Paul Fentz
Fentz in 2022
Born (1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 31)
Berlin, Germany
HometownBerlin
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
CountryGermany
Skating clubSport Club Berlin
Began skating1996
RetiredJanuary 3, 2023 [1]

Paul Fentz (born 8 September 1992) is a retired German figure skater. He has won four senior international medals and is a four-time German national champion (2018–20, 2022). He has competed in the final segment at eight ISU Championships.

Career

Fentz began appearing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2008–09 season. His senior international debut came at the 2011 Triglav Trophy.

In the 2011–12 season, he won the silver medal at the 2012 German Championships and was included in Germany's team to the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England. After advancing past the preliminary round, he placed 23rd in the short program, 15th in the free skate, and 17th overall.

Fentz won his first senior international medal in February 2013, obtaining bronze at the Bavarian Open and then silver at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial.

Ranked 16th in the short and 17th in the free, Fentz finished 16th at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. He placed 12th in the short, 8th in the free, and 10th overall at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In March, he finished 20th at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Due to his result, Germany qualified for a spot in the men's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Fentz was unable to qualify for the men's event at the 2022 Winter Olympics four years later, but he participated as the German entry in the men's short program of the Olympic team event, where he finished ninth of nine skaters.[2]

Programs

Fentz in 2012
Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
[3]
2020–2021
[4]
2019–2020
[5]
  • Blue Skies
    by Sam Harris
2018–2019
[6]
  • Blue Skies
    by Sam Harris
2017–2018
[7]
2016–2017
[9]
  • Wonderwall
    by Paul Anka
2015–2016
[10]
  • Barcelona 1999
  • Another Brick in the Wall
    by Pink Floyd
2014–2015
[11]
  • Barcelona 1999
2011–2012
[12]
  • Justice
    by Genesis
2010–2011
[13]
2009–2010
[14]
  • Love of Japan
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico
    performed by Edvin Marton

Competitive highlights

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

International[15]
Event 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics 22nd
Worlds 20th 15th 28th C 26th
Europeans 17th 16th 10th 16th 15th 8th 16th
GP Rostelecom 6th
GP Skate Canada 10th 11th
CS Finlandia 8th 7th WD
CS Golden Spin 9th 8th 14th
CS Nebelhorn 16th 12th 8th WD 6th 13th
CS Tallinn Trophy 10th
CS Warsaw Cup 4th 4th 4th 7th 7th 12th WD 12th
Bavarian Open 3rd 4th
Challenge Cup 9th 8th WD
Cup of Nice 10th 14th 9th
Cup of Tyrol 5th
Golden Bear 2nd
NRW Trophy 7th 8th 6th 4th 2nd 2nd
Coupe Printemps 4th
Hellmut Seibt 2nd
Toruń Cup 4th 3rd
Triglav Trophy 7th
International: Junior[15]
JGP Belarus 11th
JGP Germany 18th
JGP Hungary 12th
JGP Romania 7th
JGP U.K. 19th
Challenge Cup 6th
Merano Cup 1st
NRW Trophy 12th 1st
Warsaw Cup 4th N
National[15]
German Champ. 2nd Y 6th J 1st J 8th 5th 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st WD 1st
Team events
Olympics 7th T
9th P		 9th T
9th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
Levels: N = Novice; Y = Youth; J = Junior

References

  1. ^ Lechner, Pamela (January 3, 2023). "Zehn Jahre nationale Spitze: Paul Fentz beendet Eiskunstlauf-Karriere" [Ten years national elite: Paul Fentz ends figure skating career]. Deutsche Eislauf-Union (in German).
  2. ^ Slater, Paula (February 4, 2022). "Team USA leads Olympic Figure Skating Team Event". Golden Skate.
  3. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 February 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ Bartleet, Larry (10 February 2018). "German figure skater uses jazz cover of 'Wonderwall' at Winter Olympics". NME. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  9. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ "Paul FENTZ: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Paul FENTZ". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Paul Fentz at Wikimedia Commons

German champions in figure skating – Men's singles
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