Vladimir Futáš

Vladimir Futas

Brozovic and Futas in 2004
Personal information
Full name Vladimir Futas
Country represented  Slovakia
Born August 20, 1979 (1979-08-20) (age 32)
Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR
Home town Kosice
Height 181 cm (5.94 ft)
Former partner Oľga Beständigová
Milica Brozovic
Diana Riskova
Maria Guerassimenko
Former coach Vladimir Dvojnikov
Skating club SKP Bratislava

Vladimir Futas (born August 20, 1979 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Slovakian figure skater who has competed internationally as a single skater and a pair skater.

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Career

As a single skater, he competed internationally on the junior and senior levels, with the highest international senior-level placement of 7th at the 1997 Ondrej Nepela Memorial.

He competed with pairs partner Diana Riskova through the 2000-2001 season. They are the 2001 Slovakian silver medalists.

Between 2001 and 2003, he competed with Maria Guerassimenko. They are the 2003 Slovakian national champions and placed 18th at the 2003 World Figure Skating Championships.

Between 2003 and 2005, he competed with Milica Brozovic. They are the 2004 Slovakian national champions and competed at two ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events.

In the 2005-2006 season, he briefly competed with Oľga Beständigová, placing 11th at the 2005 Karl Shafer Memorial, the Olympic qualifier. They did not qualify an entry to the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Programs

(with Brozovic)

Season Short program Free skating
2004-2005 Caravan of Light
by David Arkenstone
Pinocchio (soundtrack)
2003-2004 Caravan of Light
by David Arkenstone
First and Second Piano Concerto
by Sergei Rachmaninov

(with Guerassimenko)

Season Short program Free skating
2002-2003 Music
by Sergei Rachmaninov
Quidam
from Cirque du Soleil
by Benoit Jutras

(with Riskova)

Season Short program Free skating
2001-2002 Fur Elise
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Music from Cirque du Soleil
by René Dupére

Competitive highlights

Pair skating career

(with Beständigová)

Competition 2005-2006
Karl Shafer Memorial 11th

(with Brozovic)

Competition 2003-2004 2004-2005
World Championships 15th
European Championships 14th
Slovak Championships 1st 2nd
Skate Canada International 9th
NHK Trophy 8th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy 8th 6th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 4th

(with Guerassimenko)

Competition 2001-2002 2002-2003
World Championships 18th
European Championships 14th 11th
Slovak Championships 2nd 1st
Ondrej Nepela Memorial 1st
Golden Spin of Zagreb 2nd
Finlandia Trophy 5th

(with Rišková)

Competition 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01
World Junior Championships 13th 12th 15th
Slovak Championships 1st J. 1st J. 1st J. 1st J. 2nd
Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 9th 5th
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Norway 5th
Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia 4th
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia 4th

Single skating career

Competition 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999
Winter Universiade 16th[1]
Ondrej Nepela Memorial 12th [2] 7th[3]
ISU Junior Grand Prix, Germany 18th[4]
Czech Skate 8th [5]
ISU Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia 6th[6]
Gardena Spring Trophy 5th J.[7]

References