Fruzsina Medgyesi

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Fruzsina Medgyesi
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Born (1999-06-18) 18 June 1999 (age 24)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Coach Szabolcs Vidrai
Skating clubVasas SC
Began skating2004

Fruzsina Medgyesi (born 18 June 1999) is a Hungarian figure skater. She is the 2016 Skate Helena champion, the 2018 Hungarian national champion, and a two-time Hungarian national silver medalist.

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On the junior level, she is the 2016 Youth Olympics team event bronze medalist, and the 2015 Santa Claus Cup champion.

Career

Early years

Medgyesi began learning to skate in 2004. [1] She made her first appearance on the junior international level in November 2013, at Skate Celje. Her senior international debut came at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial in February 2015.

2015–2016 season

Medgyesi competed at her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignment in August 2015, in Slovakia, and at her first ISU Challenger Series event, the 2015 CS Mordovian Ornament, in October. Her first senior international medal, gold, came at Skate Helena in January 2016.

In February 2016, she placed 14th in her individual event at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway. A member of Team Discovery, she won the bronze medal in the team event.

2016–2017 season

Medgyesi placed 8th at both of her JGP assignments, in Estonia and the Czech Republic. In March 2017, she competed at her first ISU Championships – the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. Ranked 32nd in the short program, she did not advance to the free skate. During the summer, she relocated to Bergamo, Italy, where Franca Bianconi and Rosanna Murante became her coach.

2017–2018 season

In December 2017, Medgyesi won the Hungarian national title ahead of defending champion Ivett Tóth. [2] Both skaters were assigned to the 2018 European Championships in Moscow. She relocated to Budapest and Szabolcs Vidrai became her coach again.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[1]
2016–2017
[3]
2015–2016
[4]
  • The Mountain
    by Ludovico Einaudi
    choreo. by Zoltán Tóth

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International [5]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Europeans 28th
CS Lombardia 14th12thWD
CS Ice Challenge 14th
CS Mordovian 9th
CS Warsaw Cup 7th
Bavarian Open 7th
Crystal Skate 8th
Cup of Tyrol 9th16th
Dragon Trophy 11th
Golden Bear 5th19th
Halloween Cup8th9th
Hellmut Seibt9th
Jegvirag Cup 6th
Santa Claus Cup 11th10th7th
Skate Helena 1st
Sportland Trophy5th
Triglav Trophy 4th
Volvo Open Cup 16th23rd
International: Junior [5]
Junior Worlds 32nd
Youth Olympics 14th
JGP Czech Rep. 8th
JGP Estonia 8th
JGP Slovakia 16th
JGP Spain 22nd
EYOF 9th
Golden Bear 6th
Ice Challenge 23rd
Lombardia Trophy 14th
Santa Claus Cup 1st
Skate Celje 13th
Sportland Trophy3rd
Tirnavia Ice Cup 2nd
National [5]
Hungary 2nd1st2nd3rd
Team events
Youth Olympics 3rd T
8th P
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned
T = Team result; P = Personal result.

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References

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  4. "Fruzsina MEDGYESI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Fruzsina MEDGYESI". International Skating Union.