 2019 2019 EYOF 7 50.78 22 67.78 13 118.56 February 1–3, 2019 2019 Hungarian Junior Championships 1 56.34 4 84.53 2 140.87 January 15–19, 2019 2019 Skate Helena 3 48.60 1 97.82 2 146.42 December 14–16, 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Bratislava 1 52.36 2 97.60 2 149.96 Nov. 29 – Dec. 2, 2018 2018 Christmas Cup 3 51.52 5 81.34 3 132.86 November 7–11, 2018 2018 Volvo Open Cup 5 46.48 2 92.86 4 139.14 October 19–21, 2018 2018 International Halloween Cup 3 48.38 5 88.61 4 136.99 October 3–6, 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia 10 46.67 10 92.79 10 139.46 August 22–25, 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia 12 48.42 13 83.03 12 131.45 2017–2018 season Date Event SP FS Total April 4–8, 2018 2018 Triglav Trophy 3 42.87 3 81.79 3 124.66 March 5–11, 2018 2018 World Junior Championships 32 42.00 - 32 42.00 February 16–18, 2018 2018 Jégvirág Cup 2 49.10 3 80.20 2 129.30 January 26–31, 2018 2018 Bavarian Open 9 46.12 10 87.07 9 133.20 January 6, 2018 2018 Hungarian Junior Championships 1 48.11 1 96.53 1 144.64 December 15–17, 2017 2017 Grand Prix of Bratislava 1 44.26 1 82.91 1 127.17 December 4–10, 2017 2017 Santa Claus Cup 10 40.16 2 87.48 4 127.64 November 20–25, 2017 2017 Cup of Tyrol 15 41.99 8 81.92 9 123.91 November 8–12, 2017 2017 Leo Schenu Memorial 3 45.55 3 77.45 3 123.00 October 21–23, 2017 2017 International Halloween Cup 1 43.93 2 77.89 1 121.82 Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2017 2017 JGP Austria 24 36.61 21 66.95 22 103.56
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