Skating club SC Miercurea Ciuc Role Olympic athlete Name Gheorghe Chiper Country represented Romania | Retired 2006 Began skating 1983 Height 1.76 m | |
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Born 8 April 1978 (age 45) ( 1978-04-08 ) Miercurea Ciuc, Romania Former coach Sandra Schar-Chiper, Sylvia Holtes, Marius Negrea, Maria Loffler Bogyo Combined total 191.95
2005 Trophee Eric Bompard Free skate 125.70
2005 Trophee Eric Bompard | ||
Short program 67.66
2006 Olympics Former choreographer Pasquale Camerlengo | ||
Gheorghe chiper 2006 olympics lp
Gheorghe Chiper (born 8 April 1978) is a Romanian former competitive figure skater. He is an eight-time Romanian national champion and competed at two Olympic Games. He is the first Romanian skater to win a medal on the Grand Prix circuit and the first Romanian to land a quadruple toe loop in competition.
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Tribute to Chiper
Career
Chiper competed at three World Junior Championships; his best result was 15th in 1997.
Chiper made his senior World Championships debut in 1998, finishing 16th in the qualifying round. The following season, Chiper won his first senior national title.
In the 2000–01 season, he was coached by Sylvia Holtes in Groningen, Netherlands. In 2001–02, Sandra Schär became his coach in Küsnacht, Switzerland. Chiper competed at his first Olympics in 2002, placing 23rd.
At the 2005 European Championships, Chiper achieved his best European result, 8th.
In winning bronze at the 2005 Trophee Eric Bompard, Chiper became the first Romanian to ever medal on the Grand Prix series. He placed 14th at his second Olympics in Torino, Italy. He competed for the final time at the 2006 World Championships where he also placed 14th, his career-best Worlds result.
Since his competitive retirement, he has worked as a coach in Switzerland.
Personal life
Chiper was born on 8 April 1978 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. He speaks Romanian, Hungarian, English, and German. He is of part-Hungarian descent. In 2000, he married Sandra Schär, with whom he has a daughter, Flora, born in May 2000 and a son, Aurel.
Results
GP: Grand Prix