Gheorghe Chiper

Gheorghe Chiper
Personal information
Country represented  Romania
Born 8 April 1978 (1978-04-08) (age 33)
Height 176 cm (5.77 ft)
Coach Sandra Schär-Chiper
Choreographer Sandra Schär, Pasquale Camerlengo
Skating club SC Miercurea Ciuc
Retired 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 191.95
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard
Short program 67.66
2006 Olympics
Free skate 125.70
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard

Gheorghe Chiper (born 8 April 1978 in Miercurea Ciuc) is a Romanian former competitive figure skater. He is an eight time Romanian national champion and competed at two Olympic Games. He is the first Romanian skater to win a medal on the Grand Prix circuit and the first Romanian to land a quadruple toe loop in competition. He moved to Switzerland to train.[1] He retired from eligible skating after the 2005-2006 Olympic season. Chiper began working as a coach in Switzerland.[2]

Chiper is married to his former coach, Sandra Schär, and they have one child.

Results

Event 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Winter Olympic Games 23rd 14th
World Championships 21st 18th 17th 18th 14th
European Championships 20th 29th 15th 18th 9th 9th 8th 9th
World Championships 27th 23rd 15th
Romanian Championships 4th J. 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Skate Canada International 12th
Trophée Eric Bompard 3rd
Cup of Russia 7th
NHK Trophy 7th
Crystal Skate of Romania 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Golden Spin of Zagreb 10th 7th 8th 6th 1st
Finlandia Trophy 12th 3rd 2nd 1st
Karl Schäfer Memorial 4th 6th
Nebelhorn Trophy 11th 17th 9th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial 11th
Winter Universiade 14th

References

  1. ^ Dobor, Helga (2005). ""The only important thing is to improve" - A chat with Gheorge Chiper". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2005chiper. Retrieved February 7, 2011. 
  2. ^ Osborne, Magdalena (2008). "Gheorghe Chiper behind the boards". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/articles/2008chiper.html. Retrieved December 23, 2010. 

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