Silvia Hugec

Silvia Valeria Hugec (born December 22, 2000) is a Slovak-American figure skater.[1] She is the 2018 Slovak national champion and represented Slovakia at the 2018 European Championships, where she qualified to the final segment.

Silvia Hugec
Silvia Hugec at the 2018 European Championships
Personal information
Country representedSlovakia
Born (2000-12-22) December 22, 2000
Paterson, New Jersey
Home townSaint Paul, Minnesota
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
CoachAnn Edison, Benjamin Miller Reisman
Former coachLorie Charbonneau, Igor Korobko
ChoreographerMolly Oberstar
Skating clubKrasocentrum Kosice
Training locationsSaint Paul, Minnesota
Former training locationsBloomington
Began skating2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total136.30
2018 ISU JGP Czech Republic
Short program54.24
2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy
Free skate87.02
2018 ISU JGP Czech Republic

Personal life

Silvia Valeria Hugec was born on December 22, 2000, in Paterson, New Jersey.[2] Her parents moved to the United States from Slovakia in 1998. She resides in the suburbs of Minneapolis and studied at Mounds Park Academy in Saint Paul, Minnesota. After taking a gap year, she now attends Columbia University School of General Studies and is a new member of the Epsilon Upsilon chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.[3]

Career

Early years

Hugec started to skate as a five-year-old under the supervision of Ukrainian coach Igor Korobko and then transitioned to Canadian coach Lorie Charbonneau. She has multiple medals from Minnesota State Figure Skating Championships.[4]

2016–2017

Hugec started competing internationally for Slovakia in October 2016, at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Germany.[5][6] In November 2016, she began training with Ann Eidson and Benjamin Miller Reisman at the Saint Paul Figure Skating Club.

In February 2017, she won the silver medal at the Slovak Junior Championships and placed 8th at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.[7][8]

2017–2018

Hugec placed 12th at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria.[9][10][11][12] She finished 9th at a senior event, the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy, which was part of the 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series. In December 2017, a few days before her 17th birthday, she became the Slovak national champion in the absence of Nicole Rajicova.

Hugec qualified to the final segment at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[2]
2017–2018
[10]
2016–2017
[13]

Results

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[14]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19
Europeans24th30th
CS Ondrej Nepela9th8th
CS Tallinn Trophy15th
Four Nationals7th
International: Junior[14]
Junior Worlds33rd34th
JGP Austria12th
JGP Croatia13th
JGP Czech Republic14th
JGP Germany26th
JGP Slovakia21st
EYOF8th
National[14]
Slovak Champ.2nd J1st2nd
J = Junior

References
  1. "Spoznali sme juniorských šampiónov v krasokorčuľovaní" (in Slovak). TV KOSICE.
  2. "Silvia Hugec: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018.
  3. "Profiles of the Fall 2019 Incoming Class". Columbia University School of General Studies. September 13, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  4. "Twin City Figure Skating Association".
  5. "Silvia Hugec Junior Short Program 2016". youtube.
  6. "Silvia Hugec Junior Free Skate Program 2016". youtube.
  7. "13th Winter European Youth Olympic Festival". International Skating Union. 28 February 2017.
  8. "Sutazny den na Zimnom EYOF 2017". Slovak Olympic Committee.
  9. "2017 JGP Cup of Austria". International Skating Union. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  10. "Silvia Hugec: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
  11. "Silvia Hugec Junior Short Program 2017". youtube.
  12. "Silvia Hugec Junior Free Skate Program 2017". youtube.
  13. "Silvia HUGEC: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017.
  14. "Competition Results: Silvia HUGEC". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018.
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