Felipe Montoya

Felipe Montoya
Personal information
Full name Andrés Felipe Montoya Pulgarín
Country represented Spain
Born (1990-08-30) 30 August 1990
Pereira, Colombia
Residence Madrid, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Coach Iván Sáez, Carolina Sanz, Jordi Lafarga, R. Garcia
Former coach Jonathan Levers, Olga Stepanova, Juan Gomez, Oiane Otaegi
Choreographer Iván Sáez
Skating club SAD Majadahonda Madrid
Former skating club Txuri-Berri
Training locations Madrid
Former training locations San Sebastián
Began skating 2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 193.09
2017 Golden Spin
Short program 67.73
2016 Europeans
Free skate 127.39
2017 Golden Spin

Andrés Felipe Montoya Pulgarín[1] (born 30 August 1990) is a Spanish competitive figure skater. He has won seven international medals and is an eight-time Spanish national medalist, having won two silver and six bronze medals. He will compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Montoya was born on 30 August 1990 in Pereira, Colombia.[2] He moved to Spain when he was eight years old.[3]

Career

Montoya began learning to skate in 2003.[2] He trained at Txuri-Berri Club de Hielo in San Sebastián until 2012, when he moved to SAD Majadahonda in Madrid.[4]

In December 2015, Montoya won the silver medal at the Spanish Championships, ranking between Javier Fernández and Javier Raya. He was assigned to his first ISU Championships – the 2016 European Championships, held in January in Bratislava. He qualified to the final segment in Slovakia, placing 17th in the short program, 19th in the free skate, and 17th overall.

At the 2017 World Championships, Fernández earned two spots for Spain in the men's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The Federación Española Deportes de Hielo (FEDH) decided that the second spot would go to the skater who received the highest combined score at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and Spanish Championships.[5] Montoya outscored Raya by 26.61 points at Golden Spin and finished third at the Spanish Championships with a 2.77 deficit versus Raya, resulting in a final advantage of 23.84 points. On 17 December 2017, FEDH confirmed that Montoya would compete at the Olympics.[6][7]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[2]

Competitive highlights

International[8]
Event 06–07 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Olympics29th
Europeans17th20th
CS Golden Spin11th
Challenge Cup7th9th7th8th
Cup of Nice5th18th
Dragon Trophy2nd
Lombardia Trophy6th
NRW Trophy18th
Open d'Andorra2nd2nd1st
Santa Claus Cup2nd1st3rd
Seibt Memorial9th
Sportland Trophy4th
Universiade28th21st
National[8]
Spanish Champ.5th J5th J2nd J3rd2nd3rd3rd3rd2nd3rd3rd
J = Junior level

References

  1. ↑ "Andrés Felipe Montoya Pulgarín" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Madrileña de Deportes de Invierno. 31 December 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Felipe MONTOYA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Javier Fernández arrasa en el programa corto y alcanza la final". EFE (in Spanish). eurosport.es. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Entrevista a Felipe Montoya: "Intentaré ir a por todas y, después, que pase, lo que tenga que pasar"" [Interview with Felipe Montoya] (in Spanish). Hielo Español. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Criterios de selección de patinaje artístico para los JJOO" [Figure skating selection criteria for the Olympics] (in Spanish). Federación Española Deportes de Hielo. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Javier Fernández, Felipe Montoya y Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khalyavin, a los Juegos" [Javier Fernández, Felipe Montoya and Sara Hurtado & Kirill Khalyavin heading to the Olympics]. Marca (in Spanish). 17 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sara Hurtado & Kirill Jalyavin y Felipe Montoya son Olímpicos" [Sara Hurtado & Kirill Jalyavin and Felipe Montoya are Olympians] (in Spanish). Federación Española Deportes de Hielo. 17 December 2017. Archived from the original on December 17, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Competition Results: Felipe MONTOYA". International Skating Union.
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