Michal Březina
 Březina at the 2009 Junior World Championships. |
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| Full name | Michal Březina | ||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Czech Republic |
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| Born | 30 March 1990 Brno |
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Petr Starec Karol Divín Karel Fajfr |
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| Former coach | Alena Knothová | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Pasquale Camerlengo Frank Dehne |
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| Former choreographer | Hana Charvátová | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | TJ Stadion Brno | ||||||||||||
| Current training locations | Brno, Oberstdorf, Andalo | ||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1997 | ||||||||||||
| World standing | 6 (As of 16 June 2011[update])[1] | ||||||||||||
| Season's bests | 6 (2010–2011)[2] 9 (2009–2010)[3] 23 (2008–2009)[4] |
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| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
| Combined total | 236.06 2010 Worlds |
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| Short program | 81.75 2010 Worlds |
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| Free skate | 154.31 2010 Worlds |
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Michal Březina (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪxal ˈbr̝ɛzɪna]; born 30 March 1990 in Brno, Czech Republic) is a Czech figure skater. He is the 2011 Skate America champion, the 2009 World Junior silver medalist, and the 2010 Czech national champion.
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[edit] Career
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Although his father is a former figure skater, Březina was initially interested in playing hockey following the 1998 Olympics. His father advised him to learn to skate first, and after a few months, Březina dropped hockey to focus on figure skating.[5]
Březina first landed a triple Salchow at the age of 12, and a triple Axel at 15.[5] In practice, he has worked on a quad toe loop and quad Salchow.[5] He has trained in his hometown of Brno with coach Petr Starec and in Oberstdorf, Germany with Karel Fajfr.[6][7][8] He currently trains mainly in Oberstdorf.[9]
Březina won the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy over compatriot and reigning champion, Tomáš Verner. Two weeks later, he won his first Junior Grand Prix medal, a silver, in Chemnitz. Březina placed 16th at his first European Championships. He missed training time because of a broken wrist, but was able to compete at the World Junior Championships, where he was 5th.[10]
In the 2008-09 season, Březina won both his junior Grand Prix events, but was forced to miss the Junior Grand Prix Final and the Czech national championships due to a knee injury that required surgery. He returned in time for the 2009 Europeans, where he finished 10th, and then set a new personal best at the 2009 Junior Worlds, finishing second behind Adam Rippon.
In 2009-10, Březina debuted on the senior Grand Prix circuit, finishing fourth at the 2009 Skate Canada International. He won the bronze medal at 2009 NHK Trophy, and defeated Tomáš Verner to win the Czech Championship. He finished 4th at the 2010 European Championships.[11] At the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver he came in 10th. Competing at his first senior World Championships, he earned a fourth place finish with a new personal best score of 236.06.
During the 2010-11 Grand Prix season, Březina was forced to withdraw from the 2010 Cup of China after undergoing surgery for a varicose vein in his abdomen.[12][9] He later withdrew from the 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard as well. He took silver behind Verner at the Czech Championships. At the 2011 European Championships, Březina placed second in the short program but dropped to 8th overall following the free skate. At the 2011 World Championships, he successfully landed two quads, a Salchow and a toe loop, in the long program – his first quads landed in competition – but fell on two jumps toward the end of the program. He finished fourth at the event for the second straight year.[13][14]
Březina experienced some boot problems during the off-season.[8] He began the 2011–2012 season at 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy where he won the silver medal. Skaters who had placed in the top six at the 2011 Worlds were given a newly introduced option of competing at three Grand Prix events.[15] Březina elected to do so, and was assigned to 2011 Skate America, 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard, and 2011 Cup of Russia.[8] At Skate America, he won the short program by 8.39 points and placed third in the free skate to win the gold medal overall. Brezina won the bronze medal in France which qualified him for the Grand Prix Final.[16] He then placed fourth in Cup of Russia. He was sixth at the Grand Prix Final.
[edit] Personal life
Březina intends to study sports at university and to eventually become a skating coach.[5] He is dating ice dancer Allison Reed.[17] His younger sister, Eliška Březinová, is also a competitive skater in singles skating.[18][9]
[edit] Programs
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| Season | Short program | Free skate | Exhibition |
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| 2011–2012 | Japanese Kodo Drums choreographed by Pasquale Camerlengo |
The Untouchables by Ennio Morricone choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo[8] |
All That You Are by Goo Goo Dolls |
| 2010–2011 | Japanese Kodo Drums choreographed by Pasquale Camerlengo[6] |
An American in Paris by George Gershwin |
Feeling Good by Michael Bublé |
| 2009–2010 | Puttin' On the Ritz by Irving Berlin |
An American in Paris by George Gershwin |
Feeling Good by Michael Bublé |
| 2008–2009 | Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima |
Latin Dance Selections by Safri Duo |
Singin' in the Rain by Nacio Herb Brown performed by Arthur Freed |
[edit] Competitive highlights
[edit] References
- ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Men". International Skating Union. June 16, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsmen.htm. Retrieved June 18, 2011 2011.
- ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Men". International Skating Union. April 28, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtsmto.htm. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Men". International Skating Union. March 25, 2010. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2009-10/sbtsmto.htm. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2008/2009 : Men". International Skating Union. April 18, 2009. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2008-09/sbtsmto.htm. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Mittan, Barry (July 6, 2008). "Brezina Challenges Czech's Verner". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2008/070608.shtml. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
- ^ a b Flade, Tatjana (August 22, 2010). "Realistic ambitions". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/082210.shtml. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ^ Luchianov, Vladislav (July 5, 2011). "Big things on the horizon for Brezina". Icenetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110705&content_id=21432016&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Flade, Tatjana (September 14, 2011). "Michal Březina on the Edge of Success". IFS Magazine. http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/607-michal-b-ezina-on-the-edge-of-success. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
- ^ a b c Golinsky, Reut (January 3, 2012). "Michal Březina: "Since Olympics, skating moved on"". Absolute Skating. http://absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2011brezina. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
- ^ "Interview with Michal Brezina, Oberstdorf, July 2008". figureskating-online. July 20, 2008. http://www.figureskating-online.com/michal-brezina.html. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
- ^ Bőd, Titanilla (2010). "Michal Březina: "Practice is like competition for me"". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/interviews/2010brezina.html. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ Sarah S., Brannen; Meekins, Drew (26 October 2010). "The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew: Brezina, Bates and regattas". Icenetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101026&content_id=15849272&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
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- ^ ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2011/2012
- ^ Tikhonova, Yulia (December 12, 2011). "Михал Бржезина: "Четверной прыжок – это не всё!" [The quad is not everything]" (in Russian). sport.ru. Archived from the original on December 16, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/63zMj6ekf.
- ^ Kany, Klaus-Reinhold (July 13, 2011). "European News: Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy and More: Summer Updates". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/582-european-news-aliona-savchenko-and-robin-szolkowy-and-more.
- ^ "Biography: Eliska BREZINOVA". International Skating Union. http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012118.htm. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Michal Březina at the International Skating Union
- "Michal Brezina". IceNetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100642&mode=I.
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