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Márk Magyar
Márk Magyar
	Magyar in 2008
Born	28 April 1990 (age 34); Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Hungary
Coach	Dmitri Savin
Skating club	UTE Budapest
Began skating	1998
Retired	March 2022

Márk Magyar (born 28 April 1990) is a retired Hungarian pair skater, With Ioulia Chtchetinina, he is a three-time Hungarian national champion (2020–22). With his former skating partner, Darja Beklemiscseva, he won bronze at the 2017 Bavarian Open and competed at the 2017 World Championships. Earlier in his career, he skated with Anna Khnychenkova and Anna Marie Pearce, competing in the final segment at three ISU Championships.

Career

Early years

Magyar began learning to skate in 1998.^[1] Competing in men's singles, he placed second to Tigran Vardanjan at the 2008 Hungarian Championships.

Partnership with Khnychenkova

In 2009, Magyar teamed up with Ukraine's Anna Khnychenkova to compete in pair skating for Hungary. In the 2009–2010 season, the pair trained under Viacheslav Tkachenko in Budapest.^[2] They placed 15th at their first international event – the World Junior Championships, held in March 2010 in The Hague, Netherlands.

In the 2010–2011 season, Khnychenkova/Magyar trained in Toruń, Poland, and Budapest, Hungary, coached by Dorota Siudek and Mariusz Siudek.^[3] They placed 7th at a senior Grand Prix event, the Trophée Éric Bompard in November 2010. In March 2011, they finished 13th at the World Junior Championships in Gangneung, South Korea; it was their final competition as a pair.

Partnership with Foucher

Magyar had a brief partnership with France's Camille Foucher. The pair skated for Hungary at two international events in February 2013; they placed 6th at the Bavarian Open and 7th at the International Challenge Cup.

Partnership with Pearce

Around 2015, Magyar decided to compete for Hungary with Anna Marie Pearce from the United States. The pair's international debut came in October 2015; they placed 7th at the CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy and then 6th at the International Cup of Nice. In January 2016, they placed 14th at the European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Pearce/Magyar were coached by Stefania Berton and Rockne Brubaker in Geneva, Illinois.^[4]

Partnership with Beklemiscseva

Around 2016, Magyar and Russia's Darja Beklemiscseva decided to compete together for Hungary. Making their international debut, they won the bronze medal at the Bavarian Open in February 2017. In March, they placed 24th in the short program at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Trudy Oltmanns coached the pair in Shakopee, Minnesota until the end of the season.^[5]

For the 2017–2018 season, Beklemiscseva/Magyar decided to train with Robin Szolkowy, Maylin Wende, and Daniel Wende in Oberstdorf, Germany, and Zürich, Switzerland. The pair placed 8th at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy and 16th at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.

Partnership with Kashitsyna

In 2017 Magyar teamed up with Elizaveta Kashitsyna from Russia. In their one season together they placed twenty-eighth at the 2018 World Championships.^[6]

Partnership with Chtchetinina

Magyar formed a new partnership with Ioulia Chtchetinina, a Russian who had previously competed for Switzerland. Chtchetinina/Magyar debuted on the Challenger series with an eighth-place finish at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy before coming fifth at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and winning the Hungarian national title. They were tenth in their European Championship debut, and were scheduled to make their World Championship debut in Montreal before the championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]^[8]

In the pandemic-affected 2020–21 season, Chtchetinina/Magyar made their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, finishing in seventh. Hungarian champions again, they went on to win a bronze medal at the International Challenge Cup before finishing fourteenth at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm. This result qualified a berth for Hungary at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.^[7]^[9]

Beginning the Olympic season on the Challenger series, Chtchetinina/Magyar were eighth at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge before winning a bronze medal at the Budapest Trophy. Assigned to two Grand Prix events, they finished sixth at both the 2021 Internationaux de France and the 2021 Rostelecom Cup. After a third consecutive Hungarian national title, they were sixth at the 2022 European Championships.^[7] Chtchetinina/Magyar were named to the Hungarian Olympic team. Unfortunately, days before the beginning of the Olympic pairs event, Magyar tested positive for COVID-19, and as a result, the team had to withdraw. Magyar lamented that "the work of a lifetime is gone."^[10] Shortly after, Magyar announced his retirement from figure skating.^[11]

Programs

With Chtchetinina

Season	Short program	Free skating
2021–2022 ^[12]	Can't Pretend by Tom Odell choreo. by Dmitri Savin	Dust in the Wind by Kansas choreo. by Dmitri Savin
2020–2021 ^[13]	Renaissance (from Medici: Masters of Florence) by Paolo Buonvino & Skin choreo. by Dmitri Savin	Need you tonight by Welshly Arms Legendary by Welshly Arms choreo. by Olga Orlova
2019–2020 ^[14]	Prodigy by Nathan Lanier choreo. by Nóra Hoffmann	Need you tonight by Welshly Arms Legendary by Welshly Arms choreo. by Olga Orlova

With Kashitsyna

Season	Short program	Free skating
2017–2018 ^[15]	The Deer by Woodkid	Farewell performed by Apocalyptica Nothing Else Matters by Metallica performed by Apocalyptica

With Beklemiscseva

Season	Short program	Free skating
2017–2018 ^[1]	The Deer by Woodkid	Dreamgirls Listen One Night Only
2016–2017 ^[5]	Beneath Your Beautiful by Labrinth, Emeli Sandé	Time to Say Goodbye performed by Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman

With Pearce

Season	Short program	Free skating
2015–2016 ^[4]	Nyah (from Mission: Impossible 2) by Hans Zimmer	My Way performed by Frank Sinatra Fly Me to the Moon performed by Frank Sinatra

With Khnychenkova

Season	Short program	Free skating
2010–2011 ^[3]	Classica by Alfred Schnittke	Don Juan (soundtrack)
2009–2010 ^[2]	Tango de los Exilados by Walter Taieb, Vanessa-Mae	Tosca by Giacomo Puccini Art on Ice by Edvin Marton

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Chtchetinina

International^[7]
Event	19–20	20–21	21–22
Olympics			WD
Worlds	C	14th
Europeans	10th		6th
GP France			6th
GP Rostelecom		7th	6th
CS Finlandia	8th
CS Golden Spin	5th
Budapest Trophy			3rd
Challenge Cup	4th	3rd
Denis Ten Mem.			8th
Icelab Intl. Cup	4th
National^[7]
Hungarian Champs	1st	1st	1st
TBD = Assigned; C = Event cancelled

With Kashitsyna

International^[6]
Event	17–18
World Championships	28th
International Challenge Cup	6th

With Beklemiscseva

International^[16]
Event	16–17	17–18
World Championships	24th
CS Lombardia Trophy		8th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		16th
Bavarian Open	3rd
International Challenge Cup	1st
WD = Withdrew

With Pearce

International^[17]
Event	15–16
European Championships	14th
CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy	7th
CS International Cup of Nice	6th
National^[17]
Hungarian Championships	1st

With Foucher

International^[18]
Event	12–13
Bavarian Open	6th
International Challenge Cup	7th

With Khnychenkova

International^[19]
Event	09–10	10–11
GP Trophée Bompard		7th
International: Junior^[19]
World Junior Championships	15th	13th
JGP Austria		15th
National^[19]
Hungarian Championships	1st J
J = Junior level