Martin Skotnický (born 24 August 1947) is a Slovak

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

coach and former competitor for

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. With his sister, Diana Skotnická, he is the 1970

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champion and a five-time Czechoslovak national champion (1970–74). They placed sixth at the 1973 European Championships.

Personal life

Skotnický was born on 24 August 1947. He has Slovak and French citizenship. He is the brother of Diana Skotnická. He is married to Bruni Skotnicky, who competed in pair skating for Germany as Brunhilde Baßler.

Career

Competitive

Skotnický switched from

single skating Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested ...

after a fracture. He teamed up with his sister, Diana Skotnická. Their coaches included Ivan Mauer, Hilda Múdra, and Míla Nováková. The siblings took silver at the

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in Innsbruck, Austria. In the 1969–1970 season, Skotnická/Skotnický won the first of their five consecutive national titles and placed 11th at the

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, Yugoslavia. They concluded their season with gold at the 1970 Winter Universiade in

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, Finland. Skotnická/Skotnický competed at nine ISU Championships. Their best continental result, sixth, came at the 1973 European Championships in

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, West Germany. A few weeks later, they would achieve their career-best world result, finishing eighth at the 1973 World Championships in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. The two retired from competition in 1974.

Post-competitive

In 1975, Skotnický became director of a figure skating rink in

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, France. In the early 1980s, he was an assistant coach for British ice dancers Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean. He now coaches in

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, Germany. He has worked with: *

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/ Petri Kokko *

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/ René Lohse * Christina Beier / William Beier *

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/ Stefano Caruso

Results

(with Diana Skotnická)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skotnicky, Martin Living people Czechoslovak male ice dancers Slovak figure skating coaches Figure skaters from Bratislava Universiade medalists in figure skating 1947 births Slovak male ice dancers Universiade gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Competitors at the 1968 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1970 Winter Universiade