Michael Johannes Malmin Tyllesen (born 27 August 1973)[1] is a Danish former competitive figure skater. He is the 1997 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, a two-time Piruetten champion, and a two-time Nordic champion.

Michael Tyllesen
Full nameMichael Johannes Malmin Tyllesen
Born (1973-08-27) 27 August 1973 (age 50)
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
CountryDenmark
Skating clubGladsaxe Sport Club
Began skating1980
Retired2000

Career edit

Tyllesen was a member of Gladsaxe Skøjteløber Forening.[2][3] He also trained in Edmonton and Lake Arrowhead, California, and worked with choreographers Lorna Brown and Igor Bobrin.[4]

Tyllesen's career-best ISU Championship result, sixth, came at the 1993 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. He served as Denmark's flag bearer at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway;[5] he finished 13th after placing 13th in the short and 12th in the free skate.[1]

Tyllesen finished ninth at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and 13th at the 1998 World Championships in Minneapolis.

After retiring from competition in 2000, Tyllesen performed in ice shows for nine years and then became a coach in Denmark.[6][7][4] He is the head coach at Tårnby Skøjteklub.[8]

Programs edit

Season Short program Free skating
1999–2000
[9]

Results edit

GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix

International[9]
Event 90–91 91–92 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00
Olympics 13th 9th
Worlds 21st 17th 17th 25th 19th 18th 13th 29th 20th
Europeans 6th 8th 12th 17th 10th 9th 18th 12th
GP Cup of Russia WD 11th 9th
GP Skate Canada 3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy 9th 4th
Piruetten 8th 1st 1st
Nordics 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st
National[9]
Danish Champ. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
WD: Withdrew

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Michael Tyllesen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ "Tidligere prismodtagere Idrætsprisen: Prismodtagere 1975 - 2015" [Past sports award recipients: Laureates 1975 - 2015] (in Danish). gladsaxe.dk. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016.
  3. ^ de los Reyes, Marco (19 March 2000). "Udviklingen er skøjtet den forkerte vej". Berlingske Media (in Danish).
  4. ^ a b Stevens, Ryan (3 October 2013). "Interview With Michael Tyllesen". Skate Guard.
  5. ^ "TEAMBOG Sochi 2014 - DIF". National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2016.
  6. ^ Jensen, Jan B. (16 January 2000). "Tomrum efter Michael Tyllesen". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish).
  7. ^ "Michael Tyllesen som gæstesolist i Holiday on Ice". Berlingske (in Danish). business.dk. 28 January 2004.
  8. ^ Flarup, Jakob (12 December 2013). "Toptræner sætter spørgsmålstegn ved danske træningsforhold" (in Danish).
  9. ^ a b c "Michael TYLLESEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

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