Ondrej Spiegl

Ondrej Spiegl

Spiegl at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy
Personal information
Native name Ondřej Spiegl
Country represented Sweden
Born (1993-07-10) 10 July 1993
Brno, Czech Republic
Home town Eskilstuna, Sweden
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach Alan Spiegl
Choreographer Veronika Vrtělová
Skating club Eskilstuna FSC
Training locations Eskilstuna
Brno
Began skating 1996

Ondrej Spiegl (born 10 July 1993) is a Swedish figure skater. He is a two-time Swedish national champion and the 2015 Nordic bronze medalist.

Personal life

Ondřej Spiegl was born on 10 July 1993 in Brno, Czech Republic.[1][2] He is the son of Vera and Alan Spiegl, a former pair skater who competed with his sister Ingrid Spieglová for Czechoslovakia.[3] He has a younger brother, Lukas, who also practiced figure skating.[1][4] The family has emigrated to Sweden. He is a student at a sports university in Brno.[4]

Career

Spiegl started skating at the age of two in 1996, coached by his father.[2][4] He debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2009 and placed 27th at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Gangneung, South Korea.

In October 2011, Spiegl competed for the first time on the senior level, at the 2011 Coupe Internationale de Nice, but he continued appearing on the junior level until the end of the 2012–13 season. He finished 28th at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy.

In the 2014–15 season, Spiegl won his first senior national title, ahead of Marcus Björk, and took the bronze medal at the 2015 Nordic Championships.

In 2015–16, Spiegl successfully defended his national title, outscoring Illya Solomin.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2014–16
[2]
  • Swan Lake Reloaded
    by Salem Al Fakir, Moneybrother, Lune,
    Adiam Dymott, PH3 and Skizz,
    Mario Perez Amigo, Simsoak
2013–14
[1]
  • Torn
    by Nathan Lanier
  • Resolve
    by Nathan Lanier
  • Plunkett & Macleane
    by Craig Armstrong
    • Rochester
    • Business
  • Finding Beauty
    by Craig Armstrong
  • Grenade
    by Bruno Mars
2011–13
[5][6]
2010–11
[7]
  • Transformers
    by Steve Jablonsky

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Cup of Nice 22nd 16th
Nebelhorn Trophy 21st
Nordics 4th 3rd
NRW Trophy 9th 11th
Universiade 14th
Warsaw Cup 10th
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds 27th 28th
JGP Croatia 15th
JGP Italy 15th
JGP Romania 9th 13th
JGP Slovenia 15th
JGP Turkey 17th
JGP UK 10th
Nordics 2nd J. 2nd J.
NRW Trophy 9th J. 10th J.
Seibt Memorial 1st J.
National[2]
Swedish Champ. 1st J. 1st J. 5th 2nd 1st 1st
J. = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ondrej SPIEGL: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ondrej Spiegl: Statistik" [Ondrej Spiegl: Statistics] (in Swedish). Skate Sweden.
  3. "Ondrej besegrade tvivlarna – drömmer om OS" [Ondrej defeated the doubters – dreaming of the Olympics] (in Swedish). Sveriges television SVT. 11 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ondrej Spiegl". Skate Sweden. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. "Ondrej SPIEGL: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
  6. "Ondrej SPIEGL: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
  7. "Ondrej SPIEGL: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
  8. 1 2 "Competition Results: Ondrej SPIEGL". International Skating Union.

External links

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