Michael Hopfes

Michael Hopfes (born February 11, 1976 in Wolfratshausen ) is a former German figure skater .

biography

Michael Hopfes started figure skating at the age of nine. The Geretsrieder launched for the Munich EV, his trainer was Karin Gaiser . In August 1998 he moved to Canada to the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario , where he trained with Douglas Leigh (coach of Takeshi Honda ) and Robert Tebby . Nevertheless, he never made his international breakthrough, mainly due to the competition from Andrejs Vlascenko, who moved to Germany in 1994 . After his amateur career ended in 2000, he worked as a trainer in Ottobrunn, then in Germering , Bad Aibling , Augsburg and at the performance center in Munich. In 2006 Hopfes emigrated to Mexico , where he runs a private ice skating school in Naucalpan . In addition, he works as a technical specialist (judge) at competitions. He was a sports soldier in the Bundeswehr .

Competition / winter season	1988/89	1989/90	1990/91	1991/92	1992/93	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00
World Championship	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	-	-	-
Junior World Championship	-	-	-	12	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
German championship	1 y	1 y	-	-	5	-	5	3	2	3	3	2
GP Skate America (USA)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	9
GP Skate Canada (CAN)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
GP Sparkassen Cup (D)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	11
Nebelhorn Trophy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	7th	-	-

Legend: J = juniors; GP = Grand Prix