Igor Macypura

Igor Macypura
Macypura in 2008.
Personal information
Alternative names	Ihor Matsypura Igor Matsipura
Country represented	Slovakia
Born	(1985-04-10) 10 April 1985 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Home town	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Residence	Artesia, California
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Former coach	Karen Oppegard-Kwan, Christine Binder, Eva Križková, Dalilah Sappenfield, Rashid Kadyrkaev,
Former choreographer	Karen Oppegard-Kwan, Ivan Dinev, Oleg Ovsiannikov
Skating club	SKP Bratislava
Began skating	1989
Retired	2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	174.94 2007 Worlds
Short program	61.58 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard
Free skate	115.03 2008 Skate America

Igor Macypura (Ukrainian: Ігор Маципура: Ihor Matsypura or Igor Matsipura; born 10 April 1985) is a Ukrainian figure skater who competed internationally for Slovakia. He is the 2005–08 Slovak national champion.

Personal life

Macypura was born in the Soviet Union. He moved to the United States at an early age.^[1]

Career

Macypura competed at the national level in the United States, competing twice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. During his time in the US, he represented the Peninsula Skating Club.^[2] He competed at the 2004 U.S. Figure Skating Championships on the junior level. He won the short program, but placed ninth in the free skate to place eighth overall.

Macypura competed at the 2005 Slovak Championships and won the national title. He began representing Slovakia internationally in the 2005–06 season. At the 2005 Karl Schäfer Memorial, the last Olympic qualifying competition, he placed 8th and qualified a spot to the Olympics.^[3] However, the spot was not filled.

In the 2006–07 season, he won the bronze medal at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial.

Programs

Competitive highlights

References

External links

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• Igor Macypura at the International Skating Union