Igor Macypura

Infobox Figure skater
title= Igor Macypura


caption=
fullname= Igor Macypura
altname=
country= SVK
formercountry=
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1985|4|10
birthplace= Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
hometown=
residence= Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
height=
coach= Dalilah Sappenfield,
Eva Krizkova
formercoach= Rashid Kadirkaev
choreographer= Ivan Dinev
formerchoreographer= Oleg Ovsiannikov
skating club= SKP Bratislava
retired=
combined total= 174.94
combined date= 2007 Worlds
SP score= 61.25
SP date= 2007 Worlds
FS score= 113.69
FS date= 2007 Worlds

Igor Macypura (also Igor Matsipura and Egor Matsipura; born April 10, 1985 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian figure skater who competes internationally for Slovakia. He is the 2005-2008 Slovak National champion.

Biography

Macypura was born in the Soviet Union. He moved to the United States at a young age.

He competed at the national level in the United States, competing twice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. During his time in the US, he represented the Penninsula Skating Club [http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_story.asp?id=21005] . He competed at the 2004 U.S. Figure Skating Championships on the junior level. He won the short program, but placed ninth in the free skate to place eighth overall.

He competed at the 2005 Slovak National Championships and won the competition. He began representing Slovakia internationally in the 2005-2006 season. At the 2005 Karl Shafer Memorial, the last Olympic qualifying competition, he placed 8th and qualified a spot to the Olympics [http://www.trymysport.co.uk/sports_news/ice_skating_news/2005/oct05/karl_schafer_vienna.htm] . However, the spot was not filled.

In the 2006-2007 season, he won the bronze medal at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial.

Programs

* N = Novice level; J = Junior level

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