Jiří Bělohradský (born 20 January 1999) is a Czech competitive

figure skater 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, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. He is the 2015 Merano Cup bronze medalist and two-time Czech national champion. He has qualified for the free skate at three ISU Championships.

Personal life

Jiří Bělohradský was born on 20 January 1999 in

Mariánské Lázně Mariánské Lázně (; ) is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. Most of the town's buildings come from its Golden Era in the second half of the 19th century, when many c ...

, Czech Republic. He is the older brother of Czech figure skater Matyáš Bělohradský.

Career

Bělohradský's

ISU 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 figure skating competition, junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded ...

(JGP) debut came in the 2014–15 season; he placed 14th in

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, Slovenia in late August 2014 and 18th in

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, Croatia in October. He was selected to compete at the 2015 World Junior Championships in

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, Estonia, but was eliminated after placing 39th in the short program. He trained under Monika Škorničková in Mariánské Lázně until the end of the season. Bělohradský changed coaches ahead of the 2015–16 season, joining Vlasta Kopřivová in Prague. In September, he competed at two 2015 JGP events, finishing 18th in

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, Austria and 11th in

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, Poland. Making his senior international debut, he placed 9th at the 2015 Ice Challenge, an

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 figure skating season, 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU ...

(CS) event in October. He won a bronze medal at the Merano Cup and placed 10th at the

NRW Trophy The NRW Trophy (also known as the NRW Summer Trophy or the NRW Autumn Trophy) is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2007, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eisla ...

. In December, he made his first senior national podium, taking silver behind Michal Březina. Bělohradský was selected to compete at the 2016 European Championships in

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, Slovakia as the Czech Republic's second entry in the men's event. Ranked 19th in the short program, he qualified for the free skate and finished 20th overall. He also reached the final segment at the 2016 World Junior Championships in

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, Hungary, placing 16th in both segments and overall.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

Single skating

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Belohradsky, Jiri 1999 births Living people People from Mariánské Lázně Czech male single skaters Sportspeople from the Karlovy Vary Region 21st-century Czech sportsmen