Adrian Schultheiss

Adrian Alexander Konstantin Schultheiss (born 11 August 1988) is a Swedish former competitive figure skater. He is the 2006 Swedish national champion, the 2004–2005 Swedish junior national champion, and the 2006 Nordic Champion. He is the first Swedish skater to win a Junior Grand Prix event, which he did in 2005.

Adrian Schultheiss
Schultheiss in 2010.
Full name	Adrian Alexander Konstantin Schultheiss
Born	(1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 35) Kungsbacka, Sweden
Hometown	Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Sweden
Coach	Maria Bergqvist Joanna Dahlstrand
Skating club	Lerum
Began skating	1991

Career

Adrian Schultheiss was born in Kungsbacka, Sweden and began skating at the age of three.^[1] He was the Swedish novice champion in 2002 before debuting internationally the next season. Schultheiss skated as a junior through the end of the 2008 season, although by 2005 he had already begun competing as a senior in some international events. In 2006, Schultheiss won the Swedish National championships. In 2007–08, he skated in both senior and junior events and finished a career-best 6th at the 2008 Europeans.^[2] He was 13th at 2008 Worlds. The next season, he was 18th at both events.^[3]

Schultheiss was selected to represent Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics based on his showing at the 2010 Europeans; he finished 15th at the Olympics. At the 2010 Worlds, he skated a strong long program with a quadruple toe loop to finish in the top ten for the first time in his career.^[4]

Schultheiss is known for choosing unusual concepts for his programs, most notably his craziness-themed 2009–10 long program, which he skated wearing a straitjacket costume. He has stated that "it's more interesting and important when people try to make some difference from all points of view"^[5] and that "if you watch the classical [music]... people get bored easy. You need variation. That's what I'm trying to show."^[6]

Schultheiss is the first skater from Sweden to land a quadruple jump in competition, first at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and later at the 2010 Worlds.^{[citation needed]}

Schultheiss parted ways with coach Evgeni Loutkov after 2010 Skate America and began working with Johanna Dahlstrand and Maria Bergqvist.^[7] As part of his preparation for the 2011–12 season, he spent eight weeks in Delaware with coach Priscilla Hill.^[8] He missed the Swedish Championships due to a back injury and underwent surgery the week before Christmas.^[8]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2012–2013 ^[9]^[10]	DubseEpic Symph by Robot Boys Jenova Project by DatsiK Beta by Robot Boys	Samuel by René Aubry Avant La Pluie (partie II) by René Aubry Avant La Pluie (Chykidec' Remix) by René Aubry Cry by Michael Ortega
2011–2012 ^[10]^[11]	Nuclear Warhead by Black Violin	Romeo and Julieta by Raúl di Blasio Romeo and Juliet by D. Malikov, Sergei Prokofiev
2010–2011 ^[10]^[12]	Nuclear Warhead by Black Violin Scuba (Amon Tobin remix) by Bonobo
2009–2010 ^[13]^[14]	My Way by David Mnatsakanyan Christmas Fantasy by David Mnatsakanyan	Teardrop by Massive Attack Insane in the Brain by Cypress Hill Smack my bitch up by Prodigy
2008–2009 ^[10]^[15]	Detective by Edgar	Hypnotic by Edgar Peuton by Edgar Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg
2007–2008 ^[16]	Electronic Violin	Mr. & Mrs. Smith by John Powell
2006–2007 ^[17]	Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven	Equinoxe by Jean-Michel Jarre Music by Yanni Equinoxe by Jean Michel Jarre
2005–2006 ^[18]	Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (modern version)
2004–2005 ^[19]		Dragon Theme (from Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story) by Randy Edelman
2003–2004 ^[20]	Sarabande by George Frideric Handel	Conan the Barbarian by Basil Poledouris The 7th Voyage of Sinbad by Bernard Herrmann
2002–2003 ^[10]^[21]	Alf leila We Leila (A Thousand and One Nights) by Baligh Hamdi Hayart Albimaak (You Bewildered My Heart) by Riadel Soumbati, Ahmed Ramy

Competitive highlights

 

Schultheiss at the 2008 World Championships.

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International^[22]
Event	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12
Olympics											15th
Worlds									13th	18th	9th	25th
Europeans							20th		6th	18th	12th	13th
GP Cup of Russia											6th
GP NHK Trophy										7th		10th
GP Skate America										7th	7th	7th
Crystal Skate											2nd
Finlandia Trophy													5th
Golden Spin									2nd	6th	3rd
Nepela Memorial												4th
Nordics						2nd	1st	2nd				2nd
International: Junior^[22]
Junior Worlds				19th	23rd	13th	16th	14th	18th
JGP Final							9th
JGP Andorra							2nd
JGP Austria									4th
JGP Bulgaria					WD				6th
JGP Croatia							1st
JGP Czech Rep.								5th
JGP Germany						6th
JGP Italy				17th
JGP Norway								6th
JGP Poland					10th
JGP United States						6th
National^[22]
Swedish Champ.	3rd N		1st N	2nd J	1st J	1st J	1st	2nd	2nd	WD	2nd	2nd
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior. WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

2010–2011 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
12–13 November 2010	2010 Skate America	7 63.71	9 124.49	7 188.20
22–24 October 2010	2010 NHK Trophy	10 62.24	11 119.23	10 181.47
2009–2010 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
22–28 March 2010	2010 ISU World Championships	12 72.35	7 145.91	9 218.26
14–27 February 2010	2010 Winter Olympic Games	22 63.13	13 137.31	15 200.44

References

1. Osborne, Magdalena (2006). "Sweden's Adrian Schultheiss makes a mark". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
2. Osborne, Magdalena (2008). "Adrian has no doubts". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
3. Osborne, Magdalena (February 2009). "An update with Adrian Schultheiss at Nordics 2009". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
4. . Archived from the original on 3 June 2010.
5. Eley, Melanie (2008). . Absolute Skating. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
6. "Cypress Hill is Now Figure-Skating Music". Sports Illustrated. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
7. Jangbro, Eva Maria (15 January 2011). "Adrian Schultheiss: "You have to dare to dream..."". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
8. Jangbro, Eva Maria (31 December 2011). "Adrian Schultheiss: "I will be back with two challenging programs!"". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
9. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013.
10. . AdrianSchultheiss.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
11. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.
12. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
13. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
14. Eley, Melanie (2009). "Adrian Schultheiss answers fan questions". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
15. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
16. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
17. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
18. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
19. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 October 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
20. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
21. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 August 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
22. "Competition Results: Adrian SCHULTHEISS". International Skating Union. from the original on 23 April 2017.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adrian Schultheiss.

• Adrian Schultheiss at the International Skating Union
• . IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010.