Gheorghe Chiper

Gheorghe Chiper

Personal information
Country represented	Romania
Born	8 April 1978 (1978-04-08) (age 33)
Height	176 cm (5.77 ft)
Coach	Sandra Schär-Chiper
Choreographer	Sandra Schär, Pasquale Camerlengo
Skating club	SC Miercurea Ciuc
Retired	2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	191.95 2005 Trophée Eric Bompard
Short program	67.66 2006 Olympics
Free skate	125.70 2005 Trophée Eric Bompard

Gheorghe Chiper (born 8 April 1978 in Miercurea Ciuc) is a Romanian former competitive figure skater. He is an eight time Romanian national champion and competed at two Olympic Games. He is the first Romanian skater to win a medal on the Grand Prix circuit and the first Romanian to land a quadruple toe loop in competition. He moved to Switzerland to train.^[1] He retired from eligible skating after the 2005-2006 Olympic season. Chiper began working as a coach in Switzerland.^[2]

Chiper is married to his former coach, Sandra Schär, and they have one child.

Results

Event	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Winter Olympic Games								23rd				14th
World Championships							21st		18th	17th	18th	14th
European Championships					20th	29th	15th	18th	9th	9th	8th	9th
World Championships	27th	23rd	15th
Romanian Championships	4th J.	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Skate Canada International											12th
Trophée Eric Bompard												3rd
Cup of Russia								7th
NHK Trophy										7th
Crystal Skate of Romania							2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Golden Spin of Zagreb				10th	7th	8th	6th		1st
Finlandia Trophy							12th	3rd	2nd	1st
Karl Schäfer Memorial							4th	6th
Nebelhorn Trophy				11th	17th		9th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial					11th
Winter Universiade			14th

References

1. ^ Dobor, Helga (2005). ""The only important thing is to improve" - A chat with Gheorge Chiper". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2005chiper. Retrieved February 7, 2011. 
2. ^ Osborne, Magdalena (2008). "Gheorghe Chiper behind the boards". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/articles/2008chiper.html. Retrieved December 23, 2010. 

External links

• Skate Academy
• Official site
• Gheorghe Chiper at the International Skating Union

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Name	Chiper, Gheorghe
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Date of birth	8 April 1978
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