Lea Johanna Dastich

Lea Johanna Dastich
Dastich in 2018
Personal information
Country represented Germany
Born (2000-04-30) 30 April 2000
Dresden, Germany
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach Anett Pötzsch
Former coach Annette Grassow
Choreographer Oleg Ryzhkin, Elizaveta Kokic
Former choreographer Vladimir Tsvetkov
Skating club Dresdner Eislauf-Club e.V.
Training locations Dresden
Began skating 2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 164.34
2018 Junior Worlds
Short program 55.32
2018 Junior Worlds
Free skate 109.02
2018 Junior Worlds

Lea Johanna Dastich (born 30 April 2000)[1] is a German figure skater. She is a two-time Bavarian Open bronze medalist (2016, 2017), the 2015 European Youth Olympic silver medalist, and a two-time German national medalist. She has competed in the final segment at four ISU Championships.

Career

Early years

Dastich began learning to skate in 2003.[2] In the 2012–2013 season, she competed internationally on the advanced novice level, winning bronze at the 2012 NRW Trophy. In 2013–2014, she began appearing in junior internationals.

2014–2015 season

Dastich received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2014–2015 season; she placed 8th in France and 7th in Germany. In January 2015, she won the German national junior title and the silver medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Dornbirn, Austria.[3]

2015–2016 season

Making her senior international debut, Dastich finished 14th at the Nebelhorn Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event in September 2015. She finished fourth at the German Championships. In February 2016, she won her first senior international medal – bronze at the Bavarian Open. In March, she represented Germany at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. She placed 18th in the short program, 10th in the free skate, and 12th overall. During the season, she was coached by Anett Pötzsch in Dresden.[4]

2016–2017 season

In December 2016, Dastich received the senior silver medal at the German Championships, having finished second to Nathalie Weinzierl. In February 2017, she repeated as the bronze medalist at the Bavarian Open. The following month, Dastich placed 8th at the 2017 World Junior Championships, scoring personal bests in every segment of the competition.

2017–2018 season

Competing in her fourth JGP season, Dastich placed 8th in Austria and 6th in Croatia in September. In January, she qualified to the final segment and finished 16th overall at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia. In March, she placed 10th at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[2]
2017–2018
[5]
  • La La Land
    by Justin Hurwitz
2016–2017
[1]
  • West Side Story
    by Leonard Bernstein
2015–2016
[6]
  • Pina
    by Jun Miyake, Thom Hanreich
    • Lilies of the Valley
    • Pina
    • Shake It
2014–2015
[7]
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
    by Alexandre Desplat

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Europeans16th
CS Golden Spin7th
CS Lombardia7th
CS Nebelhorn14thWD
CS Tallinn Trophy6th
Bavarian Open3rd3rd
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds12th8th10th
JGP Austria8th
JGP Croatia6th
JGP France8th
JGP Germany7th8th
JGP Slovenia11thTBD
JGP U.S.15th
EYOF2nd
Denkova-Staviski2nd
Golden Bear4th
GP Bratislava1st
NRW Trophy7th3rd2nd2nd
Ice Challenge1st
Seibt Memorial1st1st
Tirnavia Ice Cup1st
Volvo Open Cup2nd
Warsaw Cup2nd
International: Novice
Challenge CupWD
NRW Trophy3rd
National[8]
German Champ.1st T4th J1st J4th2nd3rd
Levels: T = Novice Under-13; J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 "Lea Johanna DASTICH: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Lea Johanna DASTICH: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "EYOF: Goldener Tag bei Kaiserwetter für Team Deutschland" [EYOF: Golden day for Team Germany] (in German). Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. 29 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Hiller, Alexander (15 March 2016). "Die ehrgeizige Außenseiterin" [The ambitious outsider]. Sächsische Zeitung (in German).
  5. ↑ "Lea Johanna DASTICH: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Lea Johanna DASTICH: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Lea Johanna DASTICH: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Lea Johanna DASTICH". International Skating Union.
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