Igor Macypura (born April 10, 1985) is a

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

who competed internationally for

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

. He is the 2008 Triglav Trophy silver medalist, the 2008 International Cup of Nice bronze medalist, the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial bronze medalist, and a three-time Slovak national champion. He qualified to the free skate at five ISU Championships.

Personal life

Macypura was born on 10 April 1985 in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

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, Soviet Union. He moved to the

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at an early age.

Career

Macypura appeared twice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, representing the Peninsula Skating Club. Competing on the junior level at the 2004 U.S. Championships, he won the short program but placed ninth in the free skate to finish eighth overall. Macypura competed at the 2005 Slovak Championships and won the national title. He began representing

internationally in the 2005–06 season. At the 2005 Karl Schäfer Memorial, the last Olympic qualifying competition, he placed 8th and qualified a spot to the

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.
/ref> However, the Slovak Olympic Committee decided not to send him. Macypura won the bronze medal at the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial, silver at the 2008 Triglav Trophy, and bronze at the 2008 International Cup of Nice. He appeared at three Grand Prix events – 2008 Skate America, 2008 Trophee Eric Bompard, and

2009 Skate America The 2009 Skate America was the fifth event of six in the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York, on 12–15 November. ...

. He also competed at four European and four World Championships, qualifying to the free skate five times – at the 2007 Europeans in

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, 2007 Worlds in

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, 2008 Worlds in

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, 2009 Europeans in

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, and 2009 Worlds in

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. Macypura finished second to Peter Reitmayer in a Slovak internal competition to determine the skater who would compete at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

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Programs

Competitive highlights

''GP: Grand Prix''

Single skating (for Slovakia)

Single skating (for the United States)

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macypura, Igor Slovak male single skaters 1985 births Living people Figure skaters from Kyiv Ukrainian emigrants to the United States Sportspeople from Artesia, California 21st-century Slovak sportsmen