Silvio Smalun (born 2 November 1979 in Erfurt, Thuringia) is a German former competitive figure skater. He is the 2003 Bofrost Cup on Ice bronze medalist, the 2000 Ondrej Nepela Memorial bronze medalist, and a two-time (2001 and 2003) German national champion. He reached the free skate at seven ISU Championships, achieving his best result, 8th, at the 2006 Europeans.
| Silvio Smalun | |
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 Smalun in 2006 | |
| Full name | Silvio Smalun |
| Born | 2 November 1979 Erfurt, East Germany |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Germany |
| Skating club | Eissportclub Oberstdorf |
| Retired | 2006 |
Career
editSilvio Smalun started skating at the age of 5. His first coach was Ilona Schindler. He trained alongside Stefan Lindemann. In 1995, he moved to Oberstdorf where he was coached by Michael Huth. Due to his studies, he trained also in Ulm without his coach.
Smalun placed 8th at the 2006 European Championships, higher than Stefan Lindemann who was selected for the Olympics. Smalun retired from competitive skating in September 2006.
In autumn 2006, Smalun took part in Katarina Witt's show Stars auf Eis on the German TV station Pro7. His partner was pop-singer Lucy Diakovska (No Angels). The pair finished third despite Smalun having no experience in pairs.
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2005–2006 [1] |
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| 2003–2004 [3] |
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| 2001–2002 [5] |
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| 2000–2001 [6] |
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Competitive highlights
editGP: Grand Prix
| International[6][5][4][3][2][1] | |||||||||||
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| Event | 95–96 | 96–97 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | |
| Worlds | 23rd | 17th QR | 20th | ||||||||
| Europeans | 16th | 11th | 16th | 8th | |||||||
| GP Bompard | 9th | 7th | |||||||||
| GP Cup of China | 9th | ||||||||||
| GP Cup of Russia | 8th | ||||||||||
| GP Skate America | 10th | 10th | 12th | ||||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 10th | ||||||||||
| GP Spark./Bofrost | 12th | 11th | 12th | 9th | |||||||
| Bofrost Cup | 3rd | 6th | |||||||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 5th | 7th | |||||||||
| Golden Spin | 13th | ||||||||||
| Schäfer Memorial | 5th | 9th | |||||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 9th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 8th | ||||||
| Nepela Memorial | 10th | 5th | 3rd | 8th | 5th | ||||||
| Piruetten | 4th | ||||||||||
| International: Junior[6] | |||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 13th | ||||||||||
| Blue Swords | 17th | 5th | |||||||||
| National[6][5][4][3][2][1] | |||||||||||
| German Champ. | 4th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | |
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Silvio SMALUN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006.
- ^ a b c "Silvio SMALUN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 December 2004.
- ^ a b c "Silvio SMALUN: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2004.
- ^ a b c "Silvio SMALUN: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 June 2003.
- ^ a b c "Silvio SMALUN: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 June 2002.
- ^ a b c d "Silvio SMALUN: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2001.
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