Vladimir Futáš

Vladimir Futáš
Brozovic and Futas in 2004
Personal information
Country represented	Slovakia
Born	20 August 1979 Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Home town	Košice, Slovakia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Former partner	Oľga Beständigová Milica Brozovic Diana Rišková Maria Guerassimenko
Former coach	Vladimir Dvojnikov
Skating club	SKP Bratislava

Vladimir Futáš (born 20 August 1979) is a figure skater who competed internationally as a single skater and pair skater for Slovakia.

Career

As a single skater, Vladimir Futáš competed internationally on the junior and senior levels, with the highest international senior-level placement of 7th at the 1997 Ondrej Nepela Memorial.

He competed with pairs partner Diana Rišková through the 2000-2001 season. They are the 2001 Slovakian silver medalists.

Between 2001 and 2003, he competed with Maria Guerassimenko. They are the 2003 Slovakian national champions and placed 18th at the 2003 World Figure Skating Championships.

He teamed up with Milica Brozovic in spring 2003.^[1] They are the 2004 Slovakian national champions and competed at two ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events.

In the 2005-2006 season, he briefly competed with Oľga Beständigová, placing 11th at the 2005 Karl Shafer Memorial, the Olympic qualifier. They did not qualify an entry to the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Programs

With Brozovic

Season	Short program	Free skating
2004–2005[2]	Caravan of Light by David Arkenstone	Pinocchio (soundtrack)
2003–2004	Caravan of Light by David Arkenstone	First and Second Piano Concerto by Sergei Rachmaninov

With Guerassimenko

Season	Short program	Free skating
2002–2003[3]	Music by Sergei Rachmaninov	Quidam from Cirque du Soleil by Benoit Jutras

With Rišková

Season	Short program	Free skating
2000–2001[4]	Fur Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven	Music from Cirque du Soleil by René Dupéré

Competitive highlights

With Beständigová

Competition	2005–2006
Karl Schafer Memorial	11th

With Brozovic

Competition	2003–2004	2004–2005
World Championships	15th
European Championships	14th
Slovak Championships	1st	2nd
Skate Canada		9th
NHK Trophy	8th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial		2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy	8th	6th
Golden Spin of Zagreb	4th

With Guerassimenko

Competition	2001–2002	2002–2003
World Championships		18th
European Championships	14th	11th
Slovak Championships	2nd	1st
Ondrej Nepela Memorial		1st
Golden Spin of Zagreb		2nd
Finlandia Trophy		5th

With Rišková

Competition	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01
World Junior Championships			13th	12th	15th
Slovak Championships	1st J.	1st J.	1st J.	1st J.	2nd
Ondrej Nepela Memorial					2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Germany			9th		5th
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic					2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Norway				5th
Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia				4th
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia			4th

Single skating

Competition	1996–1997	1997–1998	1998–1999
Winter Universiade			16th[5]
Ondrej Nepela Memorial	12th[6]	7th[7]
ISU Junior Grand Prix, Germany		18th[8]
Czech Skate		8th[9]
ISU Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia		6th[10]
Gardena Spring Trophy	5th J.[11]
J. = Junior level

References

1. Mittan, Barry (2004-12-05). "Slovak Pair Tests New ISU Costume Rules". Skate Today.
2. "Milica BROZOVIC / Vladimir FUTAS: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05.
3. "Maria GUERASSIMENKO / Vladimir FUTAS: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2010-03-30.
4. "Diana RISKOVA / Vladimir FUTAS: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2010-03-29.
5. 1999 Winter Universiade
6. Memoriál Ondreja Nepelu 1996
7. 1997 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
8. 1997 Blue Swords / Pokal der Blauen Schwerter
9. 1997 Czech Skate, Josef Dedic Memorial
10. 1997 Grand Prize SNP
11. 1997 Gardena Spring Trophy

External links

• Riskova / Futas at the International Skating Union
• Guerassimenko / Futas at the International Skating Union
• Brozovic / Futas at the International Skating Union