Michal Češka
| Michal Češka | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Czech Republic |
| Born |
2 September 1992 Děčín, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Partner | Cortney Mansour |
| Former partner | Karolína Procházková |
| Coach | Igor Shpilband |
| Former coach | Carol Lane, John Lane, Juris Razgulajevs, Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalia Karamysheva, Eva Horklová |
| Former choreographer | Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs, Maurizio Margaglio, Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalia Karamysheva |
| Skating club | SK Kraso Děčín |
| Training locations | Novi, Michigan, USA |
| Former training locations | Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Prague, Czech Republic; Oberstdorf, Germany |
| Began skating | 1996 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 141.36 2016 European Championships |
| Short dance | 55.69 2016 Trophée de France |
| Free dance | 86.39 2016 European Championships |
Michal Češka (born 2 September 1992) is a Czech ice dancer. With partner Cortney Mansour, he has won three international medals and reached the free skate at three ISU Championships.
Michal Češka was born on 2 September 1992 in Děčín. His father is a former figure skater. His younger brother plays ice hockey.
Češka began skating at age four and switched from singles to ice dancing when he was about fifteen. He began competing with Karolína Procházková in 2007. In 2010, they were selected for their first World Junior Championships and finished 26th at the event in The Hague, Netherlands.
Procházková/Češka's luggage containing their skates did not arrive in time at the 2011 Junior Worlds in Gangneung, South Korea, forcing them to withdraw. They placed 21st at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus and 23rd at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy. They were coached by Rostislav Sinicyn and Natalia Karamysheva in Prague.
In mid-2013, Češka teamed up with Canada's Cortney Mansour to compete for the Czech Republic, following a tryout in Europe. They were coached by Carol Lane, John Lane, and Juris Razgulajevs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Making their international debut, Mansour/Češka placed 12th at a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Gdańsk in September 2013 and tenth the following month at JGP Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The duo finished 13th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, after placing 14th in both segments.
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