Fruzsina Medgyesi (born 18 June 1999) is a Hungarian

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. She is the 2016

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champion, the 2018 Hungarian national champion, and a two-time Hungarian national silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2016 Youth Olympics team event bronze medalist, and the 2015

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champion.

Career

Early years

Medgyesi began learning to skate in 2004. She made her first appearance on the junior international level in November 2013, at Skate Celje. Her senior international debut came at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial in February 2015.

2015–2016 season

Medgyesi competed at her first

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

(JGP) assignment in August 2015, in Slovakia, and at her first

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event, the 2015 CS Mordovian Ornament, in October. Her first senior international medal, gold, came at

in January 2016. In February 2016, she placed 14th in her individual event at the

2016 Winter Youth Olympics The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics ( no, Olympiske vinterleker for ungdom 2016; nn, Olympiske vinterleikane for ungdom 2016), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, between 12 February an ...

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, Norway. A member of Team Discovery, she won the bronze medal in the team event.

2016–2017 season

Medgyesi placed 8th at both of her JGP assignments, in Estonia and the Czech Republic. In March 2017, she competed at her first ISU Championships – the 2017 World Junior Championships in

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, Taiwan. Ranked 32nd in the short program, she did not advance to the free skate. During the summer, she relocated to

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, where

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and Rosanna Murante became her coach.

2017–2018 season

In December 2017, Medgyesi won the Hungarian national title ahead of defending champion

Ivett Tóth Ivett Tóth (born 20 December 1998) is a retired Hungarian figure skater. She is the 2014 CS Ice Challenge bronze medalist, a two-time Santa Claus Cup champion (2014, 2016), the 2018 Christmas Cup champion, the 2019 Volvo Open Cup champion, ...

. Both skaters were assigned to the

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. She relocated to

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and

Szabolcs Vidrai Szabolcs Vidrai (born 26 March 1977) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skater. His highest placement at the European Championships was 10th, in 1996, and his highest placement at the World Championships was 10th, in 1998. He placed 13th ...

became her coach again.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Medgyesi, Fruzsina 1999 births Hungarian female single skaters Living people Figure skaters from Budapest Figure skaters at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics