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

Season Short program Free skating
2009–2010
[1]
  • Passion of Christ
  • Planet Earth
2008–2009
[4]
  • Street Passions
    by Didulya
  • Spring
    by Loreat
2007–2008
  • Street Passions
    by Didulya
  • Spring
    by Loreat
2006–2007
2005–2006
  • The Matrix soundtrack

Competitive highlights

Results[5]
International
Event 2000–01
(USA)		 2001–02
(USA)		 2002–03
(USA)		 2003–04
(USA)		 2004–05
(SVK)		 2005–06
(SVK)		 2006–07
(SVK)		 2007–08
(SVK)		 2008–09
(SVK)		 2009–10
(SVK)
World Champ. 27th 21st 21st 24th
European Champ. 30th 17th 33rd 16th
GP Bompard 10th
GP Skate America 9th 12th
Cup of Nice 3rd
Karl Schäfer 8th 9th 6th
Nebelhorn Trophy 9th 4th 13th
Ondrej Nepela 10th 3rd 6th 6th
Triglav Trophy 2nd
National
Slovak Champ. 1st 1st 1st
U.S. Champ. 3rd N. 8th J.
Pacific Coast Sect. 7th J. 6th J. 2nd J.
Central Pacific Reg. 2nd J. 1st J. 2nd J.
GP = Grand Prix; Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 "Igor MACYPURA: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating". Usfigureskating.org. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Igor MACYPURA: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Competition Results: Igor MACYPURA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.

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