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Karel Fajfr
Fajfr at 2010 Trophée Eric Bompard
Full nameKarel Jiri Jan Josef Fajfr
Other namesKarl Pfeifer
Born (1943-09-07) 7 September 1943 (age 81)
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Figure skating career
PartnerVěra Stehlíková
Marika Nagyová

Karel Jiri Jan Josef Fajfr (born 7 September 1943)[1] is a German figure skating coach based in Oberstdorf and a former pair skater for Czechoslovakia.

Life and career

Competing in partnership with Věra Stehlíková, Fajfr won two silver medals at the Czechoslovak national championships (1964 and 1965). They won the bronze medal at the 1965 Prague Skate. After their partnership ended, he skated with Marika Nagyová for two seasons. They won two bronze medals at the Czechoslovak Championships.

Fajfr moved to Germany after the Prague Spring in 1968. From 1980 he coached in Stuttgart and led his daughter Scarlett to the 1981 German Junior national title. That same year, he coached the pair team of Tina Riegel / Andreas Nischwitz to the World bronze and European silver medals. He also coached Heiko Fischer, a five-time German national champion.

In autumn 1994 an investigation was launched into alleged abuse of some of his students.[2] Fajfr was charged with eleven counts of sexual abuse and two counts of battery.[3] In December 1995, he was sentenced to two years probation, fined 25,000 Deutsche Mark, and given a three-year Berufsverbot (professional disqualification).[4]

In July 2019, another former student accused Fajfr of psychological and physical abuse.[5]

Fajfr coaches in Oberstdorf. His former students include:

Results

With Stehlíková

International
Event 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66
European Championships 13th
Prague Skate 3rd
National
Czechoslovak Championships 2nd 2nd

With Nagyová

International
Event 1966–67 1967–68
Prague Skate 7th
National
Czechoslovak Championships 3rd 3rd

References

  1. ^ "Coach Profile - Karel Jiri Jan Josef FAJFR". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ Willier, Dietrich (1995). "Im Griff des Trainers". Die Zeit (in German).
  3. ^ Grasmuck, Armin; Henrich, Klaus (16 December 2006). "Der Skandal-Trainer und die Eis-Prinzessin" (in German). Bild.
  4. ^ Hettrich, Arnulf (5 December 1995). "Fajfr schuldig gesprochen" [Fajfr found guilty] (in German). Die Welt.
  5. ^ "Würzburger Eiskunstläufer wirft Trainer Fajfr Misshandlung vor". 29 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Michal BREZINA". International Skating Union.
  7. ^ "Katharina GIEROK / Florian JUST". International Skating Union.
  8. ^ "Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2010-01-22.
  9. ^ "Annabelle PRÖLSS / Ruben BLOMMAERT". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2013-07-20.
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