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Nóra Hoffmann 
Hoffmann and Zavozin in 2009.Personal information Full name Nóra Hoffmann Country represented 
HungaryBorn 8 April 1985
BudapestHeight 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Partner Maxim Zavozin Former partner Attila Elek Coach Alexei Gorshkov
Sandor Nagy
Nikolai Morozov
Elena GaraninaChoreographer Sergei Petukhov
Nikolai MorozovSkating club Piruett S.E. Budapest Current training locations Odintsovo, Dmitrov, Budapest Began skating 1991 World standing 7 (As of 17 June 2011[update])[1] Season's bests 15 (2010–2011)[2]
21 (2009–2010)[3]ISU personal best scores Combined total 167.23
2010 OlympicsComp. dance 31.90
2010 OlympicsShort dance: 57.24
2010 Cup of RussiaFree dance 84.85
2010 Cup of RussiaNóra Hoffmann (born 8 April 1985 in Budapest) is a Hungarian ice dancer. With partner Maxim Zavozin, she is the 2010 Cup of Russia silver medalist and 2009 & 2010 Hungarian national champion.
With former partner Attila Elek, she was a two-time World Junior silver medalist, 2003–2004 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and five-time Hungarian national champion.
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Career
With Elek
Hoffmann with first partner Attila Elek at the 2007 European Championships
Hoffmann competed with Attila Elek from 2002 until 2007. They twice won the silver medal at Junior Worlds, in 2003 and 2004. They were silver medalists at the 2002–2003 Junior Grand Prix Final and won the title in 2003–2004. On the senior Grand Prix series, their best placement was 5th at 2006 Cup of Russia. Their best finish at senior Worlds was 15th in 2005. They competed at the 2006 Olympics, finishing 17th. During the warm-up at 2006 Worlds, another couple was performing a lift nearby and the woman's skates accidentally cut Hoffmann's back and elbow.[4] Despite the pain, Hoffmann skated with Elek a few minutes later and they finished 18th.
At the 2007 European Championships, they were 7th after the original dance but they were forced to withdraw – Elek broke his leg during the morning practice before the free dance.[4] They split up at the end of the season.
With Zavozin
Hoffman teamed up with Maxim Zavozin in September 2007.[5] They had competed against each other at 2004 Junior Worlds, with Zavozin and his partner in third behind Hoffmann and Elek.[4]
During the 2008–09 season, Hoffmann and Zavozin did not compete on the Grand Prix circuit but won the 2009 Hungarian national title and were given a berth to the 2009 European Championships. Despite Zavozin having a fever, they skated in the original dance at Europeans, but his condition worsened and they had to withdraw before the free dance.[4] They missed the 2009 World Championships due to a serious head injury to Hoffmann while training in the U.S. on 4 March 2009.[6]
"I was doing backwards crossovers, slipped and sat on the ice. But the gate was open and I fell into it, hit my head, lost consciousness and my ear was bleeding. I also cracked my skull and suffered three hemorrhages on my brain. I was immediately taken to the hospital and the doctors observed the hemorrhages because if they had increased, they would have had to open my skull. Luckily that didn’t happen but I still had to spend a long time in the hospital. I was given morphine to ease the pain and after that I immediately wanted to skate! The next day I refused the morphine saying: I’m going to Worlds and morphine is classified as doping... Even after one day I had withdrawal symptoms; I was cold, I vomited... And because of the bleeding I didn’t hear on my left ear for three months. The skull was cracked exactly where the middle ear is so I also had problems with my balance. I had to learn to walk a straight line, I couldn’t stand on one leg and my head was constantly spinning." —Nóra Hoffmann on her accident.[6] Zavozin stayed with her at the hospital until her boyfriend arrived to take her back to Hungary.[6] Oxygen therapy helped reactivate her brain cells, "This therapy brought me back to a normal life. Until then I was just sleeping or staring at nothing. In the oxygen tent my vitality returned and not so much later I even dared to go back on the ice."[6] She returned to the ice in the second half of May 2009 and eventually began training again with Zavozin, although they had to omit lifts and spins for a while.[6] The accident also resulted in a torn nerve in the sciatic muscle which took half a year to heal.[6]
During the 2009–10 season, Hoffmann and Zavozin missed the Grand Prix series. They competed at the 2010 European Championships where they placed 10th. They qualified for the 2010 Olympics where they finished 13th. At the 2010 World Championships, they finished in 10th.
In the 2010–11 season, Hoffmann and Zavozin made their first appearance together on the Grand Prix series. Their first event was 2010 Cup of China where they placed fourth. At 2010 Cup of Russia, they won silver, their first medal on the senior Grand Prix series. They finished third in both the short and free dance and set personal best scores in both. They competed at the 2011 European Championships where they finished 8th after receiving some low levels from the technical panel and a small stumble.[7] On 30 March 2011, Hoffmann was hospitalized with an unknown illness in Moscow where she was training.[8] Doctors later said they were fairly certain it was pyelonephritis.[9] She and Zavozin had to withdraw from the 2011 World Championships.
Programs
Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition 2010–2011 The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Skaters' Waltz
by Émile WaldteufelNagyidai Cigányok (Gypsy Witch)
soundtrack by ExperidanceOriginal dance 2009–2010 Competitive highlights
Results with Zavozin
(with Zavozin)
Event 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 Winter Olympic Games 13th World Championships 10th WD European Championships WD 10th 8th Hungarian Championships 1st 1st 1st Grand Prix Final 6th Cup of China 4th Cup of Russia 2nd Ice Challenge 1st Finlandia Trophy 2nd Nebelhorn Trophy 7th Ondrej Nepela Memorial 1st 1st Golden Spin of Zagreb WD - WD = Withdrawn
Results with Elek
Post-2002
Event 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 Winter Olympic Games 17th World Championships 18th 18th 15th 18th European Championships 14th 11th 10th 12th WD* World Junior Championships 2nd 2nd Hungarian Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Cup of Russia 5th Trophée Eric Bompard 7th 6th NHK Trophy 7th Cup of China 6th Karl Schäfer Memorial 8th Bofrost Cup 5th Golden Spin, Zagreb 1st Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd 1st Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia 1st Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria 1st Junior Grand Prix, Germany 1st Junior Grand Prix, USA 1st Pre-2002
Event 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 World Junior Championships 21st 17th 9th 5th Hungarian Championships 2nd J. 1st J. 1st J. Junior Grand Prix Final 5th Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria 3rd Junior Grand Prix, Italy 2nd Junior Grand Prix, Mexico 7th 3rd Junior Grand Prix, Norway 4th Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands 8th Junior Grand Prix, Japan 6th Junior Grand Prix, China 9th - J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
- *7th after CD, 7th after OD
References
- ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 17 June 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsdance.htm. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 30 April 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. March 26, 2010. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2009-10/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d Bod, Titanilla (2009). "Nóra Hoffmann – haunted by bad luck". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/interviews/2009hoffmann.html. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Hoffmann & Zavozin at the International Skating Union
- ^ a b c d e f Bőd, Titanilla (2010). "Nóra Hoffmann: "We’ve gone through really tough times"". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/interviews/2010norahoffman.html. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Bod, Titanilla (5 May 2011). "Nóra Hoffmann and Maxim Zavozin: “We like to explore ourselves”". Absolute Skating. http://www.absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2011hoffmannzavozin. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ Shibanov, Serafim (30 March 2011). "Венгерская фигуристка госпитализирована в Москве [Hungarian figure skater hospitalized in Moscow]" (in Russian). infox.ru. http://www.infox.ru/sport/winter/2011/03/30/Vyengyerskaya_figuri.phtml. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ "Elbagatellizálta Hoffmann betegségét a korcsolyaszövetség [Hoffmann illness]" (in Hungarian). origo.hu. 1 April 2011. http://www.origo.hu/sport/egyeb/teli/20110401-hoffmann-nora-egy-hete-korhazban-van-kerdeses-vbindulasa.html. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
External links
- Nora Hoffmann & Maxim Zavozin at the International Skating Union
- "Nora Hoffmann & Maxim Zavozin". IceNetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=39575&mode=P.
- Nora Hoffmann & Attila Elek at the International Skating Union
- Nora Hoffmann & Attila Elek official Site
Hungarian champions in figure skating – Ice Dancing 1949: Aranka Tóth & Endre Tóth • 1950: Edith Parádi & Josef Parádi • 1951: Rozsa Madarász & Gyula Madarász • 1952: Aranka Tóth & Endre Tóth • 1953-1956: Rozsa Madarász & Gyula Madarász • 1957: A. Peters & Z. Tölgyesi • 1958: Aranka Tóth & Endre Tóth • 1959-1965: György Korda & Pal Vásárhelyi • 1966-1969: Edit Mató & Karoly Csanády • 1970-1971: Ilona Berecz & István Sugár • 1972-1980: Krisztina Regőczy & András Sallay • 1981: Gabriella Remport & Sándor Nagy • 1982-1983: Judit Péterfy & Csaba Bálint • 1984: Gabriella Remport & Sándor Nagy • 1985-1992: Klára Engi & Attila Tóth • 1993: Regina Woodward & Csaba Szentpéteri • 1994: Noemi Vedres & Endre Szentirmai • 1995: Enikő Berkes & Szilárd Tóth • 1996: Enikő Berkes & Endre Szentirmai • 1997: Bianca Szíjgyártó & Tigran Tóth • 1998: Kornelia Bárány & András Rosnyik • 1999: Bianca Szíjgyártó & Tamas Sári • 2000-2002: Zita Gebora & András Visontai • 2003-2007: Nóra Hoffmann & Attila Elek • 2008: Krisztina Barta & Ádám Tóth • 2009-2011: Nóra Hoffmann & Maxim Zavozin
Junior Grand Prix Final champions in figure skating – Ice dancing 1997: Federica Faiella & Luciano Milo • 1998: Jamie Silverstein & Justin Pekarek • 1999: Natalia Romanyta & Daniil Barantsev • 2000: Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto • 2001: Elena Khaliavina & Maxim Shabalin • 2002: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2003: Nóra Hoffmann & Attila Elek • 2004: Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozin • 2005: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir • 2006: Madison Hubbell & Keiffer Hubbell • 2007: Maria Monko & Ilia Tkachenko • 2008: Madison Chock & Greg Zuerlein • 2009: Ksenia Monko & Kirill Khaliavin • 2010: Ksenia Monko & Kirill Khaliavin
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Hungarian ice dancers
- Olympic figure skaters of Hungary
- Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- People from Budapest
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