Lea Johanna Dastich (born 30 April 2000) is a retired German

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She is a two-time

Bavarian Open The Bavarian Open is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of Bavaria. Since 2011, it is sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the International Skating Union. The event is held in February at Eiss ...

bronze medalist (2016, 2017) and a two-time German national medalist (silver in 2017, bronze in 2018). She has qualified to the final segment at four ISU Championships and finished in the top ten twice ( 2017 Junior Worlds, 2018 Junior Worlds).

Career

Early years

Dastich began learning to skate in 2003. In the 2012–2013 season, she competed internationally in the advanced novice ranks, winning bronze at the

2012 NRW Trophy The 2012 NRW Trophy was an international figure skating competition during the 2012–2013 season. An annual event organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the Interna ...

. In 2013–2014, she began appearing in junior internationals.

2014–2015 season

Dastich received 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) assignments in the 2014–2015 season; she placed 8th in France and 7th in Germany. In January 2015, she won the German national junior title and the silver medal at the

European Youth Olympic Festival The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) is a biennial multi-sport event for youth (14 to 18 years old) athletes from the 50 member countries of the association of European Olympic Committees. The festival has a summer edition, held for the fir ...

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, Austria.

2015–2016 season

Making her senior international debut, Dastich finished 14th at the

Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season. The competitio ...

, an

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 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. E ...

event in September 2015. She finished fourth at the German Championships. In February 2016, she won her first senior international medal – bronze at the

. In March, she represented Germany at the 2016 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary. She placed 18th in the short program, 10th in the free skate, and 12th overall. During the season, she was coached by

Anett Pötzsch Anett Pötzsch (later Witt, now Rauschenbach, born 3 September 1960) is a German former figure skater. She is the 1980 Olympic champion, two-time World champion (1978, 1980), four-time European champion (1977–1980), and five-time East Ger ...

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2016–2017 season

In December 2016, Dastich received the senior silver medal at the German Championships, having finished second to

Nathalie Weinzierl Nathalie Weinzierl (born 8 April 1994) is a German figure skater. She is a two-time German national champion (2014, 2017) and has won eleven senior international medals, including gold at the Bavarian Open, Dragon Trophy, and Egna Trophy, and ...

. In February 2017, she repeated as the bronze medalist at the

. The following month, Dastich placed 8th at the 2017 World Junior Championships, scoring personal bests in every segment of the competition.

2017–2018 season

Competing in her fourth JGP season, Dastich placed 8th in Austria and 6th in Croatia in September. In January, she qualified to the final segment and finished 16th overall at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, Russia. In March, she placed 10th at the 2018 World Junior Championships in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 and 2019–2020 seasons

Dastich did not compete due to an injury.

2020-2021 Season: Return

Dastich was slated to make her return to competition at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy but withdrew prior to the event.

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:Dastich, Lea Johanna 2000 births German female single skaters Living people Sportspeople from Dresden