Balázs Nagy (figure skater)

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.

Balázs Nagy
Personal information
Native nameBalázs Nagy
Country represented Hungary
Former country(ies) represented United States
Born (1998-07-09) July 9, 1998
Budapest, Hungary
Home townColorado Springs, Colorado
ResidenceColorado Springs, Colorado
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
PartnerMaria Pavlova
Former partnerKate Finster
Krystal Edwards
CoachDalilah Sappenfield
Larry Ibarra
Former coachJessica Miller
Stephanie Miller
Júlia Sebestyén
Oleg Efimov
Natalia Efimova
ChoreographerDalilah Sappenfield
Skating clubBroadmoor SC
Training locationsColorado Springs, Colorado
Former training locationsWake Forest, North Carolina
Budapest, Hungary
ISU personal best scores
Combined total161.32
2022 Europeans
Short program56.24
2022 Europeans
Free skate105.08
2022 Europeans

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 Pavlova

Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
[9]

With Finster

Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
[1]
2019–2020
[3]
2018–2019
[10]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Pavlova for Hungary

International[8]
Event 2021–22
Europeans11th
CS Golden Spin13th
Budapest Trophy7th
Denis Ten MC5th
National[8]
Hungarian Champ.2nd
Four Nationals2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Finster for the United States

International: Junior[6]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21
Junior Worlds11th6th
JGP Czech Republic9th
JGP Poland2nd
JGP United States6th
National[6]
U.S. Champ.2nd J1st J
U.S. Pairs Final1st J
Midwestern Sect.2nd J
ISP Points Challenge9th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: J = Junior

Men's singles for Hungary

International: Junior[11]
Event 13–14 14–15
Ice Challenge9th
Santa Claus Cup15th
International: Adv. novice[11]
Santa Claus Cup3rd
National[11]
Hungarian Adv. Nov. & Jun. Champ.2nd N4th J
Eastern Hungary Cup2nd J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

With Edwards for the United States

National[12]
Event 11–12
U.S. Junior Championships9th V
Eastern Sectionals3rd 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 Championships11th Q V7th Q V
10th V
8th Q I
11th I
Eastern Sectionals5th I
South Atlantic Regionals5th V3rd V4th I5th I
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate
Q = Qualifying round

Detailed results

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

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