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2015–16 Figure Skating Season
The 2015–16 figure skating season began on July 1, 2015, and ended on June 30, 2016. Elite skaters began the season competing on the Grand Prix series or Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final, and the ISU Challenger Series. Following national championships, competitors appeared at ISU Championships, such as the 2016 European, Four Continents Europeans in the 16th century divided the world into four continents: Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Each of the four continents was seen to represent its quadrant of the world—Africa in the south, America in the west, Asia in the east, ..., World Junior, and World Championships. Season notes Age eligibility Partnership changes Some skaters announced the dissolution of a partnership or formation of a new one. Listed are changes involving at least one partner who competed at Worlds, Europeans, Four Continents, Junior Worlds or the senior Grand Prix, or who medaled on the Junior Grand Prix ...
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2014–15 Figure Skating Season
The 2014–15 figure skating season began on July 1, 2014, and ended on June 30, 2015. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU Championship level in the 2015 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships. Other elite events included the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final, and the inaugural ISU Challenger Series. Season notes Beginning in the 2014–15 season, the minimum age for senior Grand Prix and senior B events increased from 14 to 15 to match the minimum age for ISU Championship events. Another rule change allows single and pair skaters to use music with lyrics in competition. Previously, they were restricted to instrumental music, including vocals without words. The ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 figure skating season, 2014–15 season, it is a gr ...
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Lola Esbrat
Lola Esbrat (born 29 August 1997) is a French pair skater. With her skating partner Andrei Novoselov, she has won three international medals and is the 2018 French national champion. Personal life Esbrat was born on 29 August 1997 in Paris. She studied law via correspondence courses but had stopped her studies by January 2017. Career Esbrat began learning to skate in 2004. She competed in ladies' singles through the 2013–14 season. She started training as a pair skater, in partnership with Nicolas Hejzlar, by July 2014. Partnership with Novoselov Esbrat teamed up with Russia's Andrei Novoselov in mid-2015. They are coached by Claude Thevenard in Paris and compete for France. In 2016, the pair won bronze medals at the Toruń Cup and Bavarian Open. In early April, they competed at the 2016 World Championships in Boston; they qualified to the free skate and finished 16th overall. In the 2016–17 season, Esbrat/Novoselov won the silver medal at the NRW Trophy and place ...
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Nathan Bartholomay
Nathan Bartholomay (born May 18, 1989) is an American pair skater. With his former partner Deanna Stellato-Dudek, he is the 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy silver medalist, the 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national bronze medalist (2018 and 2019). With former partner Felicia Zhang, he is a two-time U.S. national medalist (silver in 2014, bronze in 2013) and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics. He is currently paired with Katie McBeath. Personal life Bartholomay was born May 18, 1989, in Newtown, Pennsylvania. In 2010, he graduated from Laurel Springs High School. Career Early years Bartholomay began skating in 1997. He first tried pairs around 2003. Early in his career, he skated with Erica Choi Smith and Meg Byrne. Partnership with Zhang Bartholomay teamed up with Felicia Zhang in May 2011. They were coached by Jim Peterson and Lyndon Johnston at the Ice and Sports Complex in Ellenton, Florida. In their first season, they placed eigh ...
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Gretchen Donlan
Gretchen Donlan (born November 18, 1993) is an American former pair skater. With partner Andrew Speroff, she is the 2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy champion, 2013 Ice Challenge champion, and 2012 U.S. national pewter medalist. In July 2014, Donlan teamed up with Nathan Bartholomay. Career Early years Donlan was coached by Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson from the fourth grade. Until 2009, she competed in singles and won the U.S. national title on the intermediate level in 2007. Partnership with Speroff Donlan and Andrew Speroff were paired together in spring 2009 by coach Bobby Martin. She had two stress fractures in her back for two seasons. The pair made their international debut at the 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy where they finished 4th. They were 8th at the 2011 U.S. Championships. Donlan/Speroff won the pewter medal at the 2012 U.S. Championships. The next season, they received a Grand Prix assignment, the 2012 Skate America, and finished 6th. The pair took the silver me ...
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Jennifer Janse Van Rensburg
Jennifer Janse van Rensburg (née Urban; born 9 May 1993) is a German ice dancer. With her skating partner, Benjamin Steffan, she is the 2020 Santa Claus Cup champion, the 2021 Egna Dance Trophy silver medalist, the 2022 Bavarian Open champion, and the 2022 and 2023 German national champion. Personal life Jennifer Urban was born on 9 May 1993 in Oberstdorf, Germany. Programs With Steffan With Lerche Ladies' singles Competitive highlights ''GP: Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ...; CS: Challenger Series'' Ice dance with Steffan Ice dance with Lerche Ladies' singles References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Janse van Rensburg, Jennifer 1993 births Living people German female ice dancers German female ...
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Sport-Informations-Dienst
Sport-Informations-Dienst GmbH (SID) (''Sport Information Service'') is a German news agency. Based in Cologne, it has grown to be a major sport news agency. It was founded on 15 September 1945. In 1998 the Sport-Informations-Dienst became a subsidiary of the Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency. AFP has regional headquarters in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D. .... References External links Sport-Informations-Dienst Website {{Authority control Companies based in Cologne News agencies based in Germany Mass media in Cologne ...
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Tim Koleto
is an American-born ice dancer who became a Japanese citizen in 2020. He and his wife, Misato Komatsubara, are the 2020 NHK Trophy gold medalists and four-time Japanese national champions. Together, they also earned a bronze medal from the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Earlier in his career, Koleto competed with partner Yura Min for South Korea, winning the 2014 national title and placing tenth at the 2014 Four Continents. He also competed with Thea Rabe for Norway. Personal life Koleto was born June 17, 1991, in Kalispell, Montana. He married Misato Komatsubara in January 2017 in Okayama, Japan. Koleto became a Japanese citizen on November 19, 2020. Upon becoming a Japanese citizen, Koleto legally adopted the Komatsubara surname. Japanese law requires couples to share a surname, and he felt that "to be Japanese but ask my wife to change to a foreign surname I thought was quite strange." He chose the personal name Takeru after consulting his mother-in-law a ...
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Thea Rabe
Thea Rabe (born 2 January 1995) is a Norwegian figure skater. Competing in ice dancing with American Timothy Koleto, she won the bronze medal at the 2015 Volvo Open Cup. As a single skater, she is a two-time Norwegian national junior champion (2013 and 2014). Personal life Thea Rabe was born on 2 January 1995 in Tønsberg, Norway. She is the younger sister of Norwegian figure skater Anine Rabe. Career Single skating Rabe began learning to skate at the age of seven in 2002. Competing in ladies' singles, she won the Norwegian national junior title in the 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 seasons. Ice dancing Rabe had tryouts with American ice dancer Timothy Koleto in November 2014 in Lyon, France, and the following month in Novi, Michigan, where he trained. They agreed to skate together for Norway. In May 2015, Rabe moved to the United States to train with Koleto. Igor Shpilband, Adrienne Lenda, Fabian Bourzat, and Greg Zuerlein coached the team in Novi, Michigan. After ...
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Verdens Gang
''Verdens Gang'' ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, having declined from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. ''VG'' is nevertheless the most read online newspaper in Norway, with about 2 million daily readers. Verdens Gang AS is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted. History and profile ''VG'' was established by members of the Norwegian resistance movement shortly after the country was liberated from German occupation in 1945. The first issue of the paper was published on 23 June 1945. Christian A. R. Christensen was the first editor-in-chief of ''VG'' from its start in 1945 to 1967 when he died. ''VG'' is based in Oslo. The paper is published in tabloid format. The owner is the media conglomerate Schibsted, which also owns Norway's largest newspaper, ''Aftenposten'', as well as newspapers in Sweden and Estonia and shares in som ...
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Adrià Díaz
Adrià is a Catalan masculine given name, related to the English Adrian or Hadrian. It may refer to: Given named * Adrià Arjona (born 1996), Spanish footballer * Adrià Carmona (born 1992), Spanish professional footballer *Adrià Collado (born 1972), Spanish actor * Adrià Delgado (born 1990), water polo player from Brazil *Adrià or Adrián Díaz (born 1990), Spanish ice dancer * Adrià Figueras (born 1988), Spanish handball player * Adrià Gallego (born 1990), Spanish professional footballer * Adrià Granell (born 1986), Spanish footballer * Adrià Gual (1872–1943), Catalan playwright and theatre businessman * Adrià Guerrero (born 1998), Spanish footballer * Adrià Muñoz (born 1994), Spanish footballer * Adrià Ortolá (born 1993), Spanish professional footballer * Adrià Pina (born 1959), Spanish painter from L’Alcudia, Valencia * Adrià Puntí (born 1963), musician, singer-songwriter and actor See also * Adria (given name) * Adria (other) *Adria *Adrian Adria ...
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Sara Hurtado
Sara Hurtado Martín (born 3 November 1992) is a Spanish retired ice dancer. Initially rising to prominence on the international scene partnered with Adrián Díaz, the duo won six senior international medals and five Spanish national titles, and were the first dance team to represent Spain in ISU competition. They qualified for the Olympic Games, finishing thirteenth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and achieving their best ISU Championship result when they placed fifth at the 2015 European Championships. Following the end of her partnership with Díaz, she formed a new partnership with Russian ice dancer Kirill Khaliavin, with whom she was the 2018 Rostelecom Cup silver medalist and 2017 and 2019 Spanish national champion. The two placed twelfth at the 2018 Winter Olympics and were the first Spanish ice dancers to stand on a Grand Prix podium. Personal life Sara Hurtado was born 3 November 1992 in Madrid. She studied journalism at Universidad Francisco de Vitoria ...
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