Team Austria

[CrazyKittenLady]

Team Skate Austria


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Link to the Austrian Figure Skating Federation: Skate Austria

National Team Elite 2023/2024​

Discipline	Name	Club	Region
Women	Olga MIKUTINA	FEV	Vorarlberg
Women	Stefanie PESENDORFER	UEL	Oberösterreich
Women	Emily SAARI	EKE	Wien
Women	Sophia SCHALLER	EVS	Salzburg
Men	Luc MAIERHOFER	EKE	Wien
Men	Maurizio ZANDRON	ESI	Tirol
Pairs	Sophia SCHALLER/Livio MAYR	EVS/EIS	Salzburg
Synchro	VIENNA COLIBRIS Junior	ISC	Wien

​

National Team Junior A 2023/2024​

Discipline	Name	Club	Region
Women	Hannah FRANK	UEL	Oberösterreich
Women	Sara HÖFER	UEL	Oberösterreich
Women	Eles NAMAZALIEVA	UEL	Linz
Women	Flora SCHALLER	EVS	Salzburg
Men	Tobia OELLERER	EVF	Wien
Ice Dance	Elisabeth HAVERS / Leo HAVERS	CEV	Wien
Ice Dance	Anita STRAUB / Andreas STRAUB	WEG	Wien

Spoiler: National Team 2022/23

National Team Senior Elite 2022/2023

Discipline​	Name​	Club​	Region​
Women	Olga MIKUTINA	FEV	Vorarlberg
Women	Stefanie PESENDORFER	UEL	Oberösterreich
Women	Sophia SCHALLER	EVS	Salzburg
Men	Luc MAIERHOFER	EKE	Wien
Men	Maurizio ZANDRON	ESI	Tirol
Synchro	VIENNA COLIBRIS Junior	ISC	Wien

Spoiler: National Team 2020/21

National Team 2020/2021

Senior Ladies

Olga Mikutina
Golden Skate Fan Fest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/olga-mikutina.88375/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olgamikutina/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Mikutina
ISU biography: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00103213.htm

Stefanie Pesendorfer
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/s_pesendorfer/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanie_Pesendorfer
ISU biography: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00103215.htm

Sophia Schaller
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophia_schaller_00/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Schaller
ISU biography: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00101138.htm

Senior Men

Luc Maierhofer
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucmaierhofer_official/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Maierhofer
ISU biography: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00035069.htm

Maurizio Zandron
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maurizio.zandron/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurizio_Zandron
ISU biography: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009567.htm

Senior Pairs

Miriam Ziegler/Severin Kiefer:
Golden Skate Fan Fest: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/threads/miriam-ziegler-severin-kiefer.56490/
Media profile on Golden Skate Forums: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/media/categories/miriam-ziegler-severin-kiefer-aut.139/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miriam_ziegler/ (Miriam), https://www.instagram.com/severin_kiefer/ (Severin)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Ziegler, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severin_Kiefer
ISU biography: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00054366.htm

Chloe Choinard/Livio Mayr (New partnership, no international appearances)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chloe_choinard/ (Chloe), https://www.instagram.com/livio_ivo/ (Livio)
Wikipedia:
ISU biography: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00110199.htm

Spoiler: Retired Greats

Retired Greats:

Viktor Pfeifer (competed in men's singles from 2002-2014, 3x Olympian, 9x senior national champion)
Media profile on Golden Skate Forums: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/media/categories/viktor-pfeifer-aut.138/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viktor_pfeifer/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Pfeifer
ISU biography: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00005870.htm

 

[alexocfp]

Mikutina is certainly going places. Just love her current SP. Music, costume, skating, what a bundle of sunshine.

 

[Talder]

I hope that Choinard/Mayr get their minimums. So hard for a new team who has not been able to compete. I think they have potential to be a great team.

 

[Talder]

Mikutina is certainly going places. Just love her current SP. Music, costume, skating, what a bundle of sunshine.

She is a beautiful skater.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

I hope that Choinard/Mayr get their minimums. So hard for a new team who has not been able to compete. I think they have potential to be a great team.

I hope so too! Since they disappeared from the entry list at Challenge Cup, I assume they submitted a video to ISU for scoring. The submission deadline ended yesterday and ISU will provide results no later than March 1st. Keeping my fingers crossed for Chloe and Livio! It will be tough for them anyway, just imagine their first official competition together and it will be Worlds. I guess this could even be unprecedented in figure skating history.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Olga and Maurizio competed this weekend at the 2021 TallinK Hotels Cup in Tallinn. While Maurizio had two rather rough programs with problems with the 3A (he came 4th overall), Olga's star continues to rise. She won the silver medal with two lovely skates (coming second in the SP and FS) and an overall score of 180.42.

Olga
SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0aUuG-Nup4
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewp59u8j5EQ

Maurizio
SP:
FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abyOIZ_1eZc

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Tea or Coffee with Maurizio Zandron:

 

[Talder]

Some clips from Chloe and Livio on her facebook page https://www.facebook.com/290618287800565/posts/1585376571658057/

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Good news:
Olga won the gold medal at Sophia Trophy! Congratulations!


Source

Bad news: Chloe and Livio didn't meet TES minimums for Worlds. Better luck next time, guys, you can do it!

Pairs
Minimums 27/44
Chloe CHOINARD / Livio MAYR
SP 22.48
FS 38.21

 

[Talder]

Congratulations to Olga!! She is on fire. Its too bad for Chloe and Livio but they are a new team with a bright future and trying to qualify for worlds in one shot must have been so hard. Good Luck for next season to this new team.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Olga has arrived in Stockholm!

Source

 

[alexocfp]

Was awesome today. I had predicted a top 10 for her here. Currently in 11th.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Lovely Olga delivered in the SP!

 

[Talder]

Wow!! Beautiful performances today!!

 

[alexocfp]

I think this is our victory lap too. Glad I was the first to reply to this thread, so it’s on record that I was on this bandwagon before tonight. Haha

 

[NaVi]

I think this is our victory lap too. Glad I was the first to reply to this thread, so it’s on record that I was on this bandwagon before tonight. Haha

I was early on the bandwagon.... the first one to mention her name on the forum in 2016. Though I remember watching her skate in local competitions in 2015 or so.

Team Eteri Tutberidze

Anna Scherbakova scored today 124.56 in her FS at the Zhuk Memorial. Her TES was 68.16. She won the competition. Here is Anna's FS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q16lUL-3EBE

www.goldenskate.com

Here's a girl Eteri might want to look at. She's skating in Advanced Novice for Austria but she just moved there from Kharkov Ukraine about 1-2 years ago. This is something I was going to write last year when I found out she moved but she didn't perform all that well(and didn't do well in her first international event this year) and there was no new video. So far this year she's scored a 111, 89, and a 109 which isn't bad for someone not from one of the major skating nations. I do remember seeing a picture of her with Viktor Kudriavtsev.

Here's a funny anecdote from an article from 2015...

“When my daughter was very little, Olympic champion Oksana Baiul was present at her first stage in Odessa . After the awards ceremony, the organizers of the tournament said:“ Olya, look, Olympic champion, go take a picture with her. ”And Olya turned away seriously and answered:“ If she needs to let her take pictures with me, "- smiles dad.

Трехкратная чемпионка Украины из Харькова почти не отдыхает и не хочет походить на звезд

Ради побед — коньки в 6:00 и четыре тренировки в день

www.segodnya.ua

I have to say that while I was on her bandwagon early that I got off of it because while she was fun to watch I didn't have much faith that she'd ever execute. She has been posting some pretty impressive clips on instagram lately but it's not easy to see how indicative that is.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

I was early on the bandwagon.... the first one to mention her name on the forum in 2016. Though I remember watching her skate in local competitions in 2015 or so.

Team Eteri Tutberidze

Anna Scherbakova scored today 124.56 in her FS at the Zhuk Memorial. Her TES was 68.16. She won the competition. Here is Anna's FS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q16lUL-3EBE

www.goldenskate.com

Here's a funny anecdote from an article from 2015...

Трехкратная чемпионка Украины из Харькова почти не отдыхает и не хочет походить на звезд

Ради побед — коньки в 6:00 и четыре тренировки в день

www.segodnya.ua

I have to say that while I was on her bandwagon early that I got off of it because while she was fun to watch I didn't have much faith that she'd ever execute. She has been posting some pretty impressive clips on instagram lately but it's not easy to see how indicative that is.

Lol, the anecdote with Oksana Baiul is great! Sassy Olga!

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Since the previous video was taken down, here is a re-post of Olga's outstanding debut performance at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm. With her 8th place, she equalized the hitherto best result of an Austrian lady at a world championship in the "modern" figure skating era (Julia Lautowa also came 8th in 1997).

Short Program:


Free Skating:


Well done and congratulations, Olga!

 

[text_skate]

Maurizio Zandron has Austrian citizenship. Source FB-site of his skating school:

https://en-gb.facebook.com/Eislaufschule/photos/a.363535790429156/3780507772065257/?type=3&theater

 

[text_skate]

not geoblocked: news clip (in German) of local public TV network in Vorarlberg

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The commentator describes her FS: jumps, spins, choreography and music. Her presentation was spot on, sure, effortless. She gained spot for Austria. He says by the end, that, if she stays healthy, it's her Olympic spot.

She says: She's very happy with her performance, never expected to reach top 10 and to get this many points. But well, it happened. Anyhow, I'm really happy.

All this implies, she's got citizenship. Otherwise they'd mentioned it (as they did last year at Euros)

Her SP and FS geoblocked (you need VPN or browser with VPN as Opera)

I was so happy after her FS, mostly because I've enjoyed her skate and like the program, but also because of Euros, where she bombed. She took it as exerpience and learned from it.