Katherine "Kati" Hadford (born 24 July 1989) is a Hungarian-American former competitive

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 skated internationally for Hungary. She is the 2008 and 2010 Hungarian national silver medalist and three time (2006, 2007, 2009) bronze medalist.

Personal life

Hadford was born in

Vienna, Virginia Vienna () is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Vienna has a population of 16,473. Significantly more people live in ZIP codes with the Vienna postal addresses (22180, 22181, ...

, United States in the United States. Her mother is a Hungarian citizen and her grandparents (György Szele and Kornélia Széchényi) fled Hungary in the 1950s to escape

communism Communism () is a political sociology, sociopolitical, political philosophy, philosophical, and economic ideology, economic ideology within the history of socialism, socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a ...

. She is related to

István Széchenyi Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék (, ; archaically English: Stephen Széchenyi; 21 September 1791 – 8 April 1860) was a Hungarian politician, political theorist, and writer. Widely considered one of the greatest statesme ...

. She moved to Hungary when she began representing that country in competition. She is bilingual in Hungarian and English.

Career

Hadford previously skated for the United States. Hadford began representing Hungary internationally in the 2006/2007 season.

Competitive highlights

For Hungary

For the United States

References

External links

* * Hadford's Hungarian website: http://katihadford.eoldal.hu American female single skaters Hungarian female single skaters 1989 births Living people

Katherine Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Ch ...

Sportspeople from Vienna, Virginia American people of Hungarian descent American emigrants to Hungary 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub