Adam Hagara (born 26 April 2006) is a Slovak figure skater. He is the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic silver medalist, 2024 World Junior bronze medalist, 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and 2023 JGP Austria champion, and has seven senior international medals as well as three Slovak national titles (2022–2024).
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| Born | 26 April 2006 Trnava, Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Boleráz, Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Vladimir Dvojnikov Alexandra Hagarová | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | KK Trnava | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editHagara was born on 26 April 2006 in Trnava, Slovakia. He is the younger brother of Slovak figure skater Alexandra Hagarová, who is also one of his coaches.[1]
Career
editEarly years
editHagara began learning to skate in 2010.[1] He competed in the advanced novice ranks in the 2018–19 season and early the following season. His junior international debut was in December 2019 at the Santa Claus Cup in Hungary.[2]
In February 2020, Hagara won the Slovak national junior men's title.[2] In March, he competed at the 2020 World Junior Championships and placed 33rd in the short program. He made no international appearances the following season.
2021–22 season
editDebuting on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Hagara placed 13th in Košice, Slovakia, in early September 2021. Later that month, he also made his senior international debut, finishing 23rd at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy. Deciding to continue in the senior ranks, he placed ninth at the Budapest Trophy and then won medals at his following three events: gold at the Tirnavia Ice Cup in Slovakia, bronze at Skate Celje in Slovenia, and bronze at the Santa Claus Cup in Hungary.
In December 2021, Hagara competed as a senior at Four Nationals. He finished third in the short program and fourth overall, but finished as the top Slovak competitor.[3] He was subsequently named to Slovakia's team to the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. He placed 25th at the European Championships in January and 26th at the 2022 World Championships. In April, he qualified to the final segment at the 2022 World Junior Championships, finishing 16th in the short and 21st overall.[4]
2022–23 season
editHagara began the season with two assignments on the Junior Grand Prix, finishing seventh at the 2022 JGP France and sixth at the second edition of the 2022 JGP Poland. He also won gold in the junior event at the Sofia Trophy.[4]
Competing as a senior, Hagara had one Challenger assignment, and finished eighth at the 2022 Nepela Memorial. He had a number of other minor senior internationals, including a silver medal at the Santa Claus Cup, before winning a second Slovak national title at the 2023 Four National Championships, an event where he also finished second overall among the men.[4]
In the latter half of the season, Hagara reached the final segment at three ISU Championships. In January, he finished 18th at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland. In March, he placed 14th at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Canada, before traveling to Saitama, Japan, for the 2023 World Championships, where he finished 23rd.[4]
2023–24 season
editBeginning the season on the Junior Grand Prix in early September, Hagara stood on a JGP podium for the first time, taking gold at the 2023 JGP Austria. It was Slovakia's first-ever gold medal in any discipline in the JGP series.[5] He finished fourth at his second event, the 2023 JGP Hungary, before finishing fifth at the 2023 Nepela Memorial at the senior level.[4]
Hagara's Junior Grand Prix results qualified him to the Junior Grand Prix Final, another first for a Slovak skater, which he called "a big responsibility." He finished third in both segments, winning the bronze medal, which he celebrated as "my dream."[6] Hagara then competed at the 2024 Four Nationals Championships, finishing first in the men's event and claiming a third Slovak national title in the process.[4]
At the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics, Hagara finished narrowly second in the short program. Third in the free skate, he finished narrowly second overall. His silver was the first figure skating medal for Slovakia at the Youth Olympics, which he said helped his goal of "putting Slovakia on the map, trying to make figure skating in Slovakia a bigger sport than it already is. We have a long history of figure skating but it kind of went forgotten."[7] Hagara identified acquiring a quadruple jump as the next major step for him.[8]
At the 2024 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Hagara finished third in both segments of the competition and overall, claiming the bronze medal. This was another podium first for a Slovak man at an ISU championship.[9] Hagara ended the season competing at the senior World Championships, where he came thirty-fifth.[4]
2024–25 season
editBeginning the season on the Junior Grand Prix, Hagara won the short program at the 2024 JGP Czech Republic, but after coming fifth in the free skate he dropped to third overall, claiming the bronze medal.[10] He then went on to take silver at the 2024 JGP Slovenia.[4] With these results, Hagara was named as the first alternate for the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final.[11]
Going on to compete as a senior on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, Hagara finished fourth at the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial.[4]
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skate | Exhibition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | — | [12] | ||
| 2020–21 | ||||
| 2021–22 | [1] | |||
| 2022–23 |
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[13] | ||
| 2023–24 |
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[14] | |
| 2024–25 |
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[15] |
Competitive highlights
edit- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
| Season | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | 26th | 23rd | 35th | |
| European Championships | 25th | 18th | 11th | |
| Slovak Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 23rd | |||
| CS Nepela Memorial | 8th | 5th | 4th | |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 8th | |||
| Bellu Memorial | 4th | |||
| Budapest Trophy | 9th | |||
| Santa Claus Cup | 3rd | 2nd | ||
| Skate Celje | 3rd | 1st | ||
| Skate Helena | 1st | |||
| Tirnavia Ice Cup | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
| Season | 2019–20 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Youth Olympics | 2nd | ||||
| World Junior Championships | 33rd | 21st | 14th | 3rd | |
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 3rd | ||||
| Slovak Championships | 1st | ||||
| JGP Austria | 1st | ||||
| JGP Czech Republic | 3rd | ||||
| JGP France | 7th | ||||
| JGP Hungary | 4th | ||||
| JGP Poland | 6th | ||||
| JGP Slovakia | 13th | ||||
| JGP Slovenia | 2nd | ||||
| Dragon Trophy | 2nd | ||||
| Grand Prix of Bratislava | 2nd | ||||
| Santa Claus Cup | 6th | ||||
| Skate Helena | 3rd | ||||
| Sofia Trophy | 1st |
Detailed results
edit| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 225.61 | 2024 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 80.90 | 2024 JGP Slovenia |
| TES | 45.23 | 2024 JGP Slovenia | |
| PCS | 35.67 | 2024 JGP Slovenia | |
| Free skating | TSS | 148.51 | 2023 CS Nepela Memorial |
| TES | 78.19 | 2023 JGP Austria | |
| PCS | 71.50 | 2024 World Junior Championships |
Senior level
edit| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 22–25, 2021 |  2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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25 | 54.20 | 19 | 108.21 | 23 | 162.41 |
| Oct 14–17, 2021 |  2021 Budapest Trophy
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8 | 60.26 | 9 | 103.35 | 9 | 163.61 |
| Oct 28–31, 2021 | 2021 Tirnavia Ice Cup
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1 | 65.58 | 1 | 123.89 | 1 | 189.47 |
| Nov 19–21, 2021 |  2021 Skate Celje
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4 | 57.90 | 3 | 111.63 | 3 | 169.53 |
| Dec 6–12, 2021 | 2021 Santa Claus Cup
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2 | 68.73 | 3 | 125.87 | 3 | 194.60 |
| Dec 16–18, 2021 | 2022 Slovak Championships
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1 | 62.89 | 1 | 118.02 | 1 | 180.91 |
| Jan 10–16, 2022 |  2022 European Championships
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25 | 65.23 | – | – | 25 | 65.23 |
| Jan 19–23, 2022 |  2022 Skate Helena
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1 | 72.15 | 1 | 137.95 | 1 | 210.10 |
| Feb 23–26, 2022 |  2022 Bellu Memorial
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4 | 74.54 | 4 | 133.77 | 4 | 208.31 |
| Mar 21–27, 2022 |  2022 World Championships
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26 | 60.92 | – | – | 26 | 60.92 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2022 | 2022 CS Nepela Memorial
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10 | 60.30 | 8 | 122.65 | 8 | 182.95 |
| Oct 28–30, 2022 | 2022 Tirnavia Ice Cup
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1 | 57.02 | 1 | 128.60 | 1 | 185.62 |
| Nov 17–20, 2022 | 2022 Skate Celje
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1 | 69.23 | 1 | 138.35 | 1 | 207.58 |
| Nov 28 – Dec 4, 2022 | 2022 Santa Claus Cup
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4 | 67.81 | 2 | 132.47 | 2 | 200.28 |
| Dec 15–17, 2022 | 2023 Slovak Championships
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1 | 67.99 | 1 | 137.03 | 1 | 205.02 |
| Jan 25–29, 2023 |  2023 European Championships
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21 | 65.15 | 15 | 124.57 | 18 | 189.72 |
| Mar 22–26, 2023 |  2023 World Championships
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24 | 70.29 | 22 | 132.97 | 23 | 203.26 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 28–30, 2023 | 2023 CS Nepela Memorial
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9 | 74.27 | 5 | 148.51 | 5 | 222.78 |
| Oct 27-29, 2023 | 2023 Tirnavia Ice Cup
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4 | 59.86 | 1 | 140.38 | 2 | 200.24 |
| Nov 15–17, 2023 |  2023 CS Warsaw Cup
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12 | 66.90 | 4 | 138.63 | 8 | 205.53 |
| Dec 14-16, 2023 |  2024 Slovak Championships
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1 | 73.88 | 1 | 135.05 | 1 | 208.93 |
| Jan 10-14, 2024 |  2024 European Championships
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11 | 74.97 | 11 | 145.85 | 11 | 220.82 |
| Mar 18-24, 2024 |  2024 World Championships
|
35 | 65.37 | – | – | 35 | 65.37 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Oct 25–27, 2024 | 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
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2 | 78.12 | ||||
Junior level
edit| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Dec 2–8, 2019 | 2019 Santa Claus Cup
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6 | 34.99 | 6 | 65.77 | 6 | 100.76 |
| Dec 13–15, 2019 | 2019 Grand Prix of Bratislava
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2 | 46.48 | 2 | 83.54 | 2 | 130.02 |
| Jan 16–18, 2020 | 2020 Skate Helena
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3 | 54.32 | 3 | 97.63 | 3 | 151.95 |
| Jan 30 – Feb 2, 2020 | 2020 Dragon Trophy
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3 | 43.84 | 2 | 91.02 | 2 | 134.86 |
| Mar 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships
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33 | 41.90 | – | – | 33 | 41.90 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 1–4, 2021 | 2021 JGP Slovakia
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11 | 56.38 | 11 | 106.25 | 13 | 162.63 |
| Apr 13–17, 2022 | 2022 World Junior Championships
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16 | 64.72 | 22 | 108.04 | 21 | 172.76 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Aug 24–27, 2022 | 2022 JGP France
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8 | 56.09 | 5 | 118.61 | 7 | 174.70 |
| Oct 5–8, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland II
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7 | 66.42 | 5 | 122.85 | 6 | 189.27 |
| Feb 3–7, 2023 |  2022 Sofia Trophy
|
1 | 70.88 | 1 | 130.91 | 1 | 201.79 |
| Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships
|
13 | 66.71 | 14 | 126.64 | 14 | 193.35 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2023 |  2023 JGP Austria
|
1 | 74.01 | 1 | 146.32 | 1 | 220.33 |
| Sep 20–23, 2023 | 2023 JGP Hungary
|
1 | 74.94 | 5 | 125.16 | 4 | 200.10 |
| Dec 7–10, 2023 |  2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final
|
3 | 71.43 | 3 | 141.83 | 3 | 213.26 |
| Jan 26 – Feb 2, 2024 |  2024 Winter Youth Olympics
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2 | 75.06 | 3 | 141.17 | 2 | 216.23 |
| Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2024 |  2024 World Junior Championships
|
3 | 78.02 | 3 | 147.59 | 3 | 225.61 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 4–9, 2024 | 2024 JGP Czech Republic
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1 | 78.03 | 5 | 133.20 | 3 | 211.23 |
| Oct 2-5, 2024 | 2024 JGP Slovenia
|
2 | 80.90 | 3 | 136.53 | 2 | 217.43 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Adam HAGARA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Adam Hagara". RinkResults.com.
- ^ "Krasokorčuľovanie: Hagarovi tesne uniklo pódium na MM 4 krajín" [Hagara narrowly missed the podium at Four Nationals] (in Slovak). sport.aktuality.sk. 18 December 2021. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Competition Results: Adam HAGARA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Gold medals at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Linz (AUT) go to Korea, Slovakia, Canada and Germany". International Skating Union. September 4, 2023. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ Slater, Paula (December 10, 2023). "Nakata rebounds to capture gold at Junior Grand Prix Final". Golden Skate. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ "Youth Olympic Games - Gangwon 2024 Blog - Day 11". International Skating Union. January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ "Youth Olympic Games - Gangwon 2024 Blog - Day 13". International Skating Union. January 31, 2024. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ^ Slater, Paula (March 2, 2024). "Minkyu Seo clinches men's title at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "Newcomers and Junior stars set highlights at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava". International Skating Union. September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2024/2025 - Junior Men". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Adam HAGARA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Adam HAGARA: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Adam HAGARA: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Adam HAGARA: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "SVK–Adam Hagara". SkatingScores.com.
External links
edit- Adam Hagara at the International Skating Union
- Adam Hagara at SkatingScores.com