Alper Uçar
| Alper Uçar | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Full name | Alper Uçar | ||||||||||||
| Country represented | Turkey | ||||||||||||
| Born |
19 January 1985 Denizli, Turkey |
||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Partner | Alisa Agafonova | ||||||||||||
| Former partner | Jenette Maitz | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Anjelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo | ||||||||||||
| Former coach | Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov, Natalia Dubova, Oleg Voyko, András Száraz, Timucin Özbükücü, Cenk Ertaul, Leonid Khatchaturov | ||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Sergei Petukhov, Klára Engi, Istvan Baros | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | Altin Patenciler SC | ||||||||||||
| Training locations | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | ||||||||||||
| Former training locations | Moscow, Russia; Stamford, Connecticut; Lake Placid, New York | ||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1991 | ||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
| Combined total | 163.00 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
||||||||||||
| Short dance | 67.51 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
||||||||||||
| Free dance | 95.54 2016 CS Golden Spin |
||||||||||||
|
Medal record
|
|||||||||||||
Alper Uçar (born 19 January 1985) is a Turkish ice dancer. With his skating partner, Alisa Agafonova, he won silver medals at the 2013 NRW Trophy and 2011 Winter Universiade. They have competed in the final segment at eight ISU Championships.
Earlier in his career, Uçar competed in single skating. He is the 2005 Turkish national champion and four-time junior national champion.
Uçar started skating at the age of 6 in 1990 after the first ice rink opened in Ankara Turkey. He competed in single skating until 2009. In 1995, he won a gold medal at the Balkan Games at a novice competition. He then took his second gold in the Netherlands.
In 2009, at the age of 24, Uçar switched to ice dancing and teamed up with American skater Jenette Maitz. They competed together in the 2009–2010 season, winning the Turkish national title and placing 26th at the 2010 World Championships.
Uçar teamed up with Ukrainian skater Alisa Agafonova in 2010. Early in their partnership, they were coached by Natalia Dubova and Oleg Voiko in the United States. They won a silver medal at the 2011 Winter Universiade in their first season together.
In the 2011–12 season, Agafonova/Uçar were 26th at the 2012 European Championships and 31st at the 2012 World Championships.
Agafonova/Uçar changed coaches to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov in Moscow in December 2012. They placed 13th at the 2013 European Championships and 28th at the 2013 World Championships.
...
Wikipedia