Eliška Březinová

Eliška Březinová (born 19 February 1996) is a Czech figure skater. She is the 2019 EduSport Trophy champion, the 2014 New Year's Cup champion, the 2015 Santa Claus Cup champion, a two-time Four Nationals champion (2014, 2018), and a nine-time Czech national champion (2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2022). She has competed in the final segment at eight ISU Championships, including three World Championships.

Eliška Březinová
Březinová in 2018
Personal information
Country represented Czech Republic
Born (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996
Brno, Czech Republic
Home townBrno
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
CoachRudolf Březina, Jozef Sabovčík
Former coachIgor Krokavec, Ivan Rezek Karel Fajfr, Petr Starec,
ChoreographerBenoît Richaud
Former choreographerNikolai Morozov, Misha Ge, Frank Dehne, Nina Petrenko, Salome Brunner
Skating clubVSK Technika Brno
Training locationsBrno, Czech Republic
Former training locationsHackensack, New Jersey, USA
Oberstdorf, Germany
Began skating2002
World standing42 (2020–21)
45 (2019–20)
39 (2018–19)
42 (2017–18)
77 (2016–17)
90 (2015–16)
53 (2014–15)
55 (2013–14)
107 (2012–13)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total175.14
2022 Winter Olympics
Short program64.31
2022 Winter Olympics
Free skate111.10
2022 Winter Olympics
Březinová in 2012
Březinová in 2017

Personal life

Eliška Březinová was born on 19 February 1996 in Brno, Czech Republic.[1] She is the daughter of Edita and Rudolf Březina, a figure skating coach, and the younger sister of Michal Březina, a competitor in men's singles.[2]

Career

Březinová began skating in 2002.[1] She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2010. In the 2011–2012 season, she became the Czech national senior champion and was sent to the European and World Championships but did not progress past the preliminary round at either event.[3]

In the 2012–2013 season, Březinová dipped to fourth nationally and placed 30th in Zagreb at the 2013 European Championships, missing the cut-off for the free skate. She underwent ankle surgery in May 2013.[4] She was coached by Karel Fajfr, along with her father, until the end of the season,[5] and then by Ivan Rezek and her father beginning in the summer of 2013.[4][6]

In the 2013–2014 season, Březinová won her second national title and reached the free skate at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest, where she finished fifteenth. She then qualified for the free skate at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama and finished eighteenth.

Březinová made her Grand Prix debut in the 2014–2015 season, having been assigned to the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard.[7] She won the Czech Figure Skating Championships for the third time. She finished fifteenth at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm.

Competing at the 2021 World Championships, Březinová placed twenty-second.[8] This result qualified a place for the Czech Republic at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[9] In September of 2021 she was named to the Czech Olympic team, joining her four-time Olympian brother for the first time.[10] Březinová placed eighth in the short program segment of the Olympic team event, setting a new personal best score and breaking the 60-point mark for the first time. She performed still better in the short program of the women's event, scoring 64.31 to qualify for the free skate in twelfth position.[11] Twenty-first in the free skate, she dropped to twentieth overall.[12]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
[13]
2020–2021
[14]
2019–2020
[15]
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[16]
  • Adagio
    by Remo Giazotto, Tomaso Albinoni
    performed by Lara Fabian
    choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
2016–2017
[17]
2015–2016
[18]
  • Notre-Dame de Paris
    by Riccardo Cocciante
    choreo. by Salomé Brunner
2014–2015
[19]
  • Megapolis
    by Bel Suona
    choreo. by Salomé Brunner
2013–2014
[6]
2012–2013
[5][20]
  • Tango Amore
    by Edvin Marton
2011–2012
[21]
2010–2011
[22]
  • The Cotton Club
    by John Barry

Competitive highlights

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

International[3]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics20th
Worlds41st18th27th29th18th20thC22nd27th
Europeans18th P30th15th15th23rd12th10th22nd21st
GP France9th
GP Rostelecom11th
CS Autumn Classic12th9th
CS Cup of TyrolC
CS Finlandia10th14th
CS Golden Spin11th
CS Ice Star11th
CS Lombardia16th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy9th
CS Ondrej Nepela6th12th11th
CS Tallinn Trophy11th
CS U.S. Classic10th11th
CS Warsaw Cup27thWDC
Bavarian Open16th
Celje Open5th
Challenge Cup18thWD
Crystal Skate3rd
Cup of Nice2nd
Cup of Tyrol10th
Denkova-Staviski4th
Dragon Trophy5th4th
EduSport Trophy1st
Golden Bear7th12th8th
Golden Spin9th
Halloween Cup5th16th
Hellmut Seibt5th7th5th7th
Ice Challenge16th
Jégvirág Cup3rd
Lombardia Trophy11th
Merano Cup11th6th
Mladost Trophy3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy16th
Ondrej Nepela3rd
New Year's Cup5th1st
NRW Trophy23rd
Santa Claus Cup1st4th
Slovenia Open5th5th
Tayside Trophy3rd
Triglav Trophy8th
Universiade11th13th
International: Junior[3]
JGP Austria17th20th
JGP Czech Republic14th
JGP Germany26th
EYOF20th
Ice Challenge12th5th
National[3]
Czech Champ.3rd1st4th1st1st1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st
Four Nationals1st3rd4th4th1st2nd4th2nd2nd
Team events
Olympics8th T
8th P
J = Junior level; P = Preliminary round

References
  1. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018.
  2. Krutil, Robin (29 December 2013). "Sága krasobruslařského rodu Březinů pokračuje. Mezi elitu míří Eliška" [Březina family in figure skating]. Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech).
  3. "Competition Results: Eliska BREZINOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018.
  4. Osoba, Michal (29 December 2013). "Březinová zabojovala za rodinu. Aspoň někdo přivezl domů zlato, dobírala si bratra" [Březinová fought for the family. At least someone brought home the gold, she teased her brother]. pravo.cz (in Czech). sport.cz.
  5. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013.
  6. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  7. "2014-15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating" (PDF). July 18, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-22.
  8. "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Ladies". International Skating Union.
  9. "Communication No. 2388". International Skating Union. April 1, 2021.
  10. Czech Figure Skating (27 September 2021). "ak ještě jednou i s grafikou!💪 Natálie Taschlerová a Filip Taschler jedou na Olympiádu! Hezky se to čte, že?😍🤩 Tak si to pojďme shrnout – čtyři kategorie, čtyři čeští zástupci.💙🇨🇿" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  11. Penny, Brandon (February 15, 2022). "As it happened: ROC, U.S. skaters star in women's short program". NBC Sports.
  12. Penny, Brandon (February 17, 2022). "Re-live every moment of the historic Olympic women's free skate". NBC Sports.
  13. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022.
  14. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020.
  15. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020.
  16. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  17. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  18. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  19. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.
  20. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012.
  21. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
  22. "Eliska BREZINOVA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
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