Tamar Katz
Tamar Katz | |
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Born | [1][2][3] Dallas,Texas,United States | September 26, 1988
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | ![]() |
Skating club | Metula FSC |
Began skating | 1999 |
Retired | 2010 |
Tamar Katz(Hebrew:תמר כץ,born September 26, 1988[1][2][3]) is anIsraeli-American former competitivefigure skater.She is the 2005, 2007, and 2008 Israeli national champion.
Personal life
[edit]Katz was born September 26, 1988, inDallas,Texas.[4][1][2][3]The daughter of Leora and Yirmi Katz, she was raised with two brothers, Eyal and Ronen.[5]Due to her father's work as a diplomat at the Israeli Embassy inWashington, D.C.,she resided inMarylandfrom the age of seven, before settling inMetula,Israel when she was 13.[6]At age 15, she returned to the United States for training opportunities.[7]She began college studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 2010.
In September 2010, her brother, Ronen, was killed in a hit and run accident in New York City.[8]
Career
[edit]Katz began skating as an extracurricular activity at the age of 9 and became more serious about skating a year later.[9][10]She trained inRockville, Maryland,until she was 13, followed byMetula,Israel until age 15, and then in the United States again.[6][7]
Katz's best season was 2006–07. She won a silver medal at the 2006Golden Spin of Zagreb,finished a career-best 13th at the2007 European Championships,and qualified for the free skate at the2007 World Championships.
In 2008, Katz was 16th at theEuropeansand 22nd atWorlds.She sustained a stress fracture to her right foot and a broken hand in December 2008 and missed the 2009 European Championships. She finished 25th at the2009 World Championships.She was coached by Peter Burrows inMonsey, New York.[11]
Katz qualified a spot for Israel in ladies' figure skating at the 2010 Olympics with her 12th-place finish at the2009 Nebelhorn Trophy;[12]she was the first Israeli ladies' single skater to qualify for an Olympics.[7]However, suffering from a virus, she had a poor showing at the2010 European Championships,failing to meet the Israeli Olympic committee's criterion of finishing in the top 14 at the event.[7]Katz appealed this decision with the support of the Israeli Ice Skating Federation, but was unsuccessful. The Israeli Olympic Committee ceded the Olympic spot to the alternate, Australian skaterCheltzie Lee.[12][13]Katz stated that "The Israeli Olympic Committee said that they want medals and that I can compete in 2014. What they don't understand is that if they want me to medal at 2014, the crucial exposure and experience that this Olympics would have given me has been taken away."[12]She competed at the 2010 World Championships, but did not qualify for the free skate. During the 2009–10 season, she was coached by Burrows, Mary-Lynn Gelderman, andGalit Chaitat Sport-o-Rama in Monsey, New York[4][7]and then byMark MitchellandPeter JohanssoninBoston,Massachusetts.[14]
Programs
[edit]Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2010–2011 [15] |
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2009–2010 [15][14] |
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2008–2009 [15][11] |
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2007–2008 [15][16] |
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2006–2007 [15][17] |
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2005–2006 [18] |
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2004–2005 [1] |
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2003–2004 [3] |
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2002–2003 [2] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]International[19] | ||||||||
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Event | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 |
Worlds | 16th QR | 23rd | 22nd | 25th | 27th | |||
Europeans | 13th | 16th | 21st | |||||
Nebelhorn | 12th | |||||||
Golden Spin | 2nd | 5th | ||||||
Karl Schäfer | 4th | |||||||
Merano Cup | 4th | |||||||
Skate Israel | 4th | |||||||
International: Junior[19] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 22nd | |||||||
JGPBulgaria | 9th | |||||||
JGPCroatia | 16th | |||||||
JGPGermany | 10th | 12th | ||||||
JGPJapan | 12th | |||||||
JGPRomania | 8th | |||||||
EYOF | 9th | |||||||
National[19] | ||||||||
Israeli Champ. | 2nd J. | 1st | ||||||
J. = Junior level; QR = Qualifying round |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcd"Tamar KATZ: 2004/2005".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon April 3, 2005.
- ^abcd"Tamar KATZ: 2002/2003".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon July 29, 2003.
- ^abcd"Tamar KATZ: 2003/2004".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon April 8, 2004.
- ^ab"Tamar KATZ: 2009/2010".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon January 24, 2010.
- ^"Profile".Official site of Tamar Katz.Archivedfrom the original on February 21, 2015.
- ^ab"Soul on ice".israel21c.org.October 19, 2003.Archivedfrom the original on February 21, 2015.
- ^abcdeSiegel, Masada (January 29, 2010)."An Olympic Qualifier, but Not in Israel's Eyes".The New York Times.
- ^Moynihan, Colin; Schweber, Nate (September 20, 2010)."Two Lives Intersect in Fatal Manhattan Crash".The New York Times.
- ^Golinsky, Reut (2009)."Let us introduce: Tamar Katz, Part I".AbsoluteSkating.com.RetrievedDecember 23,2010.
- ^Golinsky, Reut (2009)."Let us introduce: Tamar Katz, Part II".AbsoluteSkating.com.RetrievedDecember 23,2010.
- ^ab"Tamar KATZ: 2008/2009".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon July 9, 2009.
- ^abcRutherford, Lynn (February 1, 2010)."Israel cedes Olympic ladies spot to Australia".icenetwork.com.RetrievedSeptember 23,2010.
- ^Siegel, Masada (February 2, 2010)."Australian Figure Skater Is Helped by Israel's Rules".The New York Times.
- ^ab"Tamar KATZ: 2009/2010".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon August 16, 2011.
- ^abcde"Programs".Official site of Tamar Katz.Archivedfrom the original on February 21, 2015.
- ^"Tamar KATZ: 2007/2008".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon May 4, 2008.
- ^"Tamar KATZ: 2006/2007".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon August 23, 2007.
- ^"Tamar KATZ: 2005/2006".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon May 16, 2006.
- ^abc"Competition Results: Tamar KATZ".International Skating Union.Archivedfrom the original on October 3, 2012.