Full name Alper Ucar Name Alper Ucar Role Figure skater | Skating club Altin Patenciler SC Height 1.83 m Former choreographer Klara Engi | |
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Former coach Natalia DubovaOleg VoikoAndras SzarazTimucin OzbukucuCenk ErtaulLeonid Khatchaturov Former training locations Stamford, ConnecticutLake Placid, New York Nominations Milliyet Sports Award for Team of the Year Profiles | ||
World figure skating championships 2015 fd alisa agafonova alper ucar
Alper Uçar (born 19 January 1985) is a Turkish figure skater who has competed as a single skater and ice dancer. With ice dancing partner Alisa Agafonova, he won silver medals at the 2013 NRW Trophy and 2011 Winter Universiade. As a single skater, he is the 2005 Turkish national champion and four-time junior national champion.
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ISU ZAGREB 2013 -8/21- ICE DANCE FD - Alisa AGAFONOVA Alper UCAR - 25.01.2013
Single skating
Uçar started skating at the age of 6 in 1990 after the first ice rink opened in Ankara Turkey. He competed in single skating until 2009. In 1995, he won a gold medal at the Balkan Games at a novice competition. He then took his second gold in the Netherlands.
Ice dancing
In 2009, at the age of 24, Uçar switched to ice dancing and teamed up with American skater Jenette Maitz. They competed together in the 2009–2010 season, winning the Turkish national title and placing 26th at the 2010 World Championships.
Uçar teamed up with Ukrainian skater Alisa Agafonova in 2010. Early in their partnership, they were coached by Natalia Dubova and Oleg Voiko in the United States. They won a silver medal at the 2011 Winter Universiade in their first season together.
In the 2011–12 season, Agafonova/Uçar were 26th at the 2012 European Championships and 31st at the 2012 World Championships.
Agafonova/Uçar changed coaches to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov in Moscow in December 2012. They placed 13th at the 2013 European Championships and 28th at the 2013 World Championships.
In 2013–14, Agafonova/Uçar began their season at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, the final Olympic qualifying opportunity. By finishing 5th, they earned a spot for Turkey in the ice dancing event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. They then won a silver medal at the 2013 NRW Trophy.
In December 2015, Agafonova/Uçar moved to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan to work with Anjelika Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo due to visa problems which were exacerbated following the 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown.
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix