Daniel Mrázek (born 15 May 2003) is a Czech ice dancer. With his sister and skating partner, Kateřina Mrázková, he is a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medalist, the 2022 Czech junior national silver medalist, and holds the junior world record for the rhythm dance.
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Born | (2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 (age 19) Nymburk, Czech Republic |
Home town | Nymburk |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Partner | Kateřina Mrázková |
Coach | Matteo Zanni, Barbora Řezníčková |
Choreographer | Matteo Zanni |
Skating club | KK Nymburk |
Training locations | Egna, Italy |
Began skating | 2008 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 176.26 2022 JGP Czech Republic |
Short dance | 71.87 (JWR) 2022 JGP Italy |
Free dance | 105.43 2022 JGP Czech Republic |
Mrázek was born on 15 May 2003 in Nymburk, Czech Republic.
As a singles skater, Mrázek appeared twice on the Junior Grand Prix, and won the bronze medal at the 2018 Czech junior national championships. In his final season of competition, he was part of the Czech team for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, finishing eleventh in the boys' event. He won the silver medal at the Christmas Cup, his lone senior international appearance.[1] Following the end of the season, he switched his focus to ice dance, partnered with his younger sister Kateřina.[2]
Mrázková/Mrázek made their competitive debut internationally at the Egna Dance Trophy at the end of the 2020–21 season, finishing in ninth place. The following season saw them make their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut, finishing both at both the first French JGP in Courchevel and the 2022 JGP Slovakia in Košice. Silver medalists at the Ice Challenge in the junior category, and then taking gold at the Pavel Roman Memorial, they were only the silver medalists at the Czech Junior Championships. As a result, they were not assigned to compete at the 2022 World Junior Championships, but went on to win the gold medal at the Egna Trophy in their second appearance there.[2]
Mrázková/Mrázek opened their season at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic on home soil in Ostrava. In the rhythm dance they set a new junior world record, breaking a three-year-old record set by 2019 World Junior champions Lajoie/Lagha. They went on to win the gold medal, the first ever for a Czech junior dance team. Mrázek observed that "in 2018, I was here in the same Junior Grand Prix as a single skater and I finished, like, fifteenth. Today I'm here with my sister, my partner. We achieved something we didn't believe in four years."[3] The 2022 JGP Italy, their second assignment, was held at their training base in Egna. Mrázková/Mrázek improved upon their previous junior world record in the rhythm dance by over a point and led the segment going into the free dance. The siblings maintained their lead in the free to take the title by an nearly 15-point margin over silver medalists Lim/Quan of South Korea. Due to their placements across their two JGP assignments, Mrázková/Mrázek qualified to the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final as the top-seeded junior dance team. They are the first Czech team to qualify for the Final since Kadlčáková/Bílek in 2000.[4]
Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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2022–2023 [5] |
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2021–2022 [6] |
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JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International: Junior [2] | |||||||
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Event | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | ||||
JGP Final | TBD | ||||||
JGP Czech Republic | 1st | ||||||
JGP France I | 4th | ||||||
JGP Italy | 1st | ||||||
JGP Slovakia | 4th | ||||||
Egna Dance Trophy | 9th J | 1st J | |||||
Ice Challenge | 2nd J | ||||||
Pavel Roman Memorial | 1st J | ||||||
Trophée Métropole Nice | 1st J | ||||||
National [2][7] | |||||||
Czech Champ. | 2nd J | ||||||
Four Nationals | 2nd J | ||||||
TBD = Assigned Levels: J = Junior |
International: Senior [1] | ||||||
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Event | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | |||
Christmas Cup | 2nd | |||||
International: Junior [1] | ||||||
Youth Olympics | 11th | |||||
EYOF | 8th | |||||
JGP Austria | 13th | |||||
JGP Czech Republic | 15th | |||||
Coupe de Printemps | 5th J | |||||
Cup of Nice | 9th J | |||||
Prague Riedell Cup | 1st J | 1st J | ||||
Santa Claus Cup | 3rd J | |||||
Tirnavia Cup | 2nd J | |||||
National [1] | ||||||
Czech Champ. | 4th J | 3rd J | 7th | |||
Four Nationals | 4th | 10th |
World Junior Record Holders | ||
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Preceded by | Junior Rhythm Dance September 2, 2022 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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