Tamar Katz

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Tamar Katz (Template:Langx; born September 26, 1988[1][2][3]) is an Israeli-American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2005, 2007, and 2008 Israeli national champion.

Personal life

Katz was born September 26, 1988, in Dallas, Texas.[4]Template:R/superscript[1][2][3] The daughter of Leora and Yirmi Katz, she was raised with two brothers, Eyal and Ronen.[5]Template:R/superscript Due to her father's work as a diplomat at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., she resided in Maryland from the age of seven, before settling in Metula, Israel when she was 13.[6]Template:R/superscript At age 15, she returned to the United States for training opportunities.[7]Template:R/superscript She began college studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 2010.

In September 2010, her brother, Ronen, was killed in a hit and run accident in New York City.[8]Template:R/superscript

Career

Katz began skating as an extracurricular activity at the age of 9 and became more serious about skating a year later.[9]Template:R/superscript[10]Template:R/superscript She trained in Rockville, Maryland, until she was 13, followed by Metula, Israel until age 15, and then in the United States again.[6]Template:R/superscript[7]Template:R/superscript

Katz's best season was 2006–07. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Golden Spin of Zagreb, finished a career-best 13th at the 2007 European Championships, and qualified for the free skate at the 2007 World Championships.

In 2008, Katz was 16th at the Europeans and 22nd at Worlds. She sustained a stress fracture to her right foot and a broken hand in December 2008 and missed the 2009 European Championships. She finished 25th at the 2009 World Championships. She was coached by Peter Burrows in Monsey, New York.[11]Template:R/superscript

Katz qualified a spot for Israel in ladies' figure skating at the 2010 Olympics with her 12th-place finish at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy;[12]Template:R/superscript she was the first Israeli ladies' single skater to qualify for an Olympics.[7]Template:R/superscript However, suffering from a virus, she had a poor showing at the 2010 European Championships, failing to meet the Israeli Olympic committee's criterion of finishing in the top 14 at the event.[7]Template:R/superscript Katz appealed this decision with the support of the Israeli Ice Skating Federation, but was unsuccessful. The Israeli Olympic Committee ceded the Olympic spot to the alternate, Australian skater Cheltzie Lee.[12]Template:R/superscript[13]Template:R/superscript Katz stated that "The Israeli Olympic Committee said that they want medals and that I can compete in 2014. What they don't understand is that if they want me to medal at 2014, the crucial exposure and experience that this Olympics would have given me has been taken away."[12]Template:R/superscript She competed at the 2010 World Championships, but did not qualify for the free skate. During the 2009–10 season, she was coached by Burrows, Mary-Lynn Gelderman, and Galit Chait at Sport-o-Rama in Monsey, New York[4]Template:R/superscript[7]Template:R/superscript and then by Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson in Boston, Massachusetts.[14]Template:R/superscript

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2010–2011
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  • Leyenda
    by Vanessa-Mae
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2009–2010
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2008–2009
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  • Concerto in F
    by George Gershwin
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2007–2008
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2006–2007
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2005–2006
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  • Spanish medley
  • Doctor Zhivago
    by Maurice Jarre
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2004–2005
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2003–2004
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  • Most Lazy Girl in the World
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2002–2003
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  • Doctor Zhivago
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Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[19]Template:R/superscript
Event 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Worlds 16th QR 23rd 22nd 25th 27th
Europeans 13th 16th 21st
Nebelhorn 12th
Golden Spin 2nd 5th
Karl Schäfer 4th
Merano Cup 4th
Skate Israel 4th
International: Junior[19]Template:R/superscript
Junior Worlds 22nd
JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bulgaria 9th
JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Croatia 16th
JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Germany 10th 12th
JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Japan 12th
JGPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Romania 8th
EYOF 9th
National[19]Template:R/superscript
Israeli Champ. 2nd J. 1st
J. = Junior level; QR = Qualifying round

See also

References

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