Stefanie Pesendorfer

Stefanie Pesendorfer
Born (2003-08-31) 31 August 2003 (age 21)
Wels, Austria
HometownMarchtrenk, Austria
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
CountryAustria Austria
CoachNiko Ulanovsky
Ria Schiffner
Skating clubUnion Eissportklub Linz
Began skating2007

Stefanie Pesendorfer (born 31 August 2003) is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 2019 Tirnavia Ice Cup champion, the 2019 Prague Ice Cup champion, and the 2022 Austrian champion. She finished twelfth at the 2018 World Junior Championships and competed at the 2022 World Championships.[2]

Personal life

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Pesendorfer was born on 31 August 2003 in Wels, Austria.[3] As of February 2019, she is a high school student at Handelsschule für Leistungssport in Linz.[4]

Career

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Early years

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Pesendorfer began learning to skate in 2007, at age four.[3] After impressing in a kindergarten course, she joined Union Eissportklub in Linz.[5] She competed in the advanced novice ranks from October 2015 through April 2017.[6]

2017–2018 season

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Coached by Denise Jaschek and Markus Haider in Linz,[7] Pesendorfer made her international junior debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria in August 2017. She finished sixteenth at JGP Austria and twelfth at her second JGP assignment, in Zagreb, Croatia.[2]

In December, she won the junior ladies title at the 2018 Austrian Championships and was assigned to the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Competing in March at Junior Worlds, Pesendorfer qualified for the free skate after placing thirteenth in the short program. She finished twelfth overall.[2]

2018–2019 season

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Pesendorfer sat out the 2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, competing only at the 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb and 2018 Skate Celje in the fall. At Skate Celje, she won the junior bronze medal.

At the 2019 Austrian Championships, Pesendorfer won the junior silver medal behind Olga Mikutina. She was assigned to the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, where she placed seventh.

2019–2020 season

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Competing on the Junior Grand Prix, Pesendorfer placed eleventh at JGP France and seventeenth at JGP Russia. Making her debut in international senior competition, she competed at three events on the Challenger series, placing ninth at Nebelhorn Trophy, eleventh at the Nepela Memorial, and fifteenth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Placing second at junior nationals for the second consecutive season and then winning bronze in her senior national debut, Pesendorfer finished the season with a fifteenth-placed finish at the 2020 World Junior Championships.[8]

2020–2021 season

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Debuting at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, an event attended only by European skaters due to pandemic-related travel restrictions, Pesendorfer placed twelfth.[9]

2021–2022 season

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Pesendorfer placed sixteenth at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy.[10] She went on to win the bronze medal at two minor internationals and finish fifteenth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria before winning the Austrian national title. She was nevertheless not named to the Austrian Olympic team, but made her World Championship debut, finishing thirty-second.[2]

2022–2023 season

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Beginning the season on the Challenger circuit, Pesendorfer finished in eighth place at both the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial, before coming tenth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge. She won medals at a number of other minor internationals, and took the bronze medal at the Austrian championships.[2]

2023–2024 season

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Competing at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Pesendorfer came in twelfth place. Going on to compete at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy, Pessendorfer placed fourteenth in the short program but withdrew prior to the free skate.[2] She subsequently competed at the 2023 NRW Trophy where she would place fourth.[11]

At the 2024 Austrian Championships, Pessendorfer won the silver medal behind Olga Mikutina. She then closed the season by finishing fifth at the 2024 Dragon Trophy.[11]

2024–25 season

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In August 2024, it was announced that Pessendorfer had left longtime coaches, Denise Jaschek and Markus Haider, and had moved to Oberstdorf, Germany to train under Niko Ulanovsky and Ria Schiffner.[12]

Beginning the season at the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur in mid-October, Pessendorfer finished fourteenth.[2]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2024–2025
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2023–2024
  • The One That You Love
    by LP
    choreo. by Kelly Johnson
  • Game of Survival
    by Ruelle
  • Quick Musical Doodles
    by Two Feet
    choreo. by Kelly Johnson
2022–2023
[13]
2020–2022
[14][15]
2019–2020
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2018–2019
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  • The Last of Her Kind
  • The Vampire Masquerade
    by Peter Gundry
2017–2018
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Competitive highlights

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CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[2]
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
Worlds 32nd
CS Budapest Trophy WD
CS Cup of Austria 15th 10th
CS Golden Spin 15th WD
CS Lombardia Trophy 16th
CS Nebelhorn 9th 12th 8th 12th
CS Ondrej Nepela 11th 8th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 14th
CS Warsaw Cup TBD
Abu Dhabi Classic 1st
Bavarian Open 4th
Challenge Cup 9th
Dragon Trophy 3rd 5th
NRW Trophy 2nd 4th
Prague Ice Cup 1st
Skate Celje 3rd
Sofia Trophy 1st
Tirnavia Ice Cup 1st 3rd 1st
Volvo Open Cup WD
International: Junior[2]
Junior Worlds 12th 15th
JGP Austria 16th
JGP Croatia 12th
JGP France 11th
JGP Russia 17th
Coppa Europa 1st
EYOF 7th
Bavarian Open 4th
Dragon Trophy 2nd
Golden Bear 4th 12th 2nd
Int. Challenge Cup 3rd
Scheu Memorial 2nd
Skate Celje 3rd 3rd 1st
Triglav Trophy 1st
National[2]
Austrian Champ. 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd
Austrian Jr. Champ. 1st J 2nd J 2nd J

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [11]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 154.31 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program TSS 53.92 2022 CS Ice Challenge
TES 31.32 2020 World Junior Championships
PCS 24.94 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skating TSS 101.53 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES 54.58 2019 JGP France
PCS 51.26 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System [11]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 153.70 2018 World Junior Championships
Short program TSS 54.16 2018 World Junior Championships
TES 32.75 2018 World Junior Championships
PCS 21.41 2018 World Junior Championships
Free skating TSS 99.54 2018 World Junior Championships
TES 54.24 2018 World Junior Championships
PCS 45.30 2018 World Junior Championships

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. ISU Personal bests are highlighted in bold.

Senior results

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2024–2025 season
Date Event SP FS Total
October 16–20, 2024 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 11
49.96
14
89.44
14
139.40
2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 7–9, 2024 2024 Dragon Trophy 4
55.74
5
95.57
5
1151.31
December 13-17, 2023 2024 Austrian Championships 1
58.62
2
114.31
2
166.69
November 16-19, 2023 2023 NRW Trophy 4
46.70
5
83.15
4
129.85
September 20–23, 2023 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 10
51.43
13
81.31
12
132.74
2022–2023 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 9–13, 2022 2022 CS Ice Challenge 8
53.92
11
100.08
10
154.00
October 28–30, 2022 2022 Tirnavia Ice Cup 4
51.48
1
106.44
1
157.92
September 29 – October 1, 2022 2022 CS Nepela Memorial 6
49.28
10
84.47
8
133.75
September 21–24, 2022 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9
52.78
7
101.53
8
154.31
2021–2022 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships 32
47.23

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32
47.23
February 24–27, 2022 2022 Challenge Cup 12
50.28
8
93.41
9
143.69
February 2–6, 2022 2022 Sofia Trophy 1
60.35
1
112.86
1
173.21
January 18–23, 2022 2022 Bavarian Open 6
52.46
3
110.41
4
162.87
November 18–21, 2021 2021 Skate Celje 2
60.15
4
92.62
3
152.77
November 11–14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria 22
45.78
10
99.46
15
145.24
October 28–31, 2021 2021 Tirnavia Ice Cup 3
49.00
3
95.62
3
144.62
September 10–12, 2021 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy 22
46.85
13
94.12
16
140.97
2020–2021 season
Date Event SP FS Total
23–26 September 2020 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 20
35.90
6
96.01
12
131.91
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
12–14 December 2019 2020 Austrian Championships 3
56.43
3
91.66
3
148.09
4–7 December 2019 2019 Golden Spin 12
49.64
16
89.42
15
139.06
8–10 November 2019 2019 Prague Ice Cup 3
51.09
1
109.26
1
160.35
31 October – 3 November 2019 2019 Tirnavia Ice Cup 1
55.22
1
104.66
1
159.88
25–28 September 2019 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 12
47.75
8
98.91
9
146.66
19–21 September 2019 2019 Nepela Memorial 12
47.32
11
88.69
11
136.01

Junior results

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2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
2-8 March 2020 World Junior Championships 16
53.67
15
96.87
15
150.54
12-14 December 2019 2020 Austrian Junior Championships 2
50.06
1
98.06
2
148.12
22-24 November 2019 2019 Skate Celje 3
45.50
1
92.88
1
138.38
24-27 October 2019 2019 Golden Bear 4
52.25
1
96.07
2
148.32
11-14 September 2019 2019 JGP Russia 14
48.72
18
86.22
17
134.94
21-24 August 2019 2019 JGP France 13
50.30
9
98.70
11
149.00
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
10-14 April 2019 2019 Triglav Trophy 2
46.39
1
93.74
1
140.13
21-24 March 2019 2019 Coppa Europa 2
45.70
1
90.06
1
135.76
13-14 February 2019 2019 EYOF 8
49.35
6
97.66
7
147.01
5-10 February 2019 2019 Bavarian Open 4
51.31
4
95.70
4
147.01
13-16 December 2018 2019 Austrian Junior Championships 2
51.08
2
97.35
2
148.43
22-25 November 2018 2018 Skate Celje 4
41.71
3
81.72
3
123.43
25-28 October 2018 2018 Golden Bear 15
42.06
10
84.17
12
126.23
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
5-11 March 2018 2018 World Junior Championships 13
54.16
12
99.54
12
153.70
22-25 February 2018 2018 Challenge Cup 3
54.49
3
104.63
3
159.12
8-11 February 2018 2018 Dragon Trophy 8
42.45
2
90.39
2
132.84
13-16 December 2017 2018 Austrian Junior Championships 2
50.45
1
95.11
1
145.56
22-26 November 2017 2017 Skate Celje 9
38.97
2
74.85
3
113.82
8-12 November 2017 2017 Leo Scheu (Ice Challenge) 6
43.39
2
89.32
2
132.71
26-29 October 2017 2017 Golden Bear 2
50.60
7
85.31
4
135.91
27-30 September 2017 2017 JGP Croatia 12
45.65
12
84.94
12
130.59
30 August - 2 September 2017 2017 JGP Austria 16
42.69
17
75.23
16
117.92

References

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  3. ^ a b c "Stefanie PESENDORFER: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019.
  4. ^ Jelinek, Sophia (19 February 2019). "Junge Eiskönigin für Olympia 2022". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). Archived from the original on 23 February 2019.
  5. ^ Bogensperger, Yannik (18 September 2018). "Die, die über das Eis schwebt". Neues Volksblatt (in German). Archived from the original on 19 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Stefanie PESENDORFER". rinkresults.com.
  7. ^ a b "Stefanie PESENDORFER: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  8. ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Results – Junior Ladies". International Skating Union.
  9. ^ "ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2020 Results". International Skating Union.
  10. ^ "Lombardia Trophy 2021". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.
  11. ^ a b c d "AUT-Stefanie PESENDORFER". Skating Scores.
  12. ^ a b "Stefanie PESENDORFER: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Stefanie PESENDORFER: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Stefanie PESENDORFER: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Stefanie PESENDORFER: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Stefanie PESENDORFER: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020.
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