Lea Johanna Dastich

Lea Johanna Dastich
Dastich at the 2018 European Championships
Born	(2000-04-30) 30 April 2000 (age 24) Dresden, Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Germany
Coach	Anett Pötzsch
Skating club	Dresdner Eislauf-Club e.V.
Began skating	2003
Retired	January 5, 2022

Lea Johanna Dastich (born 30 April 2000) ^[1] is a retired German figure skater. She is a two-time Bavarian Open bronze medalist (2016, 2017) and a two-time German national medalist (silver in 2017, bronze in 2018). She has qualified to the final segment at four ISU Championships and finished in the top ten twice (2017 Junior Worlds, 2018 Junior Worlds).

Career

Early years

Dastich began learning to skate in 2003. ^[1] In the 2012–2013 season, she competed internationally in the advanced novice ranks, winning bronze at the 2012 NRW Trophy. In 2013–2014, she began appearing in junior internationals.

2014–2015 season

Dastich received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2014–2015 season; she placed 8th in France and 7th in Germany. In January 2015, she won the German national junior title and the silver medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Dornbirn, Austria. ^[2]

2015–2016 season

Making her senior international debut, Dastich finished 14th at the Nebelhorn Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event in September 2015. She finished fourth at the German Championships. In February 2016, she won her first senior international medal – bronze at the Bavarian Open. In March, she represented Germany at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. She placed 18th in the short program, 10th in the free skate, and 12th overall. During the season, she was coached by Anett Pötzsch in Dresden. ^[3]

2016–2017 season

In December 2016, Dastich received the senior silver medal at the German Championships, having finished second to Nathalie Weinzierl. In February 2017, she repeated as the bronze medalist at the Bavarian Open. The following month, Dastich placed 8th at the 2017 World Junior Championships, scoring personal bests in every segment of the competition.

2017–2018 season

Competing in her fourth JGP season, Dastich placed 8th in Austria and 6th in Croatia in September. In January, she qualified to the final segment and finished 16th overall at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia. In March, she placed 10th at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 and 2019–2020 seasons

Dastich did not compete due to an injury. ^{[4] [5]}

2020-2021 Season: Return

Dastich was slated to make her return to competition at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy but withdrew prior to the event.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2020–2021 [1]	Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears performed by Cinematic Pop	The Greatest Showman by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Never Enough The Greatest Showman Medley performed by Lindsey Stirling This Is Me
2018–2019 [1]	La La Land by Justin Hurwitz	The Greatest Showman by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Never Enough The Greatest Showman Medley performed by Lindsey Stirling This Is Me
2017–2018 [6]	La La Land by Justin Hurwitz	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
2016–2017 [7]	Pina by Jun Miyake, Thom Hanreich Lilies of the Valley Pina Shake It	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
2015–2016 [8]	Pina by Jun Miyake, Thom Hanreich Lilies of the Valley Pina Shake It	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Alexandre Desplat
2014–2015 [9]	Gigi by Frederick Loewe	Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Alexandre Desplat
2013–2014	Gigi by Frederick Loewe	The Addams Family by Marc Shaiman
2012–2013	How to Train Your Dragon by John Powell	The Addams Family by Marc Shaiman

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International [10]
Event	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18
Europeans					16th
CS Budapest
CS Golden Spin					7th
CS Lombardia					7th
CS Nebelhorn			14th
CS Tallinn Trophy					6th
CS Warsaw Cup
Bavarian Open			3rd	3rd
International: Junior [10]
Junior Worlds			12th	8th	10th
JGP Austria					8th
JGP Croatia					6th
JGP France		8th
JGP Germany		7th		8th
JGP Slovenia				11th
JGP U.S.			15th
EYOF		2nd
Denkova-Staviski			2nd
Golden Bear				4th
GP Bratislava			1st
NRW Trophy	7th	3rd	2nd	2nd
Ice Challenge		1st
Hellmut Seibt	1st	1st
Tirnavia Ice Cup	1st
Volvo Open Cup		2nd
Warsaw Cup	2nd
National [10] [11]
German Champ.	4th J	1st J	4th	2nd	3rd

References

1. "Lea Johanna DASTICH: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018.
2. "EYOF: Goldener Tag bei Kaiserwetter für Team Deutschland" [EYOF: Golden day for Team Germany] (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. 29 January 2015.
3. Hiller, Alexander (15 March 2016). "Die ehrgeizige Außenseiterin" [The ambitious outsider]. Sächsische Zeitung (in German).
4. Dornseiff, Sibylle (5 December 2019). ""Müller-Wohlfahrt hat meine Karriere gerettet"". Mannheimer Morgen (in German). Archived from the original on 5 December 2019.
5. Hiller, Alexander (10 December 2019). "Dresdner Eiskunstläuferin beim Bayern-Arzt". Sächsische Zeitung (in German).
6. "Lea Johanna DASTICH: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
7. "Lea Johanna DASTICH: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
8. "Lea Johanna DASTICH: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
9. "Lea Johanna DASTICH: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.
10. "Competition Results: Lea Johanna DASTICH". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019.
11. "Lea Johanna DASTICH". rinkresults.com.

External links

• Lea Johanna Dastich at the International Skating Union