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Hungarian ice dancer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Attila Elek (born 6 December 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian ice dancer. With former partner Nóra Hoffmann, he is a two-time (2003–2004) World Junior silver medalist, the 2003 JGP Final champion, and a five-time (2003–2007) Hungarian national champion. They placed 17th at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.
Attila Elek | |
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Born | Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic | 6 December 1982
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Hungary |
Skating club | Piruett S.E. Budapest |
Began skating | 1987 |
Elek was paired with Nóra Hoffmann by coaches when he was nine years old.[1] They twice won the silver medal at Junior Worlds, in 2003 and 2004. Hoffmann / Elek were silver medalists at the 2002–2003 Junior Grand Prix Final and won the title in 2003–2004. On the senior Grand Prix series, their best placement was 5th at 2006 Cup of Russia. Their best finish at senior Worlds was 15th in 2005. They competed at the 2006 Olympics, finishing 17th. During the warm-up at 2006 Worlds, another couple was performing a lift nearby and the woman's skates accidentally cut Hoffmann's back and elbow.[2] Despite the pain, Hoffmann skated with Elek a few minutes later and they finished 18th.
At the 2007 European Championships, they were 7th after the original dance but they were forced to withdraw – Elek broke his leg during the morning practice before the free dance.[2] They split up at the end of the season.
Elek's younger brother is György Elek, who also competed in ice dancing.[1]
(with Hoffmann)
Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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2006–2007 [3] |
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2005–2006 [4] |
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2004–2005 [1][5] |
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2003–2004 [6] |
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Dance with Me:
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2002–2003 [7] |
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2001–2002 [8] |
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2000–2001 [9] |
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(with Hoffmann)
Results[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | |||||||||
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International | |||||||||
Event | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 |
Olympics | 17th | ||||||||
Worlds | 18th | 18th | 15th | 18th | |||||
Europeans | 14th | 11th | 10th | 12th | WD** | ||||
GP Bompard | 7th | 6th | |||||||
GP Cup of China | 6th | ||||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 5th | ||||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 7th | ||||||||
Bofrost Cup | 5th | ||||||||
Golden Spin | 1st | ||||||||
Karl Schäfer | 8th | ||||||||
International: Junior | |||||||||
Junior Worlds | 21st | 17th | 9th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | |||
JGP Final | 5th | 2nd | 1st | ||||||
JGP Bulgaria | 3rd | 1st | |||||||
JGP China | 9th | ||||||||
JGP Germany | 1st | ||||||||
JGP Italy | 2nd | ||||||||
JGP Japan | 6th | ||||||||
JGP Mexico | 7th | 3rd | |||||||
JGP Netherlands | 8th | ||||||||
JGP Norway | 4th | ||||||||
JGP Slovenia | 1st | ||||||||
JGP USA | 1st | ||||||||
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Hungarian | 2nd J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew; **7th after OD |
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