Gheorghe Chiper
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| Gheorghe Chiper | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  Romania |
| Born | 8 April 1978 |
| Height | 176 cm (5.77 ft) |
| Coach | Sandra Schär-Chiper |
| Choreographer | Sandra Schär, Pasquale Camerlengo |
| Skating club | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| Retired | 2006 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 191.95 2005 Trophée Eric Bompard |
| Short program | 67.66 2006 Olympics |
| Free skate | 125.70 2005 Trophée Eric Bompard |
Gheorghe Chiper (born 8 April 1978 in Miercurea Ciuc) is a Romanian former competitive figure skater. He is an eight time Romanian national champion and competed at two Olympic Games. He is the first Romanian skater to win a medal on the Grand Prix circuit and the first Romanian to land a quadruple toe loop in competition. He moved to Switzerland to train.[1] He retired from eligible skating after the 2005-2006 Olympic season. Chiper began working as a coach in Switzerland.[2]
Chiper is married to his former coach, Sandra Schär, and they have one child.
Results [edit]
| Event | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games | 23rd | 14th | ||||||||||
| World Championships | 21st | 18th | 17th | 18th | 14th | |||||||
| European Championships | 20th | 29th | 15th | 18th | 9th | 9th | 8th | 9th | ||||
| World Championships | 27th | 23rd | 15th | |||||||||
| Romanian Championships | 4th J. | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Skate Canada International | 12th | |||||||||||
| Trophée Eric Bompard | 3rd | |||||||||||
| Cup of Russia | 7th | |||||||||||
| NHK Trophy | 7th | |||||||||||
| Crystal Skate of Romania | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 10th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 1st | |||||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 12th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||||||||
| Karl Schäfer Memorial | 4th | 6th | ||||||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 11th | 17th | 9th | |||||||||
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 11th | |||||||||||
| Winter Universiade | 14th |
References [edit]
- ^ Dobor, Helga (2005). ""The only important thing is to improve" - A chat with Gheorge Chiper". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ Osborne, Magdalena (2008). "Gheorghe Chiper behind the boards". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
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