Tamar Katz

Tamar Katz
Personal information
Full name Tamar Katz
Country represented  Israel
Born September 26, 1988 (1988-09-26) (age 23)
Dallas, Texas
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach Peter Johansson
Mark Mitchell.
Former coach Mary-Lynn Gelderman
Peter Burrows
Galit Chait
Galina Zmievskaia
Anthony Liu
Choreographer Lea Ann Miller
Former choreographer Nikolai Morozov
Skating club Metulla Club
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 126.09
2007 Europeans
Short program 47.15
2007 Europeans
Free skate 79.64
2008 Europeans

Tamar Katz (Hebrew: תמר כץ‎) (born September 26, 1988, in Dallas, Texas, United States of America) is an Israeli figure skater. She is the 2005, 2007, and 2008 Israeli national champion.

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Career

Katz began skating as an extracurricular activity at the age of 9 and became more serious about skating a year later.[1][2]

Katz's best season was 2006–7, when she medalled at the Golden Spin of Zagreb, finished 13th at the European Championships and qualified for the free skate at Worlds. In 2008, she was 16th at the Europeans and 22nd at Worlds.

Katz suffered from a stress fracture to her right foot and a broken hand on December 2008 and missed the 2009 European championships. She finished 25th at the World Championships.

Katz attempted to qualify for the Olympics at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, and was able to win a spot for Israel in ladies figure skating with her 12th place finish;[3] she was the first Israeli lady to qualify for an Olympic figure skating event.[4] However, suffering from a virus, she had a poor showing at the 2010 Europeans, failing to meet the Israeli Olympic committee's criterion of top-14 finish in the European Championships. Katz appealed this decision with the support of the Israeli Ice Skating Federation, but was not successful. The Israeli Olympic Committee gave up what would have been Katz's spot, which then went to the alternate, Australian skater Cheltzie Lee.[3] Katz stated that "The Israeli Olympic Committee said that they want medals and that I can compete in 2014. What they don't understand is that if they want me to medal at 2014, the crucial exposure and experience that this Olympics would have given me has been taken away."[3] She competed at the 2010 World championships, but did not qualify for the free skate.

Personal life

Katz's family moved between Israel and the United States when she was growing up. She eventually moved to the United States for training opportunities, and began college studies in 2010.

In September 2010, Katz's brother Ronen was killed in a hit and run accident in New York City.[5]

Competitive highlights

Event 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010
World Championships 16th QR 23rd 22nd 25th 27th
European Championships 13th 16th 21st
World Junior Championships 22nd
Israeli Championships 2nd J. 1st
Nebelhorn Trophy 12th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 2nd 5th
Merano Cup 4th
Karl Schäfer Memorial 4th
Skate Israel 4th
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria 9th
Junior Grand Prix, Croatia 16th
Junior Grand Prix, Japan 12th
Junior Grand Prix, Romania 8th
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 10th 12th
European Youth Olympic Festival 9th J.

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