Bela Papp

Bela Papp

Papp at the 2011 Worlds
Personal information
Country represented Finland
Born (1994-03-09) 9 March 1994
Kuopio, Finland
Residence Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Coach Bruno Delmaestro, Kelly Champagne
Former coach Joanne McLeod, N. Wilson, C. Chanski, A. Kopylov
Choreographer Tom Dickson
Skating club Hermes, Kokkola
Training locations Coquitlam, British Columbia
Began skating 2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 163.62
2014 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic
Short program 54.91
2014 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic
Free skate 108.71
2014 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic

Bela Papp (born 9 March 1994) is a Finnish figure skater. He is the 2011 Finnish national champion. Selected to compete at four consecutive World Junior Championships, he qualified twice for the free skate.

Personal life

Bela Papp was born on 9 March 1994 in Kuopio, Finland.[1] His mother, Ulla, is a figure skating coach, and his siblings — Beata, Bettina, Benjam — have all competed in the sport.[1] He relocated to British Columbia, Canada in July 2007.[2] As of 2014, he is a student at Simon Fraser University.[3]

Career

In the 2007–08 season, Papp was sent to Lake Placid, New York to compete at his first ISU Junior Grand Prix event. After winning the Finnish national junior title, he was assigned to the 2008 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria but did not qualify for the free skate. The following season, Papp repeated as the Finnish junior champion. He was eliminated before the free skate again at the 2009 World Junior Championships but was successful at the 2010 World Junior Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, where he finished 24th.

In the 2010–11 season, Papp won the Finnish national title on the senior level. He was assigned to the 2011 World Junior Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, where he placed 22nd, and the 2011 World Championships in Moscow, where he was eliminated after the preliminary round. Surgery on the L5 bilateral pars in his lower back kept him out of competition in the 2012–13 season.[3]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
2013–2014
[1]
  • Hotel California
  • Thunder
    by Nuttin' But Stringz
  • Tango
2011–2012
[4]
  • Butterflies and Hurricanes
    by Muse
2009–2010
[5]
  • Triplets of Belleville
    by Ben Charest
  • La Valse D'Amelie
    by Yann Tiersen
2008–2009
[6]
  • Dramatico
    by Edvin Marton
  • Satori Mix
    by Kodo
  • Stobe's Nanafushi
  • Scorchio
    by Bond
2006–2008
[7][2]
  • The Godfather soundtrack
    by Nino Rota
  • Acoustic Alchemy
  • The Netting Hill
  • Satori Mix
    by Kodo
  • Stobe's Nanafushi
  • Scorchio
    by Bond

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Worlds 20th (PR)
CS Finlandia 15th
CS SC Classic 13th
CS U.S. Classic 8th 10th
Finlandia 15th
Nebelhorn 23rd
Nordics 8th
Volvo Cup 21st
Universiade 27th
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds 29th 30th 24th 22nd
JGP Australia 13th
JGP Austria 17th
JGP Germany 16th
JGP Romania 14th
JGP U.K. 11th
JGP U.S. 12th 13th
National[9]
Finnish Champ. 4th J. 1st J. 1st J. 3rd J. 1st 3rd 3rd 5th 5th
J. = Junior level; PR = Preliminary round
Papp did not compete in the 2012–13 season.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bela Papp: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 Mittan, Barry (30 June 2008). "Papp Has Pop". Skate Today.
  3. 1 2 Stevens, Ryan (13 August 2014). "Interview With Béla Papp". SkateGuard.
  4. ↑ "Bela Papp: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "Bela Papp: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Bela Papp: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009.
  7. ↑ "Bela Papp: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007.
  8. 1 2 "Competition Results: Bela PAPP". International Skating Union.
  9. ↑ "Bela Papp". Finnish Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.

External links

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