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2024–25 Figure Skating Season
The 2024–25 figure skating season began on July 1, 2024, and will end on June 30, 2025. During this season, elite skaters will compete at the ISU Championship level at the 2025 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, and the World Championships. They also competed at elite events such as the ISU Challenger Series, the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating at the Grand Prix Final. On June 15, 2023, the International Skating Union announced that all figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus would remain banned from attending any international competitions. Season notes Age eligibility Skaters are eligible to compete in ISU events at the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not apply to non-ISU events such as national championships. At the ISU Congress held in Phuket, Thailand, in June 2022, members of the ISU Council accepted a proposal to gradually increase the minimum a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Figure Skating Season
The 2023–24 figure skating season began on July 1, 2023, and ended on June 30, 2024. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU (International Skating Union) Championship level at the 2024 European Championships, Four Continents Championships, World Junior Championships, World Championships, and the Winter Youth Olympics. They also competed at elite events such as the ISU Challenger Series as well as the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating at the Grand Prix Final. On June 15, 2023, the International Skating Union announced that all figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus would remain banned from attending any international competitions. Season notes Age eligibility Skaters are eligible to compete in ISU events at either junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not apply to non-ISU events such as national championships. At the ISU Congress held in Phuket, Thailand, in June 2022, members of the ISU Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Zawadzki
Agnes Elizabeth Zawadzki (born July 31, 1994) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2012 Cup of Russia, Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist and a two-time U.S. Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national bronze medalist (2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2012, 2013 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2013). As a junior, she was a two-time World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World Junior medalist (2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2010 silver, 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2011 bronze) and the 2010 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national junior champion. Personal life Zawadzki's parents, originally from Gdańsk and southern Poland, moved to the United States in the early 1990s and divorced when she was three. After her father died from a drug and alcohol overdose when she was 10, Zawadzki's mother worked double shifts as a nanny and housekeeper to support her skating. She has an older brother, Bart. Zawad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeni Plushenko
Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko (, born 3 November 1982) is a Russian former figure skater. He is a four-time Olympic medalist (2006 gold, 2014 team gold, 2002 & 2010 silver), a three-time World champion (2001, 2003, 2004), a seven-time European champion (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012), a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05), and a ten-time Russian national champion (1999–2002, 2004–2006, 2010, 2012–2013). Plushenko's four Olympic medals once tied with Sweden's Gillis Grafström's record for most Olympic medals in figure skating, which has since been surpassed by Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue. He also won a record total of 22 titles on the Grand Prix circuit. Early life and education Plushenko was born on 3 November 1982 in , Solnechny District, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union. His mother was originally from Volgograd, Russian SFSR, and his father, a carpenter, was born in Donetsk, Russia. He has an older sist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chafik Besseghier
Chafik Besseghier (born 11 October 1989) is a French figure skater. He is a two-time International Cup of Nice champion and the 2016 and 2018 French national champion. He has won a total of fourteen senior international medals and finished in the top ten at three ISU Championships ( 2014 Worlds, 2013 Europeans, 2017 Europeans). Personal life Chafik Besseghier was born in Grenoble, France. His parents are from Algeria, close to Oran, and he has two siblings. On 14 February 2020, Besseghier married Ukrainian-Turkish ice dancer Alisa Agafonova. Career Early years Besseghier began skating at a relatively late age, almost 13, in August 2002. Within a year, he had landed all the double jumps, and was landing triples by the end of his second year. Training in Grenoble, he competed mostly domestically before making his ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in 2008. In the 2009–2010 season, Besseghier won the bronze medal at the Crystal Skate of Romania and 2010 Triglav Trophy. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uwe Kagelmann
Uwe Kagelmann (born 6 September 1950 in Dresden, Saxony, East Germany/GDR) is a German former competitive pair skater. Competing with Manuela Groß, he was a two-time bronze medalist at the Olympics. He later became a figure skating coach. The pair skated for the SV Dynamo club and represented East Germany. Their coach was Heinz-Friedrich Lindner. He now works as a figure skating coach at the Feldkircher Eislauf Verein Montfort club in Austria. Results pairs with Groß See also * World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ... References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20060502042510/http://www.eklscberlin.arcgraph.de/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20060903184859/http://www.feldkirch.org/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Kagelmann, Uwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Skotnický
Martin Skotnický (born 24 August 1947) is a Slovak ice dancing coach and former competitor for Czechoslovakia. With his sister, Diana Skotnická, he is the 1970 Winter Universiade 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 to ice dancing 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 1968 Winter Universiade in Innsbruck, Austria. In the 1969–1970 season, Skotnická/Skotnický won the first of their five consecutive national titles and placed 11th at the World Championships in Ljubljana, Yug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Karamysheva
Natalja Germanovna Karamyševa (, also romanized as Natalia Karamysheva) (born 3 August 1959) is a former Soviet ice dancer who works as a coach and choreographer. With her husband Rostislav Sinicyn (Sinitsyn), she is the 1978 and 1980 Soviet national champion. Career Natalia Karamysheva and Rostislav Sinitsyn placed 5th at the 1979 European Championships and 7th at the 1980 World Championships. They won the silver medal at the 1981 Winter Universiade. Following her retirement from competitive skating, Karamyševa became a coach and choreographer working in the Czech Republic. Her current and former students and clients include Karolína Procházková / Michal Češka, Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn, Kamila Hájková / David Vincour, Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák, Jakub Strobl, and Barbora Ulehlova. Personal life Karamyševa is married to Rostislav Sinicyn. Their son, Alexandr Sinicyn (born 27 March 1996 in Prague), is a competitive ice dancer for the Czec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rostislav Sinicyn
Rostislav Alexandrovich Sinitsyn (, also romanized as Sinitsyn; born 18 October 1955) is an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. With his wife Natalia Karamyševa (Karamysheva), Sinicyn is the 1978 and 1980 Soviet national champion. Following his retirement from competitive skating, he works as a coach and choreographer and was naturalized as a Czech citizen. Career Rostislav Sinitsyn and Natalia Karamysheva placed 5th at the 1979 European Championships and 7th at the 1980 World Championships. They won the silver medal at the 1981 Winter Universiade. Following his retirement from competitive skating, Sinicyn became a coach and choreographer. His current and former students and clients include: Ice Dancing * Saskia Brall / Tim Giesen * Jana Čejková / Alexandr Sinicyn * Kamila Hájková / David Vincour * Carolina Hermann / Daniel Hermann * Barbora Heroldova / Zdenek Pazdera * Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák * Karolína Procházková / Michal Češka, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ria Schiffner
Ria Schiffner (born 5 March 1996) is a German ice dancer 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 .... With partner Julian Salatzki, she is the 2013 German national junior silver medalist and finished 16th at the 2014 World Junior Championships. Programs (with Salatzki) Competitive highlights (with Salatzki) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schiffner, Ria 1996 births German female ice dancers Living people Figure skaters from Berlin 21st-century German sportswomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisa Drei
Alisa Drei (born 28 February 1978) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She finished in the top ten at seven European Championships. Life and career Drei began skating at the age of three in Moscow; she and her mother subsequently moved to Finland and received Finnish citizenship. Drei began competing internationally for Finland in 1994. She resided in Riihimäki and her coach was her mother, Elena Drei-Koskinen. Drei announced her retirement on December 14, 2007 due to knee problems. She has a degree in sport psychology from a sports academy in Saint Petersburg. In February 2008, she began coaching young skaters in Espoo Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi .... Programs Competitive highlights References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Wilson
Tracy Wilson, (born September 25, 1961) is a Canadian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Rob McCall, she won the Canadian national championship seven times (1982–1988), is a three-time World bronze medallist, and the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist. Personal life Wilson was born on September 25, 1961, in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. She grew up in Port Moody, British Columbia. As child she did swimming and diving, competing at provincials three times. She first swam with the Coquitlam Sharks in 1967 before moving, in 1970, to Port Moody Aquarians. She attended college for one semester before her partnership with Rob McCall began. In 1987, Wilson married Brad Kinsella. Though she did not change her name at the time, her name is sometimes printed as Tracy Wilson-Kinsella or Tracy Wilson Kinsella. Together they have three children – two sons who play hockey and a daughter who competes as an equestrian. They live in Toronto, Ontario. Skating career Wilson started skatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
