Eliška Březinová

Eliška Březinová

Březinová in 2012
Personal information
Country represented Czech Republic
Born 19 February 1996
Brno, Czech Republic
Home town Brno, Czech Republic
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Coach Ivan Rezek, Rudolf Březina
Former coach Karel Fajfr, Petr Starec, Gabriela Hrázská, Iva Žvachtová
Choreographer Nina Petrenko
Former choreographer Frank Dehne
Skating club TJ Stadion Brno
Training locations Brno
Oberstdorf
Began skating 2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 146.28
2015 Dragon Trophy
Short program 53.85
2015 Dragon Trophy
Free skate 96.01
2014 Trophée Bompard

Eliška Březinová (born 19 February 1996) is a Czech figure skater. She is a two-time Czech national champion (2012, 2014) and has won three senior international medals. She placed 15th at the 2014 European Championships.

Personal life

Eliška Březinová was born in Brno, the daughter of Edita and Rudolf Březina, a figure skating coach.[1] She is the younger sister of Michal Březina.[2]

Career

Březinová debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2010. In the 2011–12 season, she became the Czech national senior champion and was sent to the European and World Championships but did not progress past the preliminary round at either event.[3]

In the 2012–13 season, Březinová dipped to fourth nationally and placed 30th in Zagreb at the 2013 European Championships, missing the cut-off for the free skate. She underwent ankle surgery in May 2013.[4] She was coached by Karel Fajfr, along with her father, until the end of the season,[5] and then by Ivan Rezek and her father beginning in the summer of 2013.[4][2]

In the 2013–14 season, Březinová won her second national title and reached the free skate at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest, where she finished 15th. She then qualified for the free skate at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama and finished 18th.

Březinová will make her Grand Prix debut in the 2014–15 season, having been assigned to the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard.[6]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2014–2015
[7]
  • Megapolis
    by Bel Suona
2013–2014
[2]
2012–2013
[5][8]
  • Tango Amore
    by Edvin Marton
2011–2012
[9]
2010–2011
[10]
  • The Cotton Club
    by John Barry

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[3]
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
Worlds 41st 18th 27th
Europeans 18th PR 30th 15th 15th
GP Bompard 9th
GP Rostel. Cup 11th
CS Finlandia 10th
CS Lombardia 16th
CS Nepela Trophy 3rd 6th
Bavarian Open 16th
Challenge Cup 18th
Dragon Trophy 5th
Golden Bear 7th
Golden Spin 9th
Hellmut Seibt 5th 7th
Ice Challenge 12th J. 5th J. 16th
Merano Cup 11th
Mladost Trophy 3rd
Nebelhorn 16th
New Year's Cup 5th 1st
NRW Trophy 23rd
Slovenia Open 5th
Triglav Trophy 8th
International: Junior[3]
JGP Austria 17th 20th
JGP Czech Rep. 14th
JGP Germany 26th
EYOF 20th J.
National[3]
Czech Champ. 3rd 1st 4th 1st 1st
J. = Junior level; PR = Preliminary round

References

  1. ↑ Krutil, Robin (29 December 2013). "Sága krasobruslařského rodu Březinů pokračuje. Mezi elitu míří Eliška" [Březina family in figure skating]. Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Competition Results: Eliska BREZINOVA". International Skating Union.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Osoba, Michal (29 December 2013). "Březinová zabojovala za rodinu. Aspoň někdo přivezl domů zlato, dobírala si bratra" [Březinová fought for the family. At least someone brought home the gold, she teased her brother]. pravo.cz (in Czech) (sport.cz).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "2014-15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating". July 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.

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