Valdis Mintals (born 11 December 1979 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) is an

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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 ...

. With partner Ekaterina Nekrassova, he is a multiple Estonian national champion. They competed at the

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, and World Junior Championships before ending their partnership in 1998. From 1998 through 2002, Mintals competed with

Viktoria Shklover Viktoria Shklover (born 18 January 1984) is an Estonian pair skater. Early in her career, she competed with Aleksandr Bulogin. From 1998 through 2002, she competed with Valdis Mintals. They were the Estonian Figure Skating Championships, 1998-200 ...

. They were the 1998–2002 Estonian national champions. They competed twice at the World Junior Championships, and three times at the World and European Championships. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 10th at the 2000 and 2001 European Championships. Early in his career, Mintals competed in

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 ...

. Following his retirement in 2002 from competitive skating, Mintals performed in touring

ice shows An ice show is an entertainment production which is primarily performed by ice skaters. Such shows may primarily be skating exhibitions, or may be musical and/or dramatic in nature, using skating as a medium in order to accompany a musical work ...

and ice theater.

Programs

(with Shklover)

Results

With Shklover

With Nekrassova

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mintals, Valdis Estonian male pair skaters Estonian male single skaters 1979 births Living people Figure skaters from Tallinn