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.
| Paul Fentz | |
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 Fentz in 2022 | |
| Born | 8 September 1992 Berlin, Germany |
| Hometown | Berlin |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Germany |
| Skating club | Sport Club Berlin |
| Began skating | 1996 |
| Retired | January 3, 2023 [1] |
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
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2021–2022 [3] | ||
| 2020–2021 [4] |
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| 2019–2020 [5] |
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| 2018–2019 [6] |
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| 2017–2018 [7] |
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| 2016–2017 [9] |
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| 2015–2016 [10] |
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| 2014–2015 [11] |
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| 2011–2012 [12] |
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| 2010–2011 [13] |
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| 2009–2010 [14] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[15] | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Olympics | 7th T 9th P | 9th T 9th P | ||||||||||||||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled Levels: N = Novice; Y = Youth; J = Junior | ||||||||||||||||
References
External links
Media related to Paul Fentz at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in German)
- Paul Fentz at the International Skating Union
- Paul Fentz at Tracings.net
- Paul Fentz at Olympedia
- Paul Fentz at Olympics.com
- Paul Fentz at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
