Zoltán Tóth (figure skater)

Zoltán Tóth
Zoltán Tóth
Born	24 August 1979 (age 45); Debrecen, Hungary
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Hungary
Skating club	Jegcsillag SC Budapest ; Vasas SC Budapest
Began skating	1988
Retired	2006

Zoltán Tóth (born 24 August 1979) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skater. He is a five-time Hungarian national champion and competed in two Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Zoltán Tóth was born on 24 August 1979 in Debrecen, Hungary.^[1]

Career

Tóth began skating in 1988.^[2] Early in his career, he was coached by András Száraz.^[3] Zsófia Kulcsár became his coach in 1998.^[4]

Tóth became Hungary's senior national champion for the first time in the 2000–01 season. He represented Vasas Skating Club in Budapest.^[3] The following season, he competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, placing 25th. His highest ISU Championship placement, 17th, came at the 2003 Europeans in Malmö, Sweden.

In the 2003–04 season, Tóth began representing Jegcsillag Skating Club in Budapest.^[2] He won silver medals at the 2003 Golden Spin of Zagreb and 2003 Crystal Skate of Romania. He placed 25th at both the 2004 European Championships in Budapest and 2004 World Championships in Dortmund.

Tóth started the 2005–06 season with a sixth-place result at the 2005 Ondrej Nepela Memorial in Bratislava, Slovakia. In October, he competed at the 2005 Karl Schäfer Memorial in Vienna – the final opportunity to qualify for the Olympics – and finished 7th, which would turn out to be sufficient. In February 2006, he competed at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He was one of 24 skaters to qualify for the free skate, having ranked 24th in the short, and finished 24th overall. It was his final competitive appearance.

Tóth is a coach at Jégvirág Miskolc Skating Club in Miskolc, Hungary.^[4]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2005–2006 ^[1]	Kill Bill choreo. by Edvald Smirnov, István Boros	Music by Ludwig van Beethoven choreo. by Edvald Smirnov, István Boros
2004–2005 ^[5]	Malaguena by Raul di Blasio choreo. by Jerenjak Ipakjan	Music by Ludwig van Beethoven choreo. by Edvald Smirnov
2003–2004 ^[2]	Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky choreo. by Jerenjak Ipakjan	Die Another Day by David Arnold choreo. by István Boros
2002–2003 ^[6]	Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky choreo. by Jerenjak Ipakjan	Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky choreo. by István Boros
2001–2002 ^[7]	Close Cover by Wim Mertens, Café del Mar choreo. by István Boros	Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky choreo. by István Boros
2000–2001 ^[3]	Suite for Variety Orchestra by Dmitri Shostakovich (from Eyes Wide Shut) choreo. by István Boros	Face/Off by John Powell choreo. by István Boros

Results

JGP: Junior Series/Junior Grand Prix

International^[8]
Event	95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06
Olympics							25th				24th
Worlds						35th	31st	27th	25th	27th
Europeans						25th		17th	25th	30th	26th
Crystal Skate								2nd	2nd
Czech Skate	12th
Golden Spin					20th	12th	18th		2nd	11th
Karl Schäfer											7th
Nebelhorn Trophy	15th
Ondrej Nepela						20th	10th		6th		6th
International: Junior^[8]
Junior Worlds			27th	30th
JGP Hungary			11th	10th
JGP Slovakia				13th
Grand Prize SNP	5th J.
Penta Cup	7th J.
National^[8]
Hungarian Champ.	2nd		3rd	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st
J. = Junior level

References

^ ^a ^b "Zoltan TOTH: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Zoltan TOTH: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Zoltan TOTH: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2001.
^ ^a ^b "Tóth Zoltán" (in Hungarian). Miskolci Jégvirág Korcsolya Klub (Jégvirág Miskolc Skating Club). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019.
^ "Zoltan TOTH: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005.
^ "Zoltan TOTH: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2003.
^ "Zoltan TOTH: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Zoltan TOTH (HUN Hungary)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016.

External links

Zoltán Tóth at the International Skating Union
"Official website of Zoltán Tóth". Archived from the original on 2 July 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[ISU-0506-1] "Zoltan TOTH: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006.

[ISU-0304-2] "Zoltan TOTH: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.

[ISU-0001-3] "Zoltan TOTH: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2001.

[MJKK-bio-4] "Tóth Zoltán" (in Hungarian). Miskolci Jégvirág Korcsolya Klub (Jégvirág Miskolc Skating Club). Archived from the original on 9 July 2019.

[ISU-0405-5] "Zoltan TOTH: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005.

[ISU-0203-6] "Zoltan TOTH: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2003.

[ISU-0102-7] "Zoltan TOTH: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.

[ISU-ZT-8] "Zoltan TOTH (HUN Hungary)". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016.

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