György Elek (born 2 May 1984) is a Hungarian former competitive

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

Zsuzsanna Nagy Zsuzsanna Nagy (born 10 June 1986) is a Hungarian former competitive ice dancer. With Máté Fejes, she is the 2011 Pavel Roman Memorial champion and a two-time Hungarian Figure Skating Championships, Hungarian national champion. They competed in ...

, he is a two-time national silver medalist. They competed in the final segment at four ISU Championships and also appeared on the senior

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series.

Personal life

Elek was born on 2 May 1984 in

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, Hungary. He is the younger brother of Hungarian ice dancer

Attila Elek Attila Elek (born 6 December 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian ice dancer. With former partner Nóra Hoffmann, he is a two-time (2003–2004) World Junior silver medalist, the 2003 JGP Final champion, and a five-time (2003–2007) Hungarian ...

Career

Elek's partnership with Regina Szabo began by 2001. They competed at four

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events. Elek teamed up with

in the middle of the 2002–2003 season. The two qualified to the final segment at the 2003 World Junior Championships in

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, Czech Republic, and the 2004 World Junior Championships in

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, Netherlands. After moving up to the senior level, in the 2005–2006 season, Nagy/Elek appeared at two

events and became two-time national silver medalists. They competed in the free dance at the 2006 European Championships in

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, France, and 2007 European Championships in

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, Poland. They competed in the original dance at the 2007 World Championships in

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, Japan, but did not advance to the free dance. Nagy/Elek were coached by her parents, Sándor Nagy and

Gabriella Remport Gabriella Remport Nagy is a Hungarian former ice dancer. With Sándor Nagy, she is a two-time Hungarian national champion. The duo competed at three World Championships and four European Championships. They were coached by Ilona Berecz. Remp ...

. Their partnership ended around 2007.

Programs

(with Nagy)

Competitive highlights

''JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Nagy

With Szabo

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elek, Gyorgy Living people Hungarian male ice dancers 1984 births Figure skaters from Budapest 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen