Lukáš Csölley

Lukáš Csölley
Testa and Csölley in 2012
Personal information
Country represented	Slovakia
Born	(1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 Bratislava
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Partner	Federica Testa
Former partner	Nikola Višňová
Coach	Roberto Pelizzola
Former coach	Raffaella Cazzaniga, N. Lunghi, Hendryk Schamberger, Gabriela Hrázská
Choreographer	Paola Mezzadri, Corrado Giordani
Former choreographer	Hendryk Schamberger Gabriela Hrázská
Skating club	SKP Bratislava
Training locations	Milan Canton, Michigan
Began skating	1995
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	150.57 2015 Europeans
Short dance	62.91 2015 Europeans
Free dance	87.66 2015 Europeans
Medal record Competitor for  Slovakia Figure skating: Ice dancing Winter Universiade Bronze 2015 Granada Ice dancing

Lukáš Csölley (born 18 June 1990) is a Slovak ice dancer. With partner Federica Testa, he has won three ISU Challenger Series medals and three Slovak national titles. Their best result at an ISU Championship was 12th at the 2014 European Championships.

Career

Early career

Csölley skated in singles until the age of 16 when he switched to ice dancing and teamed up with Nikola Višňová.^[1] They became three-time (2009–2011) Slovak national champions. In September 2011, it was reported that the partnership had ended.^[2]

Partnership with Testa

In October 2011, it was announced that Csölley had teamed up with Federica Testa.^[3][4] Testa/Csölley made their international debut at the Bavarian Open in February 2012 and then competed at the World Championships in March in Nice, France. The following season, they finished 17th at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, having placed 19th in the short dance and 16th in the free dance. At the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario, Canada, the two placed 26th in the short dance and did not advance further.

In September 2013, Testa/Csölley competed at the final Olympic qualifying event, the Nebelhorn Trophy; they finished ninth and became the first alternates for the 2014 Winter Olympics. In January 2014, they placed 12th at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary but the two missed the cut-off for the free dance in March at the World Championships in Saitama, Japan.

Testa/Csölley began the 2014–15 season with a bronze medal at the 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series (CS) event held in early October. Later that month, making their Grand Prix debut, they placed fourth in the short dance and seventh overall at the 2014 Skate America. In November, they were awarded gold at two CS competitions, the Volvo Open Cup and Warsaw Cup. They finished eighth overall at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.^[5]

Programs

With Testa

With Višňová

Competitive highlights

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

With Testa

With Višňová

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lukáš Csölley.

• Federica Testa / Lukas Csolley at the International Skating Union
• Nikola Višňová / Lukáš Csölley at the International Skating Union
• Official website of Visnova / Csolley