Katherine Hadford | |
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Hadford with former coach Priscilla Hill
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Personal information | |
Full name | Katherine Hadford |
Country represented | Hungary |
Former country(ies) represented | United States |
Born |
Vienna, Virginia, United States |
July 24, 1989
Residence | Budapest, Hungary |
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
Coach | Jeranjak Ipakjan |
Former coach | Zsofia Kulcsar, Priscilla Hill |
Choreographer | Jeranjak Ipakja] |
Former choreographer | Anjelika Krylova |
Skating club | Jeghegy Budapest |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 115.99 2008 Europeans |
Short program | 41.04 2008 World Junior Figure Skating Championships |
Free skate | 76.53 2008 Europeans |
Katherine "Kati" Hadford (born 24 July 1989) is a Hungarian-American figure skater who skates internationally for Hungary. She is the 2008 and 2010 Hungarian national silver medalist and three time (2006, 2007, 2009) bronze medalist.
Hadford was born in Vienna, Virginia, United States in the United States. Her mother is a Hungarian citizen and her grandparents (György Szele and Kornélia Széchényi) fled Hungary in the 1950s to escape communism. She is related to István Széchenyi.
She moved to Hungary when she began representing that country in competition. She is bilingual in Hungarian and English.
Hadford previously skated for the United States. Hadford began representing Hungary internationally in the 2006/2007 season.