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Karel Zelenka

Czech-Italian figure skater

Summary

Czech-Italian figure skater

FieldValue
nameKarel Zelenka
imageKarel Zelenka.JPG
captionZelenka in 2007
countryItaly
birth_date
birth_placeLouny, Czechoslovakia
height1.75 m
coachKarel Zelenka Sr., Mirco Botta, Edoardo De Bernardis
skating clubAgora Skating Team
beganskating1988
retired2010
medalrecord{{Figure skating infobox medalsnationals=Italian
NC

Karel Zelenka (born March 31, 1983) is a Czech-Italian former competitive figure skater. He is a five-time (2003–2007) Italian national champion and competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He qualified to the free skate at eleven ISU Championships – three World, three World Junior, and five European Championships – and finished in the top ten twice.

Personal life

Zelenka was born in 1983 in Louny, Czechoslovakia. His father is a figure skating coach. The family moved to Italy when the younger Zelenka was six years old. He received Italian citizenship in January 2006.

Career

Zelenka debuted on the ISU Junior Series (ISU Junior Grand Prix) in 1997. He won the Italian junior title in the 1998–99 season and was sent to his first ISU Championship – 1999 Junior Worlds in Zagreb, Croatia, where he finished 20th after qualifying to the final segment.

Zelenka placed 19th at the 2000 Junior Worlds in Oberstdorf, Germany, and 8th at the 2001 Junior Worlds in Sofia, Bulgaria. In October 2001, he won the silver medal at his JGP assignment in Poland.

Zelenka won the first of his five consecutive senior national titles in the 2002–03 season. He reached the free skate at the 2003 European Championships in Malmö but was eliminated after the short program at the 2003 World Championships in Washington, D.C.

Zelenka competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin; he placed 25th in the short program and missed qualifying to the free skate by one spot. He achieved his career-best ISU Championship placement, 7th, at the 2007 European Championships in Warsaw.

He trained in Milan, Italy; Oberstdorf, Germany; and Switzerland.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skating2009–10
2008–09
2007–08
2006–07
2005–06
2004–05
2003–04
2002–03
2000–01

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

InternationalEvent98–9999–0000–0101–0202–0303–0404–0505–0606–0707–0808–0909–10International: JuniorNational
Olympics25th
Worlds25th20th25th17th16th
Europeans19th16th19th7th15th23rd
GP Cup of China6th
GP Skate America10th12th
GP Skate Canada10th
Finlandia Trophy7th16th
Golden Spin10th4th6th
Nebelhorn Trophy5th
Nepela Memorial3rd
NRW Trophy13th
Schäfer Memorial4th
Triglav Trophy4th
Junior Worlds20th19th8th
JGP Germany12th5th
JGP Italy6th
JGP Norway15th8th
JGP Poland2nd
JGP Slovakia14th
JGP Slovenia10th
Italian Champ.1st J2nd2nd2nd1st1st1st1st1st2ndWD3rd
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

References

  1. "Competition Results: Karel ZELENKA". International Skating Union.
  2. "Karel ZELENKA: 2000/2001". International Skating Union.
  3. "Karel ZELENKA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union.
  4. "Karel ZELENKA: 2003/2004". International Skating Union.
  5. "Karel ZELENKA: 2004/2005". International Skating Union.
  6. "Karel ZELENKA: 2005/2006". International Skating Union.
  7. "Karel ZELENKA: 2006/2007". International Skating Union.
  8. "Karel ZELENKA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union.
  9. "Karel ZELENKA: 2008/2009". International Skating Union.
  10. "Karel ZELENKA: 2009/2010". International Skating Union.
  11. Mittan, Barry. (2 February 2006). "Italy's Zelenka Aims for Olympics". SkateToday.
  12. (10 March 2008). "Interview with Karel Zelenka". figureskating-online.
  13. (1 August 2008). "Interview with Karel Zelenka, July 2008 in Oberstdorf". figureskating-online.
  14. (9 February 2007). "Karel Zelenka: "my life without skates? Impossible"". ArtOnIce.it.
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