Stefanie Pesendorfer

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Stefanie Pesendorfer
Stefanie Pesendorfer at the 2018 Junior World Championships - SP.jpg
Born (2003-08-31) 31 August 2003 (age 21)
Wels, Austria
Hometown Marchtrenk, Austria
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Discipline Women's singles
Coach Niko Ulanovsky
Ria Schiffner
Skating clubUnion Eissportklub Linz
Began skating2007
Medal record
Austrian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Graz Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Feldkirch Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Klagenfurt Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 St. Pölten Singles

Stefanie Pesendorfer (born 31 August 2003) is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 2019 Tirnavia Ice Cup champion, the 2019 Prague Ice Cup champion, and the 2022 Austrian champion. She finished twelfth at the 2018 World Junior Championships and competed at the 2022 World Championships. [1]

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Personal life

Pesendorfer was born on 31 August 2003 in Wels, Austria. [2] As of February 2019, she is a high school student at Handelsschule für Leistungssport in Linz. [3]

Career

Early years

Pesendorfer began learning to skate in 2007, at age four. [2] After impressing in a kindergarten course, she joined Union Eissportklub in Linz. [4] She competed in the advanced novice ranks from October 2015 through April 2017. [5]

2017–2018 season

Coached by Denise Jaschek and Markus Haider in Linz, [6] Pesendorfer made her international junior debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria in August 2017. She finished sixteenth at JGP Austria and twelfth at her second JGP assignment, in Zagreb, Croatia. [1]

In December, she won the junior ladies title at the 2018 Austrian Championships and was assigned to the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Competing in March at Junior Worlds, Pesendorfer qualified for the free skate after placing thirteenth in the short program. She finished twelfth overall. [1]

2018–2019 season

Pesendorfer sat out the 2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, competing only at the 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb and 2018 Skate Celje in the fall. At Skate Celje, she won the junior bronze medal.

At the 2019 Austrian Championships, Pesendorfer won the junior silver medal behind Olga Mikutina. She was assigned to the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, where she placed seventh.

2019–2020 season

Competing on the Junior Grand Prix, Pesendorfer placed eleventh at JGP France and seventeenth at JGP Russia. Making her debut in international senior competition, she competed at three events on the Challenger series, placing ninth at Nebelhorn Trophy, eleventh at the Nepela Memorial, and fifteenth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Placing second at junior nationals for the second consecutive season and then winning bronze in her senior national debut, Pesendorfer finished the season with a fifteenth-placed finish at the 2020 World Junior Championships. [7]

2020–2021 season

Debuting at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, an event attended only by European skaters due to pandemic-related travel restrictions, Pesendorfer placed twelfth. [8]

2021–2022 season

Pesendorfer placed sixteenth at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy. [9] She went on to win the bronze medal at two minor internationals and finish fifteenth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria before winning the Austrian national title. She was nevertheless not named to the Austrian Olympic team, but made her World Championship debut, finishing thirty-second. [1]

2022–2023 season

Beginning the season on the Challenger circuit, Pesendorfer finished in eighth place at both the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial, before coming tenth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge. She won medals at a number of other minor internationals, and took the bronze medal at the Austrian championships. [1]

2023–2024 season

Competing at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Pesendorfer came in twelfth place. Going on to compete at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy, Pesendorfer placed fourteenth in the short program but withdrew prior to the free skate. [1] She subsequently competed at the 2023 NRW Trophy where she would place fourth. [10]

At the 2024 Austrian Championships, Pesendorfer won the silver medal behind Olga Mikutina. She then closed the season by finishing fifth at the 2024 Dragon Trophy. [10]

2024–25 season

In August 2024, it was announced that Pesendorfer had left longtime coaches, Denise Jaschek and Markus Haider, and had moved to Oberstdorf, Germany, to train with Niko Ulanovsky and Ria Schiffner. [11]

Beginning the season at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur in mid-October, Pesendorfer finished fourteenth. She followed this by placing seventh at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup. [1]

In December, Pesendorfer competed at the 2025 Austrian Championships, where she finished fourth. [1]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2024–25
[11]
2023–24
  • The One That You Love
    by LP
    choreo. by Kelly Johnson
  • Game of Survival
    by Ruelle
  • Quick Musical Doodles
    by Two Feet
    choreo. by Kelly Johnson
2022–23
[12]
2020–22
[13] [14]
2019–20
[15]
2018–19
[2]
  • The Last of Her Kind
  • The Vampire Masquerade
    by Peter Gundry
2017–18
[6]

Competitive highlights

Competition placements at senior level  [10]
Season 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships 32nd
European Championships TBD
Austrian Championships 3rd1st3rd2nd4th
CS Budapest Trophy WD
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 15th9th
CS Ice Challenge 15th10th
CS Lombardia Trophy 16th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9th12th8th12th
CS Nepela Memorial 11th8th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 14th
Abu Dhabi Classic Trophy 1st
Bavarian Open 4th
Challenge Cup 9th
Dragon Trophy 3rd5th
NRW Trophy 2nd4th
Prague Ice Cup 1st
Santa Claus Cup 7th
Skate Celje 3rd
Sofia Trophy 1st
Tirnavia Ice Cup 1st3rd1st
Competition placements at junior level  [10]
Season 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
World Junior Championships 12th15th
Austrian Championships 1st2nd2nd
JGP Austria 16th
JGP Croatia 12th
JGP France 11th
JGP Russia 17th
Bavarian Open 4th
Challenge Cup 3rd
Dragon Trophy 2nd
European Youth Olympic Festival 7th
Golden Bear of Zagreb 4th12th2nd
Leu Scheu Memorial 2nd
Skate Celje 3rd3rd1st
Triglav Trophy 1st

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [10]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS154.31 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program TSS53.92 2022 CS Ice Challenge
TES31.32 2020 World Junior Championships
PCS24.942022 CS Ice Challenge
Free skating TSS101.532022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES54.58 2019 JGP France
PCS51.262022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System  [10]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS153.70 2018 World Junior Championships
Short program TSS54.162018 World Junior Championships
TES32.752018 World Junior Championships
PCS21.412018 World Junior Championships
Free skating TSS99.542018 World Junior Championships
TES54.242018 World Junior Championships
PCS45.302018 World Junior Championships

Senior level

Results in the 2024–25 season   [10]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Oct 16–20, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 1149.961489.4414139.40
Nov 27 – Dec 2, 2024 Flag of Hungary.svg 2024 Santa Claus Cup 453.061087.327140.38
Dec 5–7, 2024 Flag of Croatia.svg 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 756.531396.679153.20
2023–2024 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
February 7–9, 2024 2024 Dragon Trophy 4
55.74		5
95.57		5
1151.31
December 13-17, 2023 2024 Austrian Championships 1
58.62		2
114.31		2
166.69
November 16-19, 2023 2023 NRW Trophy 4
46.70		5
83.15		4
129.85
September 20–23, 2023 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 10
51.43		13
81.31		12
132.74
2022–2023 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
November 9–13, 2022 2022 CS Ice Challenge 8
53.92		11
100.08		10
154.00
October 28–30, 2022 2022 Tirnavia Ice Cup 4
51.48		1
106.44		1
157.92
September 29 – October 1, 2022 2022 CS Nepela Memorial 6
49.28		10
84.47		8
133.75
September 21–24, 2022 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9
52.78		7
101.53		8
154.31
2021–2022 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
March 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships 32
47.23
-		32
47.23
February 24–27, 2022 2022 Challenge Cup 12
50.28		8
93.41		9
143.69
February 2–6, 2022 2022 Sofia Trophy 1
60.35		1
112.86		1
173.21
January 18–23, 2022 2022 Bavarian Open 6
52.46		3
110.41		4
162.87
November 18–21, 20212021 Skate Celje2
60.15		4
92.62		3
152.77
November 11–14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria 22
45.78		10
99.46		15
145.24
October 28–31, 2021 2021 Tirnavia Ice Cup 3
49.00		3
95.62		3
144.62
September 10–12, 2021 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy 22
46.85		13
94.12		16
140.97
2020–2021 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
23–26 September 2020 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 20
35.90		6
96.01		12
131.91
2019–2020 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
12–14 December 2019 2020 Austrian Championships 3
56.43		3
91.66		3
148.09
4–7 December 2019 2019 Golden Spin 12
49.64		16
89.42		15
139.06
8–10 November 20192019 Prague Ice Cup3
51.09		1
109.26		1
160.35
31 October – 3 November 2019 2019 Tirnavia Ice Cup 1
55.22		1
104.66		1
159.88
25–28 September 2019 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 12
47.75		8
98.91		9
146.66
19–21 September 2019 2019 Nepela Memorial 12
47.32		11
88.69		11
136.01

Junior level

2019–2020 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
2-8 March 2020 World Junior Championships 16
53.67		15
96.87		15
150.54
12-14 December 2019 2020 Austrian Junior Championships 2
50.06		1
98.06		2
148.12
22-24 November 20192019 Skate Celje3
45.50		1
92.88		1
138.38
24-27 October 2019 2019 Golden Bear 4
52.25		1
96.07		2
148.32
11-14 September 2019 2019 JGP Russia 14
48.72		18
86.22		17
134.94
21-24 August 2019 2019 JGP France 13
50.30		9
98.70		11
149.00
2018–2019 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
10-14 April 2019 2019 Triglav Trophy 2
46.39		1
93.74		1
140.13
13-14 February 2019 2019 EYOF 8
49.35		6
97.66		7
147.01
5-10 February 2019 2019 Bavarian Open 4
51.31		4
95.70		4
147.01
13-16 December 2018 2019 Austrian Junior Championships 2
51.08		2
97.35		2
148.43
22-25 November 20182018 Skate Celje4
41.71		3
81.72		3
123.43
25-28 October 2018 2018 Golden Bear 15
42.06		10
84.17		12
126.23
2017–2018 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
5-11 March 2018 2018 World Junior Championships 13
54.16		12
99.54		12
153.70
22-25 February 2018 2018 Challenge Cup 3
54.49		3
104.63		3
159.12
8-11 February 2018 2018 Dragon Trophy 8
42.45		2
90.39		2
132.84
13-16 December 2017 2018 Austrian Junior Championships 2
50.45		1
95.11		1
145.56
22-26 November 20172017 Skate Celje9
38.97		2
74.85		3
113.82
8-12 November 2017 2017 Leo Scheu (Ice Challenge) 6
43.39		2
89.32		2
132.71
26-29 October 2017 2017 Golden Bear 2
50.60		7
85.31		4
135.91
27-30 September 2017 2017 JGP Croatia 12
45.65		12
84.94		12
130.59
30 August - 2 September 2017 2017 JGP Austria 16
42.69		17
75.23		16
117.92

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