Karel Štefl (born 27 February 1982 in

Slaný Slaný (; german: Schlan) is a town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administr ...

) is a

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pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

Career

Between 1999 and 2001, Štefl competed with Radka Zlatohlavková and placed 21st at the 2000 Junior World Championships. From 2001 to 2004, Štefl skated with

Veronika Havlíčková Veronika Havlíčková (born 8 November 1987 in Broumov) is a Czech former pair skater. Skating with Karel Štefl between 2001 and 2004, she competed at the European Championships and on the Grand Prix series, and won a bronze medal on the Junior ...

. They competed at the

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and on the

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series, and won a bronze medal on the

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 ...

series. In the 2005–2006 season, Štefl competed with Russian skater

Olga Prokuronova Olga Prokuronova (russian: Ольга Прокуронова; born 3 July 1989) is a Russian former pair skater. Prokuronova competed with Czech skater Karel Štefl and won the 2006 Czech senior national title. They placed 10th in the short prog ...

and won the 2006 Czech senior national title. They placed 10th in the short program at the 2006 European Championships in

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, France, but suffered a fall on a lift in the free skate. Prokuronova lay on the ice for several seconds before Štefl helped her to her feet and she exited the ice. They withdrew from the event. An ISU doctor said Prokuronova had not sustained a serious injury but was taken to the hospital for further examination. In October 2006, it was reported that she had declined to resume the partnership.

Programs

With Prokuronova

With Havlíčková

Results

With Prokuronova

With Havlíčková

With Zlatohlavková

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stefl, Karel Czech male pair skaters 1982 births Living people People from Slaný Sportspeople from the Central Bohemian Region