Silvio Smalun
| Silvio Smalun | |
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 Smalun in 2006 |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Silvio Smalun |
| Country represented |  Germany |
| Born | 2 November 1979 Erfurt |
| Residence | Oberstdorf |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Former coach | Michael Huth Ilona Schindler |
| Former choreographer | Rostislav Sinitsyn |
| Skating club | Eissportclub Oberstdorf |
| Retired | 2006 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 181.73 2006 Europeans |
| Short program | 65.92 2006 Worlds |
| Free skate | 117.85 2006 Europeans |
Silvio Smalun (born 2 November 1979 in Erfurt, Thuringia) is a German figure skater. He is the 2001 & 2003 German national champion.
[edit] Career
Silvio Smalun started skating at the age of 5. His first coach was Ilona Schindler. He trained alongside Stefan Lindemann. In 1995, he went to Oberstdorf where he was coached by Michael Huth. Due to his studies he trained also in Ulm without his coach.
In 2006, he placed 8th at the 2006 European Figure Skating Championships. Despite placing higher than Stefan Lindemann, he did not qualify for the Olympics, while Lindemann did.
He retired from competitive skating in September, 2006.
In autumn 2006 Silvio, Smalun participated in Katarina Witt's show Stars auf Eis on the German TV station Pro7. His partner was pop-singer Lucy Diakovska (No Angels). The pair came in 3rd place despite the fact that Smalun has never skated in pairs.
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
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| World Championships | 23rd | 17th QR. | 20th | ||||||||
| European Championships | 16th | 11th | 16th | 8th | |||||||
| World Junior Championships | 13th | ||||||||||
| German Championships | 4th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Skate America | 10th | 10th | 12th | ||||||||
| Skate Canada International | 10th | ||||||||||
| Bofrost Cup | 12th | 11th | 12th | 9th | 3rd | 6th | |||||
| Cup of China | 9th | ||||||||||
| Trophée Eric Bompard | 9th | 7th | |||||||||
| Cup of Russia | 8th | ||||||||||
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 13th | ||||||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 9th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 8th | ||||||
| Karl Schäfer Memorial | 5th | 9th | |||||||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 5th | 7th | |||||||||
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 10th | 5th | 3rd | 8th | 5th | ||||||
| Blue Swords | 17th | 5th |
- QR = Qualifying round
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