Michael Tyllesen

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 name	Michael Johannes Malmin Tyllesen
Born	(1973-08-27) 27 August 1973 (age 51) Frederiksberg, Denmark
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Denmark
Skating club	Gladsaxe Sport Club
Began skating	1980
Retired	2000

Career

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

Season	Short program	Free skating
1999–2000 [9]		The Right Stuff by Bill Conti, London Symphony Orchestra

Results

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

1. "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. 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. "Michael TYLLESEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

External links

• Figure skating corner profile