Karel Zelenka

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Karel Zelenka (born March 31, 1983) is a Czech-Italian former competitive figure skater. He is a five-time (2003–2007) Italian national champion and competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He qualified to the free skate at eleven ISU Championships – three World, three World Junior, and five European Championships – and finished in the top ten twice.

Personal life

Zelenka was born in 1983 in Louny, Czechoslovakia.[1] His father is a figure skating coach.[2] The family moved to Italy when the younger Zelenka was six years old.[2] He received Italian citizenship in January 2006.[3]

Career

Zelenka debuted on the ISU Junior Series (ISU Junior Grand Prix) in 1997. He won the Italian junior title in the 1998–99 season and was sent to his first ISU Championship – 1999 Junior Worlds in Zagreb, Croatia, where he finished 20th after qualifying to the final segment.

Zelenka placed 19th at the 2000 Junior Worlds in Oberstdorf, Germany, and 8th at the 2001 Junior Worlds in Sofia, Bulgaria. In October 2001, he won the silver medal at his JGP assignment in Poland.

Zelenka won the first of his five consecutive senior national titles in the 2002–03 season. He reached the free skate at the 2003 European Championships in Malmö but was eliminated after the short program at the 2003 World Championships in Washington, D.C.

Zelenka competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin; he placed 25th in the short program and missed qualifying to the free skate by one spot. He achieved his career-best ISU Championship placement, 7th, at the 2007 European Championships in Warsaw.

He trained in Milan, Italy; Oberstdorf, Germany; and Switzerland.[4][5][6]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2009–10
[1]
  • Blues for Klook
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    • Cheek to Cheek
    • Let Yourself Go
    • Top Hat
    • White Tie and Tails
2008–09
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  • Nut Rocker
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2007–08
[8]
  • Blues for Klook
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2006–07
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2005–06
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  • Romeo and Juliet
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  • Art of War
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2004–05
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  • Elements
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2003–04
[11]
  • Quixote
    by Magnus Fiennes
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  • Lord of the Dance
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2002–03
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  • Light Cavalry
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2000–01
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Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[14]
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Olympics 25th
Worlds 25th 20th 25th 17th 16th
Europeans 19th 16th 19th 7th 15th 23rd
GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cup of China 6th
GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Skate America 10th 12th
GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Skate Canada 10th
Finlandia Trophy 7th 16th
Golden Spin 10th 4th 6th
Nebelhorn Trophy 5th
Nepela Memorial 3rd
NRW Trophy 13th
Schäfer Memorial 4th
Triglav Trophy 4th
International: Junior[14]
Junior Worlds 20th 19th 8th
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JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Slovenia 10th
National[14]
Italian Champ. 1st J 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd WD 3rd
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

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