Hailey Kops
Hailey Kops | |
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![]() Kops at the 2019 World Junior Championships | |
Full name | Hailey Esther Kops |
Born | New York City | June 1, 2002
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Israel |
Partner | Evgeni Krasnopolski |
Coach | Galit Chait Moracci Anton Nimenko |
Skating club | Israel ISF |
Began skating | 2004 |
Hailey Esther Kops (Hebrew: היילי קופס; born June 1, 2002) is an American-born Israeli pair skater. With former partner Evgeni Krasnopolski, she competed for Israel at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
With her former partner, Artem Tsoglin, she competed in the final segment at two World Junior Figure Skating Championships (2017 and 2018).
Personal life
[edit]Kops was born in New York City, New York, and later lived in West Orange, New Jersey.[2] Her parents are Lisa and Steven Kops. She has four brothers Corey, Max, Evan, and Ty. Max played for an Israeli team called Maccabiah. her little brothers Evan and Ty play for an academy for PSA. She is an Orthodox Jew.[3][4] Her older brother Corey plays ice hockey, in 2015-16, played for the Raanana Hitman of the Israeli League, and in 2017 played for the Kalkaska Rhinos in the United States Premier Hockey League in Michigan.[5][6]
In high school, she was home-schooled. After graduating from high school, she spent a gap year studying at the Orthodox Jewish Midreshet Amit Seminary in Jerusalem, Israel, in 2020-21.[7][3][4]
Career
[edit]Kops began learning to skate in 2004.[2] In 2016, she teamed up with Artem Tsoglin to compete for Israel in pair skating. The two made their international debut in September 2016, placing 9th at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Russia. In March, the pair finished 11th at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.[8]
Kops/Tsoglin placed 16th at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. They were named to Israel's team for the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships in Minsk, Belarus.
After the end of her partnership with Tsoglin, Kops took some time away from the sport. She announced in the summer of 2021 that she had formed a new partnership with Evgeni Krasnopolski.[9] After three months' preparation, they competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to attempt to qualify a berth for Israel at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Seventh in the short program, they were fourth in the free skate and rose to fifth overall, sufficient to qualify for the third of three available pairs spots.[10] Kops/Krasnopolski qualified for the free skate in the pairs event, finishing fifteenth overall.[11][12]
Programs
[edit]With Krasnopolski
[edit]Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2021–2022 [13] |
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With Tsoglin
[edit]Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2017–2019 [14] |
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2016–2017 [15] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Pairs with Krasnopolski
[edit]International[16] | |
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Event | 21–22 |
Olympics | 15th |
Worlds | 12th |
Europeans | WD |
CS Golden Spin | 12th |
CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 5th |
CS Warsaw Cup | 13th |
Cranberry Cup | 11th |
John Nicks Challenge | 7th |
National[16] | |
Israeli Champ. | 1st |
TBD = Assigned |
Pairs with Tsoglin
[edit]International[8] | |||
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Event | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
Europeans | WD | ||
CS Golden Spin | 8th | ||
Open Ice Mall | 5th | ||
International: Junior[8] | |||
Junior Worlds | 11th | 16th | 7th |
JGP Germany | 14th | ||
JGP Russia | 9th | ||
Cup of Tyrol | 1st | ||
Tallinn Trophy | 2nd | ||
Volvo Open Cup | 3rd | 1st | |
National[8] | |||
Israeli Champ. | 1st J | ||
J = Junior level |
Ladies' singles
[edit]National or regional[17] | ||||
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Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
New England Regionals | 9th I1 | |||
North Atlantic Regionals | 12th V2 | 6th V7 | 19th V1 | |
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate |
References
[edit]- ^ "Figure Skating - Hailey Esther Kops (Israel)". the-sports.org.
- ^ a b "Hailey KOPS / Artem TSOGLIN: 2018/2019". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b Spiro, Amy (December 28, 2021). "Orthodox New Jersey teen is Israel's newest Olympic skating hope; Hailey Kops will team up with veteran Israeli Olympian Evgeni Krasnopolski on the ice at the 2022 Winter Games". Times of Israel.
- ^ a b Hasten, Josh (December 22, 2021). "Religion meets the rink: Orthodox skater to represent Israel at Beijing Olympics". Jewish News Syndicate.
- ^ "Statistics Israeli League 2015-2016". Eurohockey.com.
- ^ "New Jersey Product Kops Brings Smarts & Skills To Kalkaska". U.S. Premier Hockey League. August 23, 2017.
- ^ Sara Levine (December 24, 2021). "This Orthodox Jewish Ice Skater Will Represent Israel at the Olympics".
- ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Hailey KOPS / Artem TSOGLIN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019.
- ^ Krasnopooski, Evgeni (July 30, 2021). "lifeisgood" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
- ^ Flade, Tatjana (September 24, 2021). "Germany's Hase and Seegert claim victory on home ice at Nebelhorn". Golden Skate.
- ^ Penny, Brandon (February 18, 2022). "Re-live the record-setting Olympic pairs short program". NBC Sports.
- ^ Penny, Brandon (February 19, 2022). "Skate by skate: How the dramatic pairs competition ended". NBC Sports.
- ^ "Competition Results: Hailey KOPS / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021.
- ^ "Hailey Esther KOPS / Artem TSOGLIN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
- ^ "Hailey Esther KOPS / Artem TSOGLIN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Hailey KOPS / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Hailey KOPS". rinkresults.com.
External links
[edit]- 2002 births
- Israeli female pair skaters
- Israeli Orthodox Jews
- Living people
- Figure skaters from New York City
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Jewish Israeli sportspeople
- Sportspeople from West Orange, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Hackensack, New Jersey
- 21st-century American Jews
- Figure skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters for Israel
- American people of Israeli descent