Zdeněk Pazdírek
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| Zdeněk Pazdírek | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Czechoslovakia |
| Born | 13 December 1953 Brno, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Retired | 1976 |
Zdeněk Pazdírek (born 13 December 1953)[1] is a former competitive figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia. He is the 1974–75 national champion and competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, placing 12th. He finished in the top ten at five European Championships and two World Championships. Following his competitive career, he toured professionally with Holiday on Ice from 1981–89. He married British figure skater Karena Richardson.[1]
Pazdírek is currently a coach at the Coquitlam Skating Club in British Columbia, Canada.[2] One of his students is Jordan Ju.[3]
Results
| International | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
| Winter Olympics | 12th | ||||||
| World Champ. | 14th | 17th | 12th | 10th | 9th | 11th | 14th |
| European Champ. | 15th | 22nd | 10th | 10th | 8th | 6th | 7th |
| National | |||||||
| Czechoslovak Champ. | 1st | 1st | |||||
