Cortney Mansour or Mansourová (born December 15, 1994) is a Canadian-Czech

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. Ac ...

. With Michal Češka, she has won four international medals and three national titles. The two have reached the final segment at three ISU Championships. Earlier in her career, she competed with

Daryn Zhunussov Daryn Zhunussov (born August 31, 1991) is a Kazakhstani 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 Championsh ...

for

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Personal life

Cortney Mansour was born on December 15, 1994 in

Regina, Saskatchewan Regina () is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, after Saskatoon, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 C ...

, Canada. She became a Czech citizen in December 2017. Her aunt skated for the

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Early career

Mansour started learning to skate in 1996. In the 2011–12 season, she competed with

for

. After starting the season in the junior ranks, Mansour/Zhunussov decided to move up to the senior level. In January, they placed last at the 2012 Four Continents Championships in

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. In March, they competed at the 2012 World Championships in

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, France; their placement in the preliminary round, 20th, was insufficient to qualify for the short dance.

Partnership with Češka

2013–14 season

In 2013, Mansour teamed up with Michal Češka to compete for the

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, following a tryout in Europe. They were coached by Carol Lane, Jon Lane, and Juris Razgulajevs in

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, Ontario, Canada. Making their international debut, Mansour/Češka placed 12th at a

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(JGP) event in

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in September 2013 and tenth the following month at JGP

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in the Czech Republic. The duo finished 13th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in

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, Bulgaria, after placing 14th in both segments.

2014–15 season: Senior debut

Mansour/Češka advanced to the senior level in the 2014–15 season. Competing in the Challenger Series, they placed ninth at the

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and tenth at the 2014 CS Skate Canada Autumn Classic. Ranked 19th in the short dance and 15th in the free, they finished 17th at the 2015 European Championships in

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, Sweden.

2015–16 season

Mansour/Češka placed sixth at two Challenger Series events in the first half of October, the

2015 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy The 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy was the 23rd edition of an annual senior international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. A part of the 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series, it was held on October 1–3, 2015 at the Ondrej Nepela ...

and 2015 CS Finlandia Trophy. Deciding to change coaches, they joined

Igor Shpilband Igor Yuryevich Shpilband (russian: Игорь Юрьевич Шпильбанд, born July 14, 1964) is an American ice dancing coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. He is the 1983 World Junior champion with former partner Tatiana G ...

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at the end of the month. The duo won gold at the

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and then finished 13th at the 2016 European Championships in

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after placing 14th in the short and 13th in the free. Ranked 24th in the short, they did not qualify for the free dance at the 2016 World Championships.

2016–17 season: Grand Prix debut

In July 2016, Mansour/Češka received their first

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assignment, replacing

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/ Lukas Csolley at the

2016 Trophée de France The 2016 Trophée de France was the fourth event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris on November 11–13. Medals we ...

Programs

With Češka

With Zhunussov

Results

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

With Češka for the Czech Republic

With Zhunussov for Kazakhstan

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mansour, Cortney 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan Czech female ice dancers Kazakhstani female ice dancers Canadian female ice dancers Naturalized citizens of the Czech Republic Canadian emigrants to the Czech Republic Canadian emigrants to Kazakhstan Canadian people of Kazakhstani descent Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of the Czech Republic