Balázs Nagy (figure skater)
| Balazs Nagy | |
|---|---|
 Finster/Nagy at the 2019 World Junior Championships | |
| Personal information | |
| Native name | Balázs Nagy |
| Country represented |  Hungary |
| Former country(ies) represented |  United States |
| Born | July 9, 1998 Budapest, Hungary |
| Home town | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Residence | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Partner | Maria Pavlova |
| Former partner | Kate Finster Krystal Edwards |
| Coach | Dalilah Sappenfield Larry Ibarra |
| Former coach | Jessica Miller Stephanie Miller Júlia Sebestyén Oleg Efimov Natalia Efimova |
| Choreographer | Dalilah Sappenfield |
| Skating club | Broadmoor SC |
| Training locations | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Former training locations | Wake Forest, North Carolina Budapest, Hungary |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 161.32 2022 Europeans |
| Short program | 56.24 2022 Europeans |
| Free skate | 105.08 2022 Europeans |
Balázs Nagy (born July 9, 1998) is a Hungarian-American pair skater who represents Hungary. With his skating partner, Maria Pavlova, he competed in the final segment at the 2022 European Championships and is the 2022 Hungarian national silver medalist.
Competing for the United States with his former skating partner, Kate Finster, he is the 2020 U.S. national junior champion, the 2019 U.S. national junior silver medalist, and the 2019 JGP Poland silver medalist.
Personal life[]
Nagy was born on July 9, 1998 in Budapest, Hungary and later emigrated with his parents to the United States. He has three sisters.[1] Nagy is fluent in both Hungarian and English. He moved back to Budapest for several years during his childhood, before returning to the U.S. to finish high school.[2] Nagy holds dual citizenship between Hungary and the United States.[2] He is currently a student at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, studying exercise science.[1] [2]
Nagy's hobbies include reptiles and crystal healing.[3] He enjoys watching movies, driving, and dancing and he loves desserts with cinnamon.[1]
Career[]
Early career[]
Nagy began skating under coaches Oleg Efimov and Natalia Efimova, a former Soviet pairs skater and ice dancer, respectively, in Wake Forest, North Carolina.[2] During this time, he also trained as a gymnast at Apex Gymnastics under coaches Todd McLoughlin and Jeremy Waters. He trained primarily in singles skating, representing first the United States, and then Hungary internationally after his family moved back to Budapest. At the suggestion of his coaches, Nagy briefly tried pairs with Krystal Edwards during the 2011–12 season, but the team split due him being "not ready" and his family returning to Hungary.[2]
Nagy briefly quit skating in 2017, before deciding to return and switch to pairs full-time.[2] He tried out with Kate Finster in the fall of 2017, around Thanksgiving, and they officially teamed up in early 2018.[2] The pair relocated from training with her coaches, Jessica Miller and Stephanie Miller, in Northern Kentucky to work full-time with Dalilah Sappenfield and Larry Ibarra in Colorado Springs.[2][1]
2018–2019 season[]
In their first season as a team, Finster/Nagy were assigned to 2018 JGP Czech Republic, where they finished ninth. They then won silver at Midwestern Sectionals. At the 2019 U.S. Championships, Finster/Nagy won the junior silver medal behind Lockley/Prochnow. As a result, they were named to the 2019 World Junior Championships team. At Junior Worlds, they were tenth after the short program and thirteenth in the free skating, to finish eleventh overall. Nagy called the experience "humbling" and motivation for the next season.[2]
2019–2020 season[]
Finster/Nagy opened the season with a sixth-place finish at 2019 JGP United States. They then won their first international medal at 2019 JGP Poland, earning the silver medal, behind Panfilova/Rylov of Russia and ahead of Germany's Hocke/Kunkel.[4] Their results qualified them as first alternates to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Finster/Nagy won the inaugural U.S. Pairs Final to qualify to the 2020 U.S. Championships. They won their first junior pairs title at the 2020 U.S. Championships, ahead of Smirnova/Siianytsia and Deardorff/Johnson. Their result earned them a berth on the 2020 World Junior Championships team.[5] They finished sixth.[6]
2020–2021 season[]
Finster/Nagy placed ninth at the ISP Points Challenge.
In December, Nagy announced that the pair had split.[7]
2021–2022 season[]
Nagy formed a new partnership with Russian skater Maria Pavlova to represent his native Hungary. Making their debut at the Budapest Trophy, where they were seventh, they then competed twice on the Challenger series, finishing fifth at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and thirteenth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[8]
After winning the silver medal at the Hungarian Championships, Pavlova/Nagy made their debut at the European Championships, finishing eleventh.[8]
Programs[]
With Nagy[]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–2022 [9] |
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With Finster[]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2020–2021 [1] |
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| 2019–2020 [3] |
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| 2018–2019 [10] |
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Competitive highlights[]
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Pavlova for Hungary[]
| International[8] | |
|---|---|
| Event | 2021–22 |
| Europeans | 11th |
| CS Golden Spin | 13th |
| Budapest Trophy | 7th |
| Denis Ten MC | 5th |
| National[8] | |
| Hungarian Champ. | 2nd |
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew | |
With Finster for the United States[]
| International: Junior[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 |
| Junior Worlds | 11th | 6th | |
| JGP Czech Republic | 9th | ||
| JGP Poland | 2nd | ||
| JGP United States | 6th | ||
| National[6] | |||
| U.S. Champ. | 2nd J | 1st J | |
| U.S. Pairs Final | 1st J | ||
| Midwestern Sect. | 2nd J | ||
| ISP Points Challenge | 9th | ||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: J = Junior | |||
Men's singles for Hungary[]
| International: Junior[11] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 13–14 | 14–15 |
| Ice Challenge | 9th | |
| Santa Claus Cup | 15th | |
| International: Adv. novice[11] | ||
| Santa Claus Cup | 3rd | |
| National[11] | ||
| Hungarian Adv. Nov. & Jun. Champ. | 2nd N | 4th J |
| Eastern Hungary Cup | 2nd J | |
| Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | ||
With Edwards for the United States[]
| National[12] | |
|---|---|
| Event | 11–12 |
| U.S. Junior Championships | 9th V |
| Eastern Sectionals | 3rd V |
| Levels: V = Juvenile | |
Men's singles for the United States[]
| National[11] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 |
| U.S. Junior Championships | 11th Q V | 7th Q V 10th V |
8th Q I 11th I |
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| Eastern Sectionals | 5th I | |||
| South Atlantic Regionals | 5th V | 3rd V | 4th I | 5th I |
| Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate Q = Qualifying round | ||||
Detailed results[]
With Finster[]
Junior results[]
| 2019–20 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 5 58.33 |
7 97.93 |
6 156.26 |
| January 20–26, 2020 | 2020 U.S. Championships | 1 63.89 |
2 105.48 |
1 169.37 |
| November 12–16, 2019 | 2019–20 U.S. Pairs Final | 1 55.60 |
1 92.48 |
1 148.08 |
| September 18–21, 2019 | 2019 JGP Poland | 2 60.91 |
2 105.31 |
2 166.22 |
| August 28–31, 2019 | 2019 JGP United States | 5 54.33 |
9 78.76 |
6 133.09 |
| 2018–19 season | ||||
| March 4–10, 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | 10 50.30 |
13 81.99 |
11 132.29 |
| January 18–27, 2019 | 2019 U.S. Championships | 2 59.65 |
2 89.83 |
2 149.48 |
| November 15–17, 2018 | 2018–19 Midwestern Sectionals | 2 48.17 |
2 83.32 |
2 131.49 |
| September 26–29, 2019 | 2019 JGP Czech Republic | 7 50.29 |
9 78.02 |
9 128.31 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Kate Finster and Balazs Nagy". U.S. Figure Skating.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Cloutier, Claire (August 28, 2019). "Finster/Nagy: Young Team on the Rise". A Divine Sport.
- ^ a b "Kate FINSTER / Balazs NAGY". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Team USA collects four medals at two international competitions" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. September 21, 2019.
- ^ "U.S Figure Skating Announces Selections for World Junior Team" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. January 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Kate FINSTER / Balazs NAGY: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ Nagy, Balazs (December 7, 2020). "Kate Finster and I have ended our partnership". Instagram.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d "Maria PAVLOVA / Balazs NAGY: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Maria PAVLOVA / Balazs NAGY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022.
- ^ "Kate FINSTER / Balazs NAGY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Balazs Nagy". Stats on Ice.
- ^ "Krystal Edwards & Balazs Nagy". Stats on Ice.
External links[]
- 1998 births
- Living people
- American male pair skaters
- Hungarian male single skaters
- Hungarian emigrants to the United States
- Figure skaters from Budapest