Sarah MEIER
Sarah MEIER |
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Date of birth / Születési idõ |
4 May 1984 |
Place of birth / Születés helye |
Bülach |
Height / Magasság |
163 cm |
Home town /Lakóhely |
Bülach |
Profession / Foglalkozás |
Student |
Hobbies / Hobbi |
snowboarding, cooking, dancing, music |
Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete |
1988 |
Club |
Bülacher Eislaufclub |
Coach / Edzõ |
Eva Fehr |
Choreographer / Koreográfus |
Salome Brunner |
Former coach / Régebbi edzõ |
Mark Pepperday |
Former choreographer / Régebbi koreográfus |
Anita Pepperday, Guiseppe Arena, Anjelika Krylova, Tatiana Druchinina |
Practice low season / Gyakorlás holtszezonban (h/week) |
20 in Duebendorf, Oerlikon, Flims, Oberstdorf/GER |
Practice high season / Gyakorlás főszezonban (h/week) |
20 at Bülach, Zürich, Winterthur, Oberstdorf (GER) |
Music Short Program as of 2000/2001 season |
Reflections by Mathew Wilder - performed by Vanessa Mae |
Music Free Skating as of 2000/2001 season |
Miss Saigon by Alain Boubill and Claude-Michel Schönberg |
Music Short Program as of 2001/2002 season |
Nostalgia by Yanni - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Music Free Skating as of 2001/2002 season |
Anna and the King soundtrack by George Senton, Kodo drums |
Music Short Program as of 2003/2004 season |
Big Love Adagio / Pure Mood; No Woman, No Cry |
Music Free Skating as of 2003/2004 season |
Evita (muiscal) by Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Music Short Program as of 2004/2005 season |
Big Love Adagio performance by Bond |
Music Free Skating as of 2004/2005 season |
Guitarra Latina by Edvin Marton / Instrumental by Santana |
Music Short Program as of 2005/2006 season |
Impossible Opening; The Kite (from Finding Neverland soundtrack) by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek |
Music Free Skating as of 2005/2006 season |
Bolero for Violin and Orchestra - performed by Vanessa Mae |
Music Short Program as of 2006/2007 season |
Allegro con Spirito from Concierto de Aranjuez / Movement 2 from Concierto Andaluz by J. Rodrigo |
Music Free Skating as of 2006/2007 season |
Georgiana from Pride and Prejudice (soundtrack) by Dario Marianelli |
Music Short Program as of 2007/2008 season |
Patch Adams (soundtrack) by various artists |
Music Free Skating as of 2007/2008 season |
La Folia in Black / Red Autumn for violin and piano by Tokuhide Niimi |
Music Short Program as of 2009/2010 season |
Samba / Brazilliance by Steve Stevens |
Music Free Skating as of 2009/2010 season |
Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev and Nino Rota |
Music Short Program as of 2010/2011 season |
Samba para una sola nota by Michel Legrand |
Music Free Skating as of 2010/2011 season |
White Suit from "Love in the Time of Cholera" (soundtrack)
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Olympic Games |
World Champs |
European Champs |
World Junior |
National Champs |
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Personal Best Total Score |
171,88 |
23.03.2008 | World Championships 2008 |
Personal Best Score Short Program |
60,87 |
18.01.2006 |
European Championships 2006 |
Personal Best Score Free Skating |
113,00 | 26.01.2008 | European Championships 2008 |
1998 |
Hungarian Trophy, Budapest |
4 |
1999 |
European Youth Olympic Days |
2 |
1999 |
Junior Grand Prix Canada, Montreal |
6 |
1999 |
Piruetten, Hamar |
5 |
2000 |
Grand Prix de St. Gervais, St. Gervais |
3 |
2000 |
Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf |
2 |
2000 |
Czech Skate, Ostrava |
1 J |
2001 |
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, Ayr |
4 J |
2001 |
MasterCard Skate Canada, Saskatoon |
5 |
2001 |
Finlandia Trophy, Helsinki |
9 |
2002 |
Trophee Lalique, Paris |
5 |
2002 |
NHK Trophy, Kyoto |
7 |
2002 |
O. Nepela Memorial, Bratislava |
2 |
2005 |
Winter Universiade, Innsbruck |
5 |
2005 |
Skate Canada Int., St John's |
5 |
2005 |
NHK Trophy, Osaka |
7 |
2005 |
Nebelhorn Trophy, Oberstdorf |
5 |
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2006 |
Skate America, Hartford, CT |
4 |
2006 |
Cup of Russia, Moscow |
1 |
2006 |
ISU Grand Prix Final, St. Petersburg |
3 |
2007 |
Trophee Eric Bompard, Paris |
4 |
2007 |
NHK Trophy |
2 |
2008 |
6 |
International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH - 1007 Lausanne 13.02.2012
Injuries
She sprained her ankle when she tripped
and fell in her apartment in November 2001...She was not able to compete in
her second Grand Prix event, the Trophee Lalique, because of this accident.
Physiotherapist is Martin WAELCHLI...Splits practice time between the Swiss
towns of Flims, Baretswil, Kloten and Buelach.
Personal
Her mother is an international figure skating judge...Sister
skates on a synchornized skating team...Coached by her aunt...Her father, uncle
and two cousins are all hockey players...Favorites include: color - blue and
yellow; drinks - ice tea; figure skater - Alexei YAGUDIN; song - "I'm Like
a Bird" by Nelly FURTADO; city - Vancouver, Canada.
Official Olympic Site 2002
Meier hails from a skating family. Her mother and sister both skate in a synchronized team, and her motheris also the president of the local skating club. Meier is coached by her aunt Eva Fehr. Her father, uncle and two cousins play ice hockey. Her father is the president of the local hockey club. Meier was forced to withdraw from Europeans 2003 due to a foot injury. She missed the first part of the 2003/2004 season as well due to injury. Meier is the first Lady from Switzerland to medal at Europeans in 26 years when she took the silver in 2007. Denise Biellmann was European Champion in 1981.
Meier missed most of the 2008/09 season due to injury (herniated disc). She withdrew from the Grand Prix events in 2009 due to an achilles tendon inflammation.
