Elek, with partner Hoffman, at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Nora Hoffmann & Attila Elek EUROS 2006 CD
Elek with partner Hoffman, competes in the Compulsory Dance at the 2006 European Championship
Attila Elek (born December 6, 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian ice dancer. With partner Nóra Hoffmann, he is the five-time Hungarian national champion, two-time World Junior silver medalists, and placed 17th at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Career[]
Elek was paired with Nóra Hoffmann by coaches when he was nine years old.[1] They twice won the silver medal at Junior Worlds, in 2003 and 2004. Hoffmann and Elek were silver medalists at the 2002–2003 Junior Grand Prix Final and won the title in 2003–2004. On the senior Grand Prix series, their best placement was 5th at 2006 Cup of Russia. Their best finish at senior Worlds was 15th in 2005. They competed at the 2006 Olympics, finishing 17th. During the warm-up at 2006 Worlds, another couple was performing a lift nearby and the woman's skates accidentally cut Hoffmann's back and elbow.[2] Despite the pain, Hoffmann skated with Elek a few minutes later and they finished 18th.
At the 2007 European Championships, they were 7th after the original dance but they were forced to withdraw – Elek broke his leg during the morning practice before the free dance.[2] They split up at the end of the season.
Elek's younger brother Gyorgy Elek competed in ice dance with Zsuzsanna Nagy.
Competitive highlights[]
(with Hoffmann)
| Results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | |||||||||
| Event | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 |
| Olympics | 17th | ||||||||
| Worlds | 18th | 18th | 15th | 18th | |||||
| Europeans | 14th | 11th | 10th | 12th | WD** | ||||
| GP Bompard | 7th | 6th | |||||||
| GP Cup of China | 6th | ||||||||
| GP Cup of Russia | 5th | ||||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 7th | ||||||||
| Bofrost Cup | 5th | ||||||||
| Golden Spin | 1st | ||||||||
| Karl Schäfer | 8th | ||||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 21st | 17th | 9th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | |||
| JGP Final | 5th | 2nd | 1st | ||||||
| JGP Bulgaria | 3rd | 1st | |||||||
| JGP China | 9th | ||||||||
| JGP Germany | 1st | ||||||||
| JGP Italy | 2nd | ||||||||
| JGP Japan | 6th | ||||||||
| JGP Mexico | 7th | 3rd | |||||||
| JGP Netherlands | 8th | ||||||||
| JGP Norway | 4th | ||||||||
| JGP Slovenia | 1st | ||||||||
| JGP USA | 1st | ||||||||
| National | |||||||||
| Hungarian | 2nd J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew; **7th after OD | |||||||||
References[]
- ↑ Hoffmann and Elek Revive Hungarian Ice Dancing Skate Today, Barry Mittan, February 6, 2005
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nóra Hoffmann – haunted by bad luck AbsoluteSkating.com, Titanilla Bod, 2009