Petr Starec (; born 5 December 1951) is a Czech

figure skating 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 ...

coach and former competitor. As a single skater, he became a two-time Czechoslovak national bronze medalist and competed at the 1969 European Championships in

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, finishing 18th. Starec later teamed up with Rijana Hartmanová to compete in

pair skating 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 ...

. They won the 1974 national title and placed 13th at the 1974 European Championships in

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. Starec is the head of the Department of Sports at

Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) ( cs, Masarykova univerzita; la, Universitas Masarykiana Brunensis) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno as the seco ...

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. He has coached Michal Březina (from 2004 to 2012), Eliška Březinová (until 2012), Alexandra Kunová, and

Petr Kotlařík Petr Kotlařík (born 1 November 1998) is a Czech figure skater. He is the 2023 Czech national Champion. He has competed in the final segment at two ISU Championships. Personal life Petr Kotlařík was born on 1 November 1998 in Jihlava and ...

Competitive highlights

Men's singles

Pairs with Hartmanová

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Starec, Petr 1951 births Czech figure skating coaches Czech male pair skaters Czech male single skaters Czechoslovak male pair skaters Czechoslovak male single skaters Living people Figure skaters from Brno Academic staff of Masaryk University