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Nicole Rajičová
Other namesNicole Rajic
Born (1995-08-13) August 13, 1995 (age 29)
Garden City, New York
HometownNew York
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
CountrySlovakia
CoachIgor Krokavec, Nikolai Morozov, Tom Rajic
Skating clubSKP Bratislava
Began skating1998

Nicole Rajičová or Rajic (born August 13, 1995) is a Slovak figure skater. She is a three-time Slovak national champion and has won five senior international medals. She competed in the final segment at the 2014 Winter Olympics and eight ISU Championships.

Personal life

Nicole Rajičová was born August 13, 1995 in Garden City, New York.[1] She is also known as Nicole Rajic; Rajičová is the Slovak feminine form. Her parents, Anna and Tomislav Rajič (Tom Rajic), moved to the United States from Slovakia.[2][3][4]

Career

Early years

By the age of five, Rajičová began taking figure skating lessons in Long Island from Milada Kubikova-Stastny (Šťastná-Kubíková),[4] a former Olympian for Czechoslovakia. Early in her career, she competed as Nicole Rajic in U.S. regional and domestic events.[5]

2011–12 to 2012–13

Rajičová debuted internationally for Slovakia in December 2011 at the Golden Spin of Zagreb. She began appearing in ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) events in autumn 2012 and became the Slovak national champion at the 2013 Three Nationals Championships.[6]

2013–14 season: Sochi Olympics

Rajičová competed at two JGP events in September 2013, placing 8th in Košice, Slovakia and 15th in Gdańsk, Poland. Her first senior ISU Championship was the European Championships in January 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. Ranked 14th in the short program, she advanced to the free skate and finished 17th. In March, she competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia; she qualified for the free skate by placing 21st in the short program and finished 24th overall.[7]

Rajičová just missed qualifying for the free skate at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan after placing 25th in the short program.

2014–15 season

During the 2014–15 JGP season, Rajičová placed 4th in Ljubljana, Slovenia in August and 4th in Zagreb, Croatia in October. In November, she competed for the first time on the ISU Challenger Series (CS), finishing 6th at the 2014 CS Ice Challenge. In December, she won the bronze medal at the 2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In January, Rajičová finished 11th at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, having ranked 8th in the short program and 12th in the free skate. In early March, she competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia; she placed 5th in the short, 13th in the free, and 11th overall. Later that month, she finished 15th in Shanghai, China at the 2015 World Championships after placing 14th in the short and 15th in the free.

2015–16 season: Grand Prix debut

Rajičová placed 9th at the 2015 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. Making her Grand Prix (GP) debut, she placed 7th at the 2015 Skate America and 2015 Cup of China. At the 2016 Europeans in Bratislava she placed 12th, and at the 2016 Worlds in Boston she placed 13th.

2016–17 season

Ranked 7th in the short, 6th in the free, and 6th overall, Rajičová achieved her career-best continental result at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[8]
  • Une page d'amour
    by Nathalia Mansner
2016–2017
[9]
2015–2016
[1][10]
2014–2015
[11]
  • Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme
    by Nino Rota
2013–2014
[12]
2012–2013
[13]

Results

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Slovakia

International[14]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Olympics 24th
Worlds 25th 15th 13th 17th
Europeans 17th 11th 12th 6th 6th
GP Cup of China 7th
GP NHK Trophy 11th 10th
GP Rostel. Cup 7th
GP Skate America 7th 9th
CS Golden Spin 3rd
CS Ice Challenge 6th
CS Lombardia WD
CS Nepela Trophy 9th 5th 7th
CS Warsaw Cup 5th
Bavarian Open 3rd
Golden Spin 12th
Ice Challenge 7th 3rd
Merano Cup 2nd
Nepela Trophy 19th 6th
New Year's Cup 7th
NRW Trophy 3rd
International: Junior[14]
Junior Worlds 30th 11th
JGP Croatia 4th
JGP Poland 15th
JGP Slovakia 8th
JGP Slovenia 15th 4th
JGP USA 13th
National[14]
Slovak Champ. 2nd 1st 4th 1st 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

For the United States

National
Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
U.S. Championships 12th N 12th J
U.S. Junior Championships 8th I
Levels: I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

References

  1. ^ a b "Nicole RAJICOVA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Krasokorčuliarska nádej Nicole Rajičová: Newyorčanka vo farbách Slovenska" [Figure skating talent Nicole Rajičová: New Yorker represents Slovakia]. Čas.sk (in Slovak). March 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Rajičovej otec: Pri začiatkoch netreba deti do ničoho tlačiť" [Interview with Rajičová's father]. News Agency of the Slovak Republic (in Slovak). teraz.sk. October 3, 2014. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b "Krasokorčuliarka Rajičová: Olympiáda je môj najväčší úspech" [Figure skater Rajičová: Competing at the Olympics is my greatest achievement] (in Slovak). osporte.sk. February 22, 2014. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "2011 U.S. Championships: Junior Ladies". U.S. Figure Skating. January 26, 2011.
  6. ^ "Three National Championships 2013". Polish Figure Skating Association. December 2012.
  7. ^ "Nicole RAJICOVA". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Nicole RAJICOVA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; October 17, 2017 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Nicole RAJICOVA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 27, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Nicole RAJICOVA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Nicole RAJICOVA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Nicole RAJICOVA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Nicole RAJICOVA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Nicole RAJICOVA". International Skating Union.

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