Enikő Berkes (born 3 October 1975) is a Hungarian former competitive

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. With

Szilárd Tóth Szilárd Tóth (born 17 August 1973) is a Hungarian former competitive ice dancer. With Enikő Berkes, he is the 1993 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist and 1994 national champion. They represented Hungary at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Care ...

, she is the 1993 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist and 1994

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champion. They represented Hungary at the

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Career

Partnership with Tóth

Berkes began her partnership with

by 1991. They competed in the final segment at four ISU Championships, placing 15th at the 1992 World Junior Championships in

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, Canada; 20th at the 1993 European Championships in

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, Finland; 24th at the 1994 European Championships in

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, Denmark; and 23rd at the 1995 European Championships in

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, Germany. Berkes/Tóth were named in Hungary's team to the

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. They finished 20th in Norway.

Partnership with Szentirmai

In 1995, Berkes teamed up with Endre Szentirmai. They were coached by

Krisztina Regőczy Krisztina Regőczy (born 19 April 1955) is a former ice dancer from Hungary. Competing with András Sallay, she won the gold medal at the 1980 World Figure Skating Championships and the silver at that year's Winter Olympics. Regőczy coached in t ...

in Budapest. After winning the national title, they placed 18th at the 1996 European Championships in

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, Bulgaria. At the 1996 World Championships, held in

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, Alberta, Canada, they qualified to the free dance and finished 24th overall.

Post-competitive career

Berkes is an ISU technical specialist for Hungary in the ice dancing category. She served as the assistant technical specialist at the 2008 Four Continents Championships; as the technical specialist at the

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as the assistant technical specialist during the

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events.

Results

''GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)''

With Szentirmai

With Tóth

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berkes, Eniko Hungarian female ice dancers Olympic figure skaters of Hungary Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics International Skating Union technical specialists 1975 births Living people