Stefanie Pesendorfer Explained

Stefanie Pesendorfer
Country: Austria
Birth Date:31 August 2003
Birth Place:Wels, Austria
Residence:Marchtrenk, Austria
Coach:Denise Jaschek, Markus Haider
Choreographer:Tatjana Schröck, Romain Gazave, Kelly Johnson
Skating Club:Union SC Linz
Currenttraininglocations:Linz, Austria
Beganskating:2007
Combined Total:150.54
Combined Date:2020 World Junior Championships[1]
Sp Score:53.92
Sp Date:2022 CS Ice Challenge
Fs Score:99.46

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 12th at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

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

Career

Early years

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

2017–2018 season

Coached by Denise Jaschek and Markus Haider in Linz, Pesendorfer made her international junior debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria in August 2017. She finished 16th at JGP Austria and 12th at her second JGP assignment, in Zagreb, Croatia.

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 13th in the short program. She finished 12th overall.

2018–2019 season

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

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.

2020–2021 season

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

2021–2022 season

Pesendorfer placed sixteenth at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy. 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.

2022–2023 season

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.

2023–2024 season

Pesendorfer came twelfth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skating
2022–2023
  • The One That You Love
  • Game of Survival
  • Quick Musical Doodles
2020–2022
2019–2020
2018–2019
  • The Last of Her Kind
  • The Vampire Masquerade
2017–2018
  • The Last of Her Kind
  • The Vampire Masquerade

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event15–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–24
align=left 32nd
align=left WD
align=left 15th 10th
align=left C
align=left 15th WD
align=left 16th
align=left 9th 12th 8th 12th
align=left 11th 8th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left 4th
align=left 9th
bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 5th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd 4th
align=left Prague Ice Cup 1st
align=left Skate Celje bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 1st
align=left 1st bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 1st
align=left WD
International: Junior
12th 15th
16th
12th
11th
17th
Coppa Europa 1st
7th
4th
2nd
4th 12th 2nd
3rd
2nd
Skate Celje 3rd 3rd 1st
1st
International: Advanced novice
align=left 6th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 4th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 8th
align=left 18th
align=left Seibt Memorial 6th
align=left Skate Celje 10th
align=left 4th
National
3rd 1st 3rd bgcolor=silver 2nd
4th N bgcolor=silver 2nd N 1st J 2nd J 2nd J
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

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

Senior results

2023–2024 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
February 7-9, 20242024 Dragon Trophyalign=center 4
55.74
align=center 5
95.57
align=center 5
1151.31
December 13-17, 20232024 Austrian Championshipsalign=center 1
58.62
align=center 2
114.31
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
166.69
November 16-19, 20232023 NRW Trophyalign=center 4
46.70
align=center 5
83.15
align=center 4
129.85
September 20–23, 20232023 CS Nebelhorn Trophyalign=center 10
51.43
align=center 13
81.31
align=center 12
132.74
2022–2023 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
November 9–13, 20222022 CS Ice Challengealign=center 8
53.92
align=center 11
100.08
align=center 10
154.00
October 28–30, 20222022 Tirnavia Ice Cupalign=center 4
51.48
align=center 1
106.44
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
157.92
September 29 – October 1, 20222022 CS Nepela Memorialalign=center 6
49.28
align=center 10
84.47
align=center 8
133.75
September 21–24, 20222022 CS Nebelhorn Trophyalign=center 9
52.78
align=center 7
101.53
align=center 8
154.31
2021–2022 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 21–27, 20222022 World Championshipsalign=center 32
47.23
align=center
-
align=center 32
47.23
February 24–27, 20222022 Challenge Cupalign=center 12
50.28
align=center 8
93.41
align=center 9
143.69
February 2–6, 20222022 Sofia Trophyalign=center 1
60.35
align=center 1
112.86
align=center bgcolor=gold1
173.21
January 18–23, 20222022 Bavarian Openalign=center 6
52.46
align=center 3
110.41
align=center 4
162.87
November 18–21, 20212021 Skate Celjealign=center 2
60.15
align=center 4
92.62
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
152.77
November 11–14, 20212021 CS Cup of Austriaalign=center 22
45.78
align=center 10
99.46
align=center 15
145.24
October 28–31, 20212021 Tirnavia Ice Cupalign=center 3
49.00
align=center 3
95.62
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
144.62
September 10–12, 20212021 CS Lombardia Trophyalign=center 22
46.85
align=center 13
94.12
align=center 16
140.97
2020–2021 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
23–26 September 20202020 CS Nebelhorn Trophyalign=center 20
35.90
align=center 6
96.01
align=center 12
131.91
2019–2020 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
12–14 December 20192020 Austrian Championshipsalign=center 3
56.43
align=center 3
91.66
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
148.09
4–7 December 20192019 Golden Spinalign=center 12
49.64
align=center 16
89.42
align=center 15
139.06
8–10 November 20192019 Prague Ice Cupalign=center 3
51.09
align=center 1
109.26
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
160.35
31 October – 3 November 20192019 Tirnavia Ice Cupalign=center 1
55.22
align=center 1
104.66
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
159.88
25–28 September 20192019 Nebelhorn Trophyalign=center 12
47.75
align=center 8
98.91
align=center 9
146.66
19–21 September 20192019 Nepela Memorialalign=center 12
47.32
align=center 11
88.69
align=center 11
136.01

Junior results

2019–2020 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
2-8 March2020 World Junior Championshipsalign=center 16
53.67
align=center 15
96.87
align=center 15
150.54
12-14 December 20192020 Austrian Junior Championshipsalign=center 2
50.06
align=center 1
98.06
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
148.12
22-24 November 20192019 Skate Celjealign=center 3
45.50
align=center 1
92.88
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
138.38
24-27 October 20192019 Golden Bearalign=center 4
52.25
align=center 1
96.07
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
148.32
11-14 September 20192019 JGP Russiaalign=center 14
48.72
align=center 18
86.22
align=center 17
134.94
21-24 August 20192019 JGP Francealign=center 13
50.30
align=center 9
98.70
align=center 11
149.00
2018–2019 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
10-14 April 20192019 Triglav Trophyalign=center 2
46.39
align=center 1
93.74
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
140.13
21-24 March 20192019 Coppa Europaalign=center 2
45.70
align=center 1
90.06
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
135.76
13-14 February 20192019 EYOFalign=center 8
49.35
align=center 6
97.66
align=center 7
147.01
5-10 February 20192019 Bavarian Openalign=center 4
51.31
align=center 4
95.70
align=center 4
147.01
13-16 December 20182019 Austrian Junior Championshipsalign=center 2
51.08
align=center 2
97.35
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
148.43
22-25 November 20182018 Skate Celjealign=center 4
41.71
align=center 3
81.72
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
123.43
25-28 October 20182018 Golden Bearalign=center 15
42.06
align=center 10
84.17
align=center 12
126.23
2017–2018 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
5-11 March 20182018 World Junior Championshipsalign=center 13
54.16
align=center 12
99.54
align=center 12
153.70
22-25 February 20182018 Challenge Cupalign=center 3
54.49
align=center 3
104.63
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
159.12
8-11 February 20182018 Dragon Trophyalign=center 8
42.45
align=center 2
90.39
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
132.84
13-16 December 20172018 Austrian Junior Championshipsalign=center 2
50.45
align=center 1
95.11
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
145.56
22-26 November 20172017 Skate Celjealign=center 9
38.97
align=center 2
74.85
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
113.82
8-12 November 20172017 Leo Scheu (Ice Challenge)align=center 6
43.39
align=center 2
89.32
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
132.71
26-29 October 20172017 Golden Bearalign=center 2
50.60
align=center 7
85.31
align=center 4
135.91
27-30 September 20172017 JGP Croatiaalign=center 12
45.65
align=center 12
84.94
align=center 12
130.59
30 August - 2 September 20172017 JGP Austriaalign=center 16
42.69
align=center 17
75.23
align=center 16
117.92

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ISU BIO . ISU . 15 July 2020.