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Charles Sinek Personal information Country represented 
United StatesBorn December 28, 1968 Height 175 cm Partner Beata Handra Former partner Regina Woodward Former coach Inese Bucevica Skating club SC of New York Charles Sinek (born December 28, 1968 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA) is an American ice dancer. With partner and wife Beata Handra, he is the 1999-2002 U.S. national pewter medalist.
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Biography
Sinek's father, Joachim Sinek, represented Chile at the Olympic Games in the 1950s in fencing.[1]
He originally skated with his sister Anne Sinek[2] for several years. After his sister retired, he skated with Regina Woodward at the senior level. He eventually turned professional. He competed at the 1994 Gay Games as a last minute replacement partner for Stephane Vachon, a friend whose partner could not compete with him due to illness. Vachon was about to withdraw, but Sinek volunteered to partner him because he already knew the dance.[3] They won the gold medal in the Male/Male Compulsory Dance 4 competition.[4] Sinek reinstated as an amateur in 1995[5] and began skating with Beata Handra.
Handra and Sinek were married in 1996.
Despite their fourth place finish at the 2002 Nationals, Handra & Sinek earned the United States' second spot to the 2002 Winter Olympics because the two teams who placed above them (Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto and Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov) were not eligible to compete at the Olympics due to citizenship problems.
Competitive highlights
(with Regina Woodward)
Event 1989 U.S. Championships 11th
(with Handra)Event 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 Winter Olympic Games 23rd Four Continents Championships 5th 6th 4th U.S. Championships 10th 8th 4th 4th 4th 4th Skate America 6th Skate Canada 7th References
- ^ Dancers' path to S.L. winding, icy - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
- ^ "US Figure Skating Championships". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/sports/packages/usfigureskating/stories/011601_dancers_have_taken_the_plunge.htm.
- ^ Miller, Toby (2002). Sportsex. Temple University Press. pp. 29. ISBN 1566399947.
- ^ Gay Games IV
- ^ US Ice Dancers Beata Handra and Charles Sinek Announce Plans - Figure Skating News
External links
Categories:- American ice dancers
- Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters of the United States
- 1968 births
- Living people
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