Eliška Březinová (born 19 February 1996) is a Czech figure skater. She is the 2019 EduSport Trophy champion, the 2014 New Year's Cup champion, the 2015 Santa Claus Cup champion, a two-time Four Nationals champion (2014, 2018), and a nine-time Czech national champion (2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2022). She has competed in the final segment at eight ISU Championships, including three World Championships.

Eliška Březinová
Březinová at the 2018 European Championships
Born (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28)
Brno, Czech Republic
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Figure skating career
Country Czech Republic
DisciplineWomen's singles
CoachRudolf Březina
Jozef Sabovčík
Michal Březina
Skating clubVSK Technika Brno
Began skating2002
Highest WS39th (2018–19)
Medal record
Event Gold medal – first place Silver medal – second place Bronze medal – third place
Czech Championships 9 3 1
Medal list
Czech Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ostrava Singles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bratislava Singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Budapest Singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Třinec Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Košice Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Singles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Ostrava Singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cieszyn Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Spišská Nová Ves Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Katowice Singles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest Singles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Turnov Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Žilina Singles
Březinová in 2012
Březinová in 2017

Personal life

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Eliška Březinová was born on 19 February 1996 in Brno, Czech Republic.[1] She is the daughter of Edita and Rudolf Březina, a figure skating coach, and the younger sister of Michal Březina, a former competitor in men's singles.[2]

Career

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Březinová began skating in 2002.[1] She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2010. In the 2011–2012 season, she became the Czech national senior champion and was sent to the European and World Championships but did not progress past the preliminary round at either event.[3]

In the 2012–2013 season, Březinová dipped to fourth nationally and placed 30th in Zagreb at the 2013 European Championships, missing the cut-off for the free skate. She underwent ankle surgery in May 2013.[4] She was coached by Karel Fajfr, along with her father, until the end of the season,[5] and then by Ivan Rezek and her father beginning in the summer of 2013.[4][6]

In the 2013–2014 season, Březinová won her second national title and reached the free skate at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest, where she finished fifteenth. She then qualified for the free skate at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama and finished eighteenth.

Březinová made her Grand Prix debut in the 2014–2015 season, having been assigned to the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard.[7] She won the Czech Figure Skating Championships for the third time. She finished fifteenth at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm.

Competing at the 2021 World Championships, Březinová placed twenty-second.[8] This result qualified a place for the Czech Republic at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[9] In September 2021 she was named to the Czech Olympic team, joining her four-time Olympian brother for the first time.[10] Březinová placed eighth in the short program segment of the Olympic team event, setting a new personal best score and breaking the 60-point mark for the first time.[citation needed] She performed still better in the short program of the women's event, scoring 64.31 to qualify for the free skate in twelfth position.[11] Twenty-first in the free skate, she dropped to twentieth overall.[12]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2024–2025
[13]
2023–2024
[14]
2022–2023
[15]
2021–2022
[16]
2020–2021
[17]
2019–2020
[18]
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[19]
2016–2017
[20]
2015–2016
[21]
2014–2015
[22]
  • Megapolis
    by Bel Suona
    choreo. by Salomé Brunner
2013–2014
[6]
2012–2013
[5][23]
  • Tango Amore
    by Edvin Marton

2011–2012
[24]
2010–2011
[25]

Competitive highlights

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Competition placements at senior level [26]
Season 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winter Olympics 19th
Winter Olympics
(Team event)
8th
World Championships 41st 18th 27th 29th 18th 20th C 22nd 27th 32nd 28th
European Championships 36th 30th 15th 15th 23rd 12th 10th 22nd 20th
Czech Championships 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd
GP France 9th
GP Rostelecom Cup 11th
GP Skate America 10th
GP Skate Canada 12th
CS Autumn Classic 12th 9th 10th
CS Cranberry Cup 10th
CS Denis Ten Memorial 6th 12th
CS Finlandia Trophy 10th 14th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 9th 11th
CS Ice Star 11th
CS Lombardia Trophy 16th 11th 19th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 16th 9th
CS Nepela Memorial 3rd 6th 12th WD 11th WD
CS Tallinn Trophy 11th
CS U.S. Classic 10th 11th 10th
CS Warsaw Cup 27th
Bavarian Open 16th 12th
Bellu Memorial 7th
Bosphorus Cup 3rd 3rd
Celje Open 5th
Challenge Cup 18th
Crystal Skate of Romania 3rd 3rd
Cup of Tyrol 10th
Denkova-Staviski Cup 4th 15th
Diamond Spin 2nd
Dragon Trophy 5th 4th
EduSport Trophy 1st
Golden Bear of Zagreb 7th 12th 8th
Halloween Cup 5th 16th
Hellmut Seibt Memorial 5th 7th 5th 7th
Ice Challenge 16th
Jégvirág Cup 3rd
Mentor Cup 2nd
Merano Cup 11th 6th
Mladost Trophy 3rd
New Year's Cup 5th 1st
NRW Trophy 23rd
Santa Claus Cup 1st 7th 4th
Skate Celje 1st
Skate Helena 4th 1st
Slovenia Open 5th 5th
Tayside Trophy 3rd 2nd 4th 7th
Tirnavia Ice Cup 3rd
Triglav Trophy 8th
Trophée Métropole Nice 2nd
Competition placements at junior level [26]
Season 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Czech Championships (Senior) 3rd
Czech Championships (Junior) 3rd 6th 2nd
JGP Austria 17th 20th
JGP Czech Republic 14th
JGP Germany 26th
European Youth Olympic Festival 20th
Ice Challenge 12th 5th

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [27]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 175.41 2022 Winter Olympics
Short program TSS 64.31 2022 Winter Olympics
TES 35.74 2022 Winter Olympics
PCS 28.57 2022 Winter Olympics
Free skating TSS 111.10 2022 Winter Olympics
TES 55.25 2019 European Championships
PCS 58.29 2022 Winter Olympics
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System [27]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 153.14 2018 World Championships
Short program TSS 58.37 2018 World Championships
TES 32.55 2018 World Championships
PCS 25.82 2018 World Championships
Free skating TSS 97.63 2018 European Championships
TES 52.52 2015 European Championships
PCS 50.76 2018 World Championships

Senior level

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Results in the 2019–20 season[26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 17–22, 2019   2019 CS U.S. International Classic 11 39.36 11 75.48 11 114.84
Oct 17–20, 2019   2019 Halloween Cup 8 47.43 17 74.05 16 121.48
Oct 24–27, 2019   2019 Golden Bear of Zagreb 6 54.79 9 92.22 8 147.01
Nov 17, 2019   2019 Denkova-Staviski Cup 4 50.72 4 82.39 4 133.11
Dec 13–14, 2019   2020 Czech Championships 2 56.85 3 81.46 1 138.31
Jan 20–26, 2020   2020 European Championships 19 53.61 22 91.74 22 145.35
Jan 30 – Feb 2, 2020   2020 Dragon Trophy 3 56.28 4 100.90 4 157.18
Feb 14–16, 2020   2020 Jégvirág Cup 3 41.23 3 76.38 3 117.61
Results in the 2020–21 season[26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 23–26, 2020   2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6 51.98 11 87.34 9 129.32
Nov 26–29, 2020   2020 Santa Claus Cup 3 53.17 3 102.55 4 155.72
Dec 10–12, 2020   2021 Czech Championships 2 46.84 1 100.00 1 146.84
Feb 12–14, 2021   2021 Celje Open 5
Mar 22–26, 2021   2021 World Championships 21 58.81 22 96.33 22 155.14
Results in the 2021–22 season[26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 16–18, 2021   2021 CS Autumn Classic International 6 52.52 9 88.85 9 141.87
Oct 20–24, 2021   2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 4 52.13 2 111.82 2 163.95
Nov 6–7, 2021   2021 Tayside Trophy 5 53.01 2 105.52 3 158.53
Dec 7–11, 2021   2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 7 55.27 11 95.56 11 150.83
Dec 17–18, 2021   2022 Czech Championships 1 58.56 1 110.27 1 168.83
Jan 13–15, 2022   2022 European Championships 13 59.62 21 95.62 21 155.24
Feb 4–7, 2022   2022 Winter Olympics (Team event) 8 61.05 8
Feb 15–17, 2022   2022 Winter Olympics 11 64.31 20 111.10 19 175.41
Mar 21–27, 2022   2022 World Championships 27 55.07 27 55.07
Results in the 2022–23 season[26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 12–16, 2022   2022 U.S International Classic 10 43.03 8 86.12 10 129.15
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2022   2022 CS Nepela Memorial 15 34.25 WD
Oct 15–16, 2022   2022 Tayside Trophy 1 60.16 4 99.31 2 159.47
Oct 21–23, 2022   2022 Skate America 9 56.65 10 96.92 10 153.57
Oct 28–20, 2022   2022 Skate Canada International 11 55.14 12 103.89 12 159.03
Nov 15–20, 2022   2022 Skate Celje 1 59.06 1 108.49 1 167.55
Nov 29 – Dec 3, 2022   2022 Bosphorus Cup 8 47.99 1 116.33 3 164.32
Dec 15–17, 2022   2023 Czech Championships 2 48.74 2 103.67 2 152.41
Feb 24–26, 2023   2023 Bellu Memorial 7 43.53 6 86.24 7 129.77
Mar 22–26, 2023   2023 World Championships 32 47.29 32 47.29
Results in the 2023–24 season[26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 14–17, 2023   2023 CS Autumn Classic International 7 49.84 11 75.72 10 125.56
Oct 14–15, 2023   2023 Tayside Trophy 2 50.96 6 77.44 4 128.40
Nov 2–5, 2023   2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 9 47.22 6 95.87 6 143.09
Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2023   2023 Bosphorus Cup 9 42.09 2 103.44 3 145.53
Dec 14–16, 2023   2024 Czech Championships 1 57.71 2 86.41 2 144.12
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024   2024 Bavarian Open 12 41.46 12 77.92 12 119.38
Mar 18–24, 2024   2024 World Championships 28 50.90 28 50.90
Results in the 2024–25 season[26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 8–11, 2025   2024 CS Cranberry Cup International 7 52.38 11 73.77 10 126.15
Sep 12–15, 2025   2024 CS Lombardia Trophy 15 44.51 19 72.35 19 116.86
Oct 12–13, 2024   2024 Tayside Trophy 6 52.74 8 80.72 7 133.46
Oct 15–20, 2024   2024 Diamond Spin 4 49.29 1 97.48 2 146.77
Oct 23–27, 2024   2024 Crystal Skate of Romania 2 51.46 3 79.94 3 131.40
Nov 1–3, 2024   2024 Tirnavia Ice Cup 2 51.81 4 98.49 2 150.30
Nov 5–10, 2024   2024 Denkova-Staviski Cup 18 43.67 14 93.16 15 136.83
2015–16 season
Event SP FS Total
2015 Tallinn Trophy


2015 Finlandia Trophy


2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy


2015 Lombardia Trophy


2014–15 season
Event SP FS Total
2015 World Championships 27
43.37
27
43.37
2015 Hellmut Seibt Memorial


2015 European Championships


2015 Four National Championships 2
48.14
3
91.31
3
139.45
2014 Trophée Éric Bompard 10
48.28
9
96.01
9
144.29
2014 Rostelecom Cup


2014 Finlandia Trophy


2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy


2014 Lombardia Trophy


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