Kateřina Mrázková
Kateřina Mrázková | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | ![]() |
Born | Vrchlabí, Czech Republic | 25 August 2006
Home town | Nymburk, Czech Republic |
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) |
Partner | Daniel Mrázek |
Coach | Matteo Zanni, Barbora Řezníčková |
Choreographer | Matteo Zanni |
Skating club | KK Nymburk |
Training locations | Egna, Italy |
Began skating | 2010 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 176.26 2022 JGP Czech Republic |
Short dance | 71.87 (JWR) 2022 JGP Italy |
Free dance | 105.43 2022 JGP Czech Republic |
Kateřina Mrázková (born 25 August 2006) is a Czech ice dancer. With her brother and skating partner, Daniel Mrázek, she is a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medalist, the 2022 Czech junior national silver medalist, and holds the junior world record for the rhythm dance.
Personal life
Mrázková was born on 25 August 2006 in Vrchlabí, Czech Republic.
Career
Early years
Mrázková/Mrázek made their competitive debut internationally at the Egna Dance Trophy at the end of the 2020–21 season, finishing in ninth place. The following season saw them make their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut, finishing both at both the first French JGP in Courchevel and the 2022 JGP Slovakia in Košice. Silver medalists at the Ice Challenge in the junior category, and then taking gold at the Pavel Roman Memorial, they were only the silver medalists at the Czech Junior Championships. As a result, they were not assigned to compete at the 2022 World Junior Championships, but went on to win the gold medal at the Egna Trophy in their second appearance there.[1]
2022–23 season
Mrázková/Mrázek opened their season at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic on home soil in Ostrava. In the rhythm dance they set a new junior world record, breaking a three-year-old record set by 2019 World Junior champions Lajoie/Lagha. They went on to win the gold medal, the first ever for a Czech junior dance team. Mrázek observed that "in 2018, I was here in the same Junior Grand Prix as a single skater and I finished, like, fifteenth. Today I'm here with my sister, my partner. We achieved something we didn't believe in four years."[2]
The 2022 JGP Italy, their second assignment, was held at their training base in Egna. Mrázková/Mrázek improved upon their previous junior world record in the rhythm dance by over a point and led the segment going into the free dance. The siblings maintained their lead in the free to take the title by an nearly 15-point margin over silver medalists Lim/Quan of South Korea. Due to their placements across their two JGP assignments, Mrázková/Mrázek qualified to the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final as the top-seeded junior dance team. They are the first Czech team to qualify for the Final since Kadlčáková/Bílek in 2000.[3]
Programs
With Mrázek
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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2022–2023 [4] |
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2021–2022 [5] |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Mrázek
International: Junior [1] | |||||||
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Event | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | ||||
JGP Final | TBD | ||||||
JGP Czech Republic | 1st | ||||||
JGP France I | 4th | ||||||
JGP Italy | 1st | ||||||
JGP Slovakia | 4th | ||||||
Egna Dance Trophy | 9th J | 1st J | |||||
Ice Challenge | 2nd J | ||||||
Pavel Roman Memorial | 1st J | ||||||
Trophée Métropole Nice | 1st J | ||||||
National [1][6] | |||||||
Czech Champ. | 2nd J | ||||||
Four Nationals | 2nd J | ||||||
TBD = Assigned Levels: J = Junior |
References
- ^ a b c "Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ "Newcomers dominate at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava (CZE)". International Skating Union. September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Skaters grab last seven tickets for ISU Junior Grand Prix Final at JGP Egna-Neumarkt". International Skating Union. October 17, 2022.
- ^ "Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ "Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Katerina MRAZKOVA / Daniel MRAZEK". RinkResults.com. Retrieved September 2, 2022.