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Ondrej HOTAREK

Italy

Gender: Male
Nationality: Italy

Birthday: 25 January 1984
Age: 30

Height: 1.81 m (5' 11'')
Weight: -

Place of Birth: Czech Republic, BRNO
Place of Residence: -

Figure Skating

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Athlete competitions and results

6 February, 21:10 Team Pairs Short Program
S. Berton / O. Hotarek
Team Points: 7
Rank: 4

8 February, 22:05 Team Pairs Free Skating
S. Berton / O. Hotarek
Team Points: 8
Rank: 3

11 February, 19:00 Pairs Short Program
S. Berton / O. Hotarek
Score: 63.57
Rank: 11

12 February, 19:45 Pairs Free Skating
S. Berton / O. Hotarek
Score: 179.08
Rank: 11

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
10	Pairs	2013	London, ON, CAN
10	Pairs	2011	Moscow, RUS
11	Pairs	2012	Nice, FRA
11	Pairs	2010	Torino, ITA
European Championships
3	Pairs	2013	Zagreb, CRO
4	Pairs	2014	Budapest, HUN
4	Pairs	2012	Sheffield, GBR
5	Pairs	2011	Bern, SUI

Best performance per season in Grand Prix events from 2010/2011

Season	Pairs
2013/2014	1 x 1st
2012/2013	2 x 3rd
2011/2012	1 x 3rd
2010/2011	1 x 6th

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Grand Prix performances in current season
1	Pairs	2013/2014	Skate Canada, CAN
5	Pairs	2013/2014	Skate America, USA
ISU World Standings (as of 03 Feb 2014)
3	Pairs

Hobbies: Snowboarding, volleyball, reading, travelling. (ISU, 16 Sep 2013)
Education: Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Club Name: Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Azzurre, Italy
Injuries: His preparation for the 2012 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia was affected due to a problem with his kidney. Only two weeks before the event he could not stand up due to the injury. (figureskating-online.com, 01 Mar 2013; ISU, 03 Feb 2014)

Occupation: Athlete
Languages Spoken: Czech, English, Italian
Coach: Franca Bianconi, ITA; Jason Dungjen, USA (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

Additional Information

Music
Music short program/short dance as of season 2013/2014
The Mask [soundtrack]

Music free skating/free dance as of season 2013/2014
Dracula by Philipp Glass (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

Choreographer
Pasquale Camerlengo, ITA; David Wilson, CAN (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

Start of sporting career
He began skating in 1994. (ISU, 16 Sep 2013)

Reason for taking up this sport
His father competed in the sport and encouraged him to take it up. (skatetoday.com, 22 May 2009)

Training
Along with skating partner Stefania Berton he trains 44 hours a week in the low season, dividing his time between Bloomfield Hills, MI, United States and Oberstdorf, Germany. During the high season they train 36 hours a week, dividing their time between Bloomfield Hills and Milan, Italy. (ISU, 13 Dec 2013)

Hero
Figure skaters Ekaterina Gordeeva, Sergei Grinkov, Elena Berezhnaya, Anton Sikhuralidze, Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy. (ISU, 16 Sep 2013)

General
PARTNERSHIP
His regular skating partner is Stefania Berton. They teamed up in 2009. Previously he had skated with Veronika Havlickova and Laura Magitteri. (ISU, 16 Sep 2013)

NATIONAL FIRSTS
He and Berton became the first Italian pair to win a medal at an International Skating Union [ISU] championship when they won bronze at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. In 2011 they became the first Italian pair to win a grand prix medal, winning a bronze. (ISU, 16 Sep 2013; goldenskate.com, 29 Apr 2012)

FROM CZECH REPUBLIC TO ITALY
Born in the Czech Republic, he relocated to Italy in 2006 to team up with Italian skater Laura Magitteri. (ISU, 22 May 2009)

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