Nikola Višňová (born 25 May 1992 in

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) is a Czech

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who competed for

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with

Lukáš Csölley Lukáš Csölley (born 18 June 1990) is a Slovak former competitive ice dancer. With Lucie Myslivečková, he competed at the Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dancing, 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. With Feder ...

from 2006 to 2011. They are three-time (2009–2011) Slovak national champions and reached the free dance at five World Junior Championships. Their best result, 5th, came at the 2011 World Junior Championships.

Career

In 2006, Višňová teamed up with Slovak skater

. They decided to represent Slovakia. In their first two seasons, they trained under Gabriela Hrázská in

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, and

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. They finished 19th at the 2007 World Junior Championships in Oberstdorf and 17th at the 2008 World Junior Championships in

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. In the 2008–09 season, Višňová/Csölley trained in Berlin, Oberstdorf, and Brno, coached by Hendryk Schamberger. They placed 17th at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Sofia. During the next two seasons, the two were coached by

Roberto Pelizzola Roberto Pelizzola (born 13 October 1958 in Milan) is an Italian figure skating coach and former competitive ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom d ...

and Raffaella Cazzaniga in

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. They ranked 20th at the 2010 European Championships in

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, Estonia; 19th at the 2010 World Junior Championships in

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, Netherlands; 22nd at the 2011 European Championships in

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, Switzerland; and 5th at the 2011 World Junior Championships in

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, South Korea. In September 2011, it was reported that their partnership had ended.

Programs

(with Csolley)

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 ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Visnova, Nikola 1992 births Figure skaters from Brno Czech female ice dancers Slovak female ice dancers Living people