Maierhofer was born 24 May 2002 in Vienna, Austria. His brother, Johannes Maierhofer, and half-sister Belinda Schönberger have also competed in figure skating.[1] He is currently a student at the University of Innsbruck.[2]
Career
Single skating career
Early career
Maierhofer began learning to skate in 2008.[1] Early in his career, he was coached by Sergei Gromov.[3] He competed in the advanced novice ranks from autumn 2012 through March 2015.[4]
Selected to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, Maierhofer placed thirtieth in the short program but did not advance to the final segment.[5] Following that season, Maierhofer relocated to Egna, Italy, to be coached by Lorenzo Magri.[6]
Going on to compete at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, Maierhofer would finish forty-first in the short program and failed to advance to the free skate segment. He would then finish the season by placing seventh on the senior level of the 2018 Egna Spring Trophy.[5]
At the 2019 Austrian Championships in December, he won the junior men's title and finished second to Maurizio Zandron in the senior category.[5] He was assigned to the 2019 European Championships because the Italian-born Zandron was not yet eligible to represent Austria in ISU events.[7] Maierhofer qualified to the final segment at the European Championships, which took place in January in Minsk, Belarus. He placed twenty-first in the short program, nineteenth in the free skate, and twentieth overall.[5]
In March, Maierhofer advanced to the free skate at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. He finished 18th after placing 14th in the short and 21st in the free. Later that month, he competed at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Japan. Ranked twenty-sixth in the short program, he did not advance to the free skate segment.[5]
Selected to compete at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Maierhofer finished twenty-fifth in the short program and failed to advance to the free skate.[5]
2022–23 season: Start and end of Ghedini/Maierhofer
In late 2022, it was announced that while continuing to compete as a singles skater, Maierhofer would also compete in pair skating, having teamed up with Giorgia Ghedini.[10] The pair trained at in Egna, Italy and were coached by Daniel Aggiano at the Young Goose Academy.[11]
In July 2024, Maierhofer announced that he had teamed up with former American singles skater Gabriella Izzo and that they would be competing for Austria.[13] It was subsequently announced that the pair would be coached by Severin Kiefer in Salzburg while also making trips to Norwood, Massachusetts, to work with Izzo's coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva.[14]
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