Trifun Živanović

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**Trifun Živanović**
Personal Info
Country:	Serbia
Date of birth:	April 17, 1975 (1975-04-17) (age 33)
Height:	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Coach:	Gary Visconti
Former Coach:	Mingzhu Li, Hans Mueller, Ada Minevich
Choreographer:	Natalia Dubova
Skating Club:	Ice Integra Belgrade
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	170.62	2003 Skate America
Short Program:	58.75	2003 Skate America
Free Skate:	111.87	2003 Skate America

Trifun Zivanovic (born on April 17, 1975 in Santa Monica, CA) is a figure skater. Born in the United States, Zivanovic competes internationally for Serbia.

1 Career
2 Competitive highlights
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

Through 2001, he competed for the United States, twice capturing medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. After 2001, he represented Yugoslavia, his father's native country. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics representing Serbia and Montenegro. Following the break-up of that country, Zivanovic competed for Serbia.

To qualify for the 2006 Olympics, Zivanovic needed to place in the top 24 at the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships. After failing to do that, he had another shot at qualifying by placing in the top six at the Karl Shafer Memorial. He placed ninth, but made the Olympic team after several skaters who qualified ahead of him had to withdraw.^[1]

Zivanovic has the distinction of having competed at the World Figure Skating Championships representing four countries: the United States, Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia. He is also one of the few skaters to have competed at both the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and the European Figure Skating Championships. He is the first male singles skater to have competed at every senior-level ISU Championships.^[2]

Zivanovic works as an ice skating instructor at Pickwick Ice Center in Burbank, California.

[edit] Competitive highlights

(for Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia)

Event	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
Winter Olympic Games					26th
World Championships			29th	30th	24th	30th
European Championships			21st	17th	29th
National Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Karl Schäfer Memorial		3rd		6th	9th
Nebelhorn Trophy		6th	6th	8th		WD
Helena Pajovic Cup			1st
Skate America			7th
Cup of Russia		11th

(for the United States)

Event	1992-1993	1993-1994	1994-1995	1995-1996	1996-1997	1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001
World Championships							16th
Four Continents Championships							7th	9th
U.S. Championships	11th J.	6th J.	2nd J.	7th	WD	7th	2nd	3rd	5th
NHK Trophy									11th
Skate America									8th
Cup of Russia								6th
Sparkassen Cup on Ice								5th
Karl Schäfer Memorial							2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy							1st
Golden Spin, Zagreb						2nd
Piruetten					3rd
Finlandia Trophy				4th