Igor Macypura

Igor Macypura (Ukrainian: Ігор Маципура: Ihor Matsypura or Igor Matsipura; born 10 April 1985) is a Ukrainian figure skater who competed internationally for Slovakia. He is the 2008 Triglav Trophy silver medalist, the 2008 International Cup of Nice bronze medalist, the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial bronze medalist, and a three-time Slovak national champion. He qualified to the free skate at five ISU Championships.

Igor Macypura
Macypura in 2008.
Personal information
Alternative names	Ihor Matsypura Igor Matsipura
Country represented	Slovakia
Born	(1985-04-10) 10 April 1985 (age 38) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Coach	Karen Oppegard-Kwan, Christine Binder, Eva Križková, Dalilah Sappenfield, Rashid Kadyrkaev,
Choreographer	Karen Oppegard-Kwan, Ivan Dinev, Oleg Ovsiannikov
Skating club	SKP Bratislava
Training locations	Artesia, California
Began skating	1989
Retired	2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	174.94 2007 Worlds
Short program	61.58 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard
Free skate	115.03 2008 Skate America

Personal life

Macypura was born on 10 April 1985 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He moved to the United States at an early age.^[1]

Career

Macypura appeared twice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, representing the Peninsula Skating Club.^[2] Competing on the junior level at the 2004 U.S. Championships, he won the short program but placed ninth in the free skate to finish eighth overall.

Macypura competed at the 2005 Slovak Championships and won the national title. He began representing Slovakia internationally in the 2005–06 season. At the 2005 Karl Schäfer Memorial, the last Olympic qualifying competition, he placed 8th and qualified a spot to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.^[3] However, the Slovak Olympic Committee decided not to send him.^[4]

Macypura won the bronze medal at the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial, silver at the 2008 Triglav Trophy, and bronze at the 2008 International Cup of Nice. He appeared at three Grand Prix events – 2008 Skate America, 2008 Trophee Eric Bompard, and 2009 Skate America. He also competed at four European and four World Championships, qualifying to the free skate five times – at the 2007 Europeans in Warsaw, 2007 Worlds in Tokyo, 2008 Worlds in Gothenburg, 2009 Europeans in Helsinki, and 2009 Worlds in Los Angeles.

Macypura finished second to Peter Reitmayer in a Slovak internal competition to determine the skater who would compete at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.^[5]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2009–10 ^[1]	Blues for Klook by Eddy Louiss	The Passion of the Christ Planet Earth
2008–09 ^[6]	Street Passions by Didulya	Spring by Loreat
2007–08 ^[7]	Street Passions by Didulya	Spring by Loreat
2006–07 ^[8]	Carmina Burana by Carl Orff	The Rock by Nick Glennie-Smith
2005–06 ^[9]	The Matrix	The Rock by Nick Glennie-Smith

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix

For Slovakia

International^[10]
Event	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10
World Champ.		27th	21st	21st	24th
European Champ.		30th	17th	33rd	16th
GP Bompard					10th
GP Skate America					9th	12th
Cup of Nice					3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy			9th	4th	13th
Nepela Memorial		10th	3rd	6th	6th
Schäfer Memorial		8th	9th		6th
Triglav Trophy				2nd
National^[10]
Slovak Champ.	1st		1st	1st
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

In the United States

National
Event	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04
U.S. Championships	3rd N			8th J
Pacific Coast Sectionals		7th J	6th J	2nd J
Central Pacific Regionals		2nd J	1st J	2nd J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

1. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010.
2. . Usfigureskating.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
3. [1]^{[dead link]}
4. "Do Turína rekordná výprava SR, za zlato 1 milión Sk" [Record expedition to Turin]. SITA (in Slovak). Slovak Olympic Committee. 27 January 2006. from the original on 18 October 2016.
5. [Reitmayer wins Slovak competition, will compete at Olympic qualifier]. News Agency of the Slovak Republic (in Slovak). Slovak Olympic Committee. 2 September 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
8. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
9. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
10. "Competition Results: Igor MACYPURA". International Skating Union. from the original on 22 April 2014.

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