Balázs Nagy
Finster/Nagy at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Native nameBalázs Nagy
Born (1998-07-09) July 9, 1998
Budapest, Hungary
HometownColorado Springs, Colorado
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
PartnerChelsea Liu
CoachJenni Meno
Todd Sand
Brandon Frazier
Christine Binder
Andrew Evans
Skating clubBroadmoor SC

Balázs Nagy (born July 9, 1998) is a Hungarian-American pair skater who represents the United States with Chelsea Liu.

With his forner skating partner, Maria Pavlova, he competed for Hungary and skated in the final segment at the 2022 European Championships and is the 2022 Hungarian national silver medalist.

Competing for the United States with his former skating partner, Kate Finster, he is the 2020 U.S. national junior champion, the 2019 U.S. national junior silver medalist, and the 2019 JGP Poland silver medalist.

Personal life

Nagy was born on July 9, 1998, in Budapest, Hungary and later emigrated with his parents to the United States. He has three sisters.[1] Nagy is fluent in both Hungarian and English. He moved back to Budapest for several years during his childhood, before returning to the U.S. to finish high school.[2] Nagy holds dual citizenship between Hungary and the United States.[2] He is currently a student at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, studying exercise science.[1] [2]

Nagy's hobbies include reptiles and crystal healing.[3] He enjoys watching movies, driving, and dancing and he loves desserts with cinnamon.[1]

Career

Early career

Nagy began skating under coaches Oleg Efimov and Natalia Efimova, a former Soviet pairs skater and ice dancer, respectively, in Wake Forest, North Carolina.[2] During this time, he also trained as a gymnast at Apex Gymnastics under coaches Todd McLoughlin and Jeremy Waters. He trained primarily in singles skating, representing first the United States, and then Hungary internationally after his family moved back to Budapest. At the suggestion of his coaches, Nagy briefly tried pairs with Krystal Edwards during the 2011–12 season, but the team split due him being "not ready" and his family returning to Hungary.[2]

Nagy briefly quit skating in 2017, before deciding to return and switch to pairs full-time.[2] He tried out with Kate Finster in the fall of 2017, around Thanksgiving, and they officially teamed up in early 2018.[2] The pair relocated from training with her coaches, Jessica Miller and Stephanie Miller, in Northern Kentucky to work full-time with Dalilah Sappenfield and Larry Ibarra in Colorado Springs.[2][1]

2018–2019 season

In their first season as a team, Finster/Nagy were assigned to 2018 JGP Czech Republic, where they finished ninth. They then won silver at Midwestern Sectionals. At the 2019 U.S. Championships, Finster/Nagy won the junior silver medal behind Lockley/Prochnow. As a result, they were named to the 2019 World Junior Championships team. At Junior Worlds, they were tenth after the short program and thirteenth in the free skating, to finish eleventh overall. Nagy called the experience "humbling" and motivation for the next season.[2]

2019–2020 season

Finster/Nagy opened the season with a sixth-place finish at 2019 JGP United States. They then won their first international medal at 2019 JGP Poland, earning the silver medal, behind Panfilova/Rylov of Russia and ahead of Germany's Hocke/Kunkel.[4] Their results qualified them as first alternates to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Finster/Nagy won the inaugural U.S. Pairs Final to qualify to the 2020 U.S. Championships. They won their first junior pairs title at the 2020 U.S. Championships, ahead of Smirnova/Siianytsia and Deardorff/Johnson. Their result earned them a berth on the 2020 World Junior Championships team.[5] They finished sixth.[6]

2020–2021 season

Finster/Nagy placed ninth at the ISP Points Challenge.

In December, Nagy announced that the pair had split.[7]

2021–2022 season

Nagy formed a new partnership with Russian skater Maria Pavlova to represent his native Hungary. Making their debut at the Budapest Trophy, where they were seventh, they then competed twice on the Challenger series, finishing fifth at the 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and thirteenth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[8]

After winning the silver medal at the 2022 Four National Championshipss and the Hungarian Championships, Pavlova/Nagy made their debut at the European Championships, finishing eleventh.[8]

The pair parted ways following the season. Nagy would later explain that "I fell out of love with the sport, so I stepped away for a little bit. I had surgery again–my other shoulder. While I was recovering from that one, that was when I reached out to U.S. Figure Skating."[9]

2023–2024 season

In April of 2023, Nagy tried out with Chelsea Liu.[10] They announced their partnership in May.[11]

Liu/Nagy made their domestic debut by winning the Glacier Falls Summer Classic, before being sent to make their international debut on the Challenger debut at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International. They attracted notice for their innovative climactic lift in the free skate, but finished fourth.[9] They were subsequently invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Skate America, finishing third in the short program with a new personal best score (61.23).[12] They were third in the free skate as well, despite Liu making two Salchow errors, winning the bronze medal. Liu said that "winning a medal on the Grand Prix is great, but what feels even better is that we put out a great program."[13] Liu/Nagy went on to place sixth at the 2023 NHK Trophy.[14]

Programs

With Liu

Season Short program Free skating
2023–2024
[15]

With Pavlova

Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
[16]

With Finster

Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
[1]
2019–2020
[3]
2018–2019
[17]

Competitive highlights

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

With Liu for the United States

International[18]
Event 2023–24
Four ContinentsTBD
GP Skate America3rd
GP NHK Trophy6th
CS Autumn Classic4th
CS FinlandiaWD
John Nicks ChallengeWD
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Pavlova for Hungary

International[8]
Event 2021–22
Europeans11th
CS Golden Spin13th
Budapest Trophy7th
Denis Ten MC5th
National[8]
Hungarian Champ.2nd
Four Nationals2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Finster for the United States

International: Junior[6]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21
Junior Worlds11th6th
JGP Czech Republic9th
JGP Poland2nd
JGP United States6th
National[6]
U.S. Champ.2nd J1st J
U.S. Pairs Final1st J
Midwestern Sect.2nd J
ISP Points Challenge9th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: J = Junior

Men's singles for Hungary

International: Junior[19]
Event 13–14 14–15
Ice Challenge9th
Santa Claus Cup15th
International: Adv. novice[19]
Santa Claus Cup3rd
National[19]
Hungarian Adv. Nov. & Jun. Champ.2nd N4th J
Eastern Hungary Cup2nd J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

With Edwards for the United States

National[20]
Event 11–12
U.S. Junior Championships9th V
Eastern Sectionals3rd V
Levels: V = Juvenile

Men's singles for the United States

National[19]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13
U.S. Junior Championships11th Q V7th Q V
10th V		8th Q I
11th I
Eastern Sectionals5th I
South Atlantic Regionals5th V3rd V4th I5th I
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate
Q = Qualifying round

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS177.662023 Skate America
Short program TSS61.232023 Skate America
TES33.922023 Skate America
PCS28.682023 NHK Trophy
Free skating TSS116.432023 Skate America
TES60.432023 Skate America
PCS57.002023 Skate America

With Liu

2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 24–26, 2023 2023 NHK Trophy 5
61.23		 7
111.37		 6
172.60
October 20–22, 2023 2023 Skate America 3
61.23		 3
116.43		 3
177.66
September 14–17, 2023 2023 CS Autumn Classic International 4
56.09		 3
109.22		 4
165.20

With Pavlova

2021–2022 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 11
56.24		 11
105.08		 11
161.32
December 16–18, 2021 2022 Four National Championships 2
55.34		 2
101.59		 2
156.93
December 7–11, 2021 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 11
55.61		 14
95.92		 13
151.53
October 28–31, 2021 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 6
56.96		 5
107.21		 5
164.17
October 14–17, 2021 2021 Budapest Trophy 6
51.37		 7
88.01		 7
139.38

With Finster

Junior results

2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 5
58.33		 7
97.93		 6
156.26
January 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships 1
63.89		 2
105.48		 1
169.37
November 12–16, 2019 2019–20 U.S. Pairs Final 1
55.60		 1
92.48		 1
148.08
September 18–21, 2019 2019 JGP Poland 2
60.91		 2
105.31		 2
166.22
August 28–31, 2019 2019 JGP United States 5
54.33		 9
78.76		 6
133.09
2018–19 season
March 4–10, 2019 2019 World Junior Championships 10
50.30		 13
81.99		 11
132.29
January 18–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships 2
59.65		 2
89.83		 2
149.48
November 15–17, 2018 2018–19 Midwestern Sectionals 2
48.17		 2
83.32		 2
131.49
September 26–29, 2019 2019 JGP Czech Republic 7
50.29		 9
78.02		 9
128.31

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kate Finster and Balazs Nagy". U.S. Figure Skating.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cloutier, Claire (August 28, 2019). "Finster/Nagy: Young Team on the Rise". A Divine Sport.
  3. 1 2 "Kate FINSTER / Balazs NAGY". International Skating Union.
  4. ↑ "Team USA collects four medals at two international competitions" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. September 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ "U.S Figure Skating Announces Selections for World Junior Team" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. January 29, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "Kate FINSTER / Balazs NAGY: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
  7. ↑ Nagy, Balazs (December 7, 2020). "Kate Finster and I have ended our partnership". Instagram.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Maria PAVLOVA / Balazs NAGY: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
  9. 1 2 Cloutier, Claire (October 18, 2023). ""We're Back": The Surprising Return of Chelsea Liu & Balazs Nagy". A Divine Sport. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  10. ↑ Schwindt, Troy (October 13, 2023). "Liu and Nagy: New Partnership Revamps Passion for Skating". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Liu/Nagy". Twitter. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Hocke/Kunkel (GER) take slim lead in Skate America Pairs Short Program". International Skating Union. October 21, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  13. ↑ Slater, Paula (October 22, 2023). "Germany's Hocke and Kunkel secure pairs gold at Skate America". Golden Skate. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  14. ↑ Slater, Paula (November 25, 2023). "Hase and Volodin dominate pairs at NHK Trophy in debut season". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Chelsea LIU / Balazs NAGY: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 21, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Maria PAVLOVA / Balazs NAGY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Kate FINSTER / Balazs NAGY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Chelsea LIU / Balazs NAGY: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Balazs Nagy". Stats on Ice.
  20. ↑ "Krystal Edwards & Balazs Nagy". Stats on Ice.
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