Kerstin Frank

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Kerstin Frank
Kerstin Frank - Team Austria Winter Olympics 2014.jpg
Frank in 2014
Born (1988-10-23) 23 October 1988 (age 35)
Vienna, Austria
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country Austria
Coach Sonja Harand, Yuka Sato, Jason Dungjen
Skating clubWiener EV
Began skating1998
RetiredAugust 8, 2018

Kerstin Frank (born 23 October 1988) is an Austrian former competitive figure skater. She is a six-time national champion and represented Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She has won eleven international medals and reached the free skate at nine ISU Championships.

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Personal life

Kerstin Frank was born on 23 October 1988 in Vienna, Austria. [1] She studied biology at the University of Vienna and serves in a work and sports program in the Austrian army. [2]

Career

Frank in 2012 2012 WFSC 05d 146 Kerstin Frank.JPG
Frank in 2012

Frank began competing on the junior international level in 2004 and made her senior international debut in spring 2006; she would appear on both levels that year and 2007. [3] Her best result at an ISU Junior Grand Prix event was seventh at the 2006 JGP in Courchevel, France. She was selected to represent Austria at the 2007 World Junior Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 23rd.

In the 2008–09 season, Frank won the silver medal at the Austrian Championships and was assigned to her first senior ISU Championships. Reaching the free skate at both events, she placed 20th at the 2009 European Championships in Helsinki and 23rd at the 2009 World Championships in Los Angeles.

Frank achieved her best European result at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, where she finished 12th. At the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, she qualified a ladies' entry for her country at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She placed 26th in Sochi. [2]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[1]
2016–2017
[1]
2015–2016
[4]
2014–2015
[5]
2013–2014
[6]
  • Die Fledermaus
    by Johann Strauss II
2012–2013
[7]
  • Soundtracks
    by Hans Zimmer and William Ross
2011–2012
[8]
2009–2010
[9]
  • Yellow River Concerto
  • The Stepford Wives
    by David Arnold
  • Grand National
    by Carl Davis
2008–2009
[10]
  • Outback (soundtrack)
2006–2007
[11]
  • The Red Boots

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International [3]
Event04–0505–0606–0707–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Olympics 26th
Worlds 23rd30th21st24th31stWD32nd31st
Europeans 20th30th12th31st17th22nd22nd
CS Denkova-Stav. 5th
CS Golden Spin 13th
CS Lombardia 14th
CS Nebelhorn 13th
CS Ondrej Nepela 8th16th
CS Tallinn Trophy 9thWD
Asian Open 6th
Coupe Printemps 9th
Crystal Skate 10th2nd3rd
Cup of Nice 13th
FBMA Trophy 2nd
Gardena Trophy 5th3rd
Golden Bear 1st10th9th
Golden Spin 13th
Ice Challenge 5th
Ice Star 2nd
Challenge Cup 7th5th3rd
Karl Schäfer 9th
Lombardia Trophy 6th
Merano Cup 6th3rd5th4th
Nebelhorn Trophy 13th13th9th
Ondrej Nepela 6th2ndWD9th10th
New Year's Cup2nd2nd
NRW Trophy 4th12th3rd
Santa Claus Cup 19th
Sarajevo Open2nd
Slovenia Open1st
Triglav Trophy 6th6th
Universiade 10th
International: Junior [3]
Junior Worlds 23rd
JGP Estonia 20th
JGP France 7th
JGP U.K. 20th
Gardena Trophy 10th
Grand Prize SNP 4th3rd1st
Heiko Fischer 3rd
National [3]
Austria 5thWD3rd3rd2nd2nd3rd1st1st1st1st1st1stWD
Austria: Junior 1st
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

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  11. "Kerstin FRANK: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)