Gheorghe Chiper
| Gheorghe Chiper | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Romania |
| Born |
8 April 1978 Miercurea Ciuc, Romania |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Former coach | Sandra Schär-Chiper, Sylvia Holtes, Marius Negrea, Maria Loffler Bogyo |
| Former choreographer | Sandra Schär, Pasquale Camerlengo |
| Skating club | SC Miercurea Ciuc |
| Began skating | 1983 |
| 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) 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.[1]
Career
Chiper competed at three World Junior Championships; his best result was 15th in 1997.
Chiper made his senior World Championships debut in 1998, finishing 16th in the qualifying round. The following season, Chiper won his first senior national title.
In the 2000–01 season, he was coached by Sylvia Holtes in Groningen, Netherlands.[2] In 2001–02, Sandra Schär became his coach in Küsnacht, Switzerland.[3] Chiper competed at his first Olympics in 2002, placing 23rd.
At the 2005 European Championships, Chiper achieved his best European result, 8th.
In winning bronze at the 2005 Trophee Eric Bompard, Chiper became the first Romanian to ever medal on the Grand Prix series.[1] He placed 14th at his second Olympics in Torino, Italy. He competed for the final time at the 2006 World Championships where he also placed 14th, his career-best Worlds result.
Since his competitive retirement, he has worked as a coach in Switzerland.[4]
Personal life
Chiper speaks Romanian, Hungarian, English, and German.[5][6] He is of part-Hungarian descent.[6] In 2000, he married Sandra Schär, with whom he has a daughter, Flora, born in May 2000.[2]
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2004–2006 [1][7] |
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| 2003–2004 [8] |
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| 2002–2003 [9] |
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| 2001–2002 [3] |
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| 2000–2001 [2] |
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Results
| Results[1][7][8][9][3][2] | ||||||||||||
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| International | ||||||||||||
| 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 |
| Olympics | 23rd | 14th | ||||||||||
| Worlds | 16th QR | 21st | 18th | 17th | 18th | 14th | ||||||
| Europeans | 20th | 29th | 15th | 18th | 9th | 9th | 8th | 9th | ||||
| GP Bompard | 3rd | |||||||||||
| GP Cup of Russia | 7th | |||||||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 7th | |||||||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 12th | |||||||||||
| Crystal Skate | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| Finlandia | 12th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||||||||
| Golden Spin | 10th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 1st | |||||||
| Karl Schäfer | 4th | 6th | ||||||||||
| Nebelhorn | 11th | 17th | 9th | |||||||||
| Ondrej Nepela | 11th | |||||||||||
| Universiade | 14th | |||||||||||
| International: Junior | ||||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 27th | 23rd | 15th | |||||||||
| National | ||||||||||||
| Romanian | 4th J. | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| GP = Grand Prix; J. = Junior level; QR = Qualifying round | ||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Gheorghe CHIPER: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006.
- 1 2 3 4 "Gheorghe CHIPER: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2001.
- 1 2 3 "Gheorghe CHIPER: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 June 2002.
- ↑ Osborne, Magdalena (2008). "Gheorghe Chiper behind the boards". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ↑ Dobor, Helga (2005). ""The only important thing is to improve" - A chat with Gheorge Chiper, Part I". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- 1 2 Dobor, Helga (2005). ""The only important thing is to improve" - A chat with Gheorge Chiper, Part II". AbsoluteSkating.com.
- 1 2 "Gheorghe CHIPER: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005.
- 1 2 "Gheorghe CHIPER: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2004.
- 1 2 "Gheorghe CHIPER: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2003.