Paul Fentz | |
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Fentz in 2017
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Germany |
Born |
Berlin, Germany |
8 September 1992
Home town | Berlin |
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) |
Coach | Romy Oesterreich |
Former coach | Brigitte Zeller |
Choreographer | Paul Boll, Mark Pillay |
Former choreographer | Hendryk Schamberger |
Skating club | Sport Club Berlin |
Began skating | 1996 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 225.85 2017 Europeans |
Short program | 73.89 2017 Worlds |
Free skate | 153.17 2017 Europeans |
Paul Fentz (born 8 September 1992) is a German figure skater. He has won four senior international medals and is a four-time German national silver medalist. He has competed in the final segment at four ISU Championships.
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 a spot in the men's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.