Adrian Alexander Konstantin Schultheiss (born 11 August 1988) is a Swedish former competitive figure skater. He is the 2006 Swedish national champion, the 2004–2005 Swedish junior national champion, and the 2006 Nordic Champion. He is the first Swedish skater to win a Junior Grand Prix event, which he did in 2005.
Career Adrian Schultheiss was born in Kungsbacka, Sweden and began skating at the age of three. He was the Swedish novice champion in 2002 before debuting internationally the next season. Schultheiss skated as a junior through the end of the 2008 season, although by 2005 he had already begun competing as a senior in some international events. In 2006, Schultheiss won the Swedish National championships. In 2007–08, he skated in both senior and junior events and finished a career-best 6th at the 2008 Europeans. He was 13th at 2008 Worlds. The next season, he was 18th at both events.
Schultheiss was selected to represent Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics based on his showing at the 2010 Europeans; he finished 15th at the Olympics. At the 2010 Worlds, he skated a strong long program with a quadruple toe loop to finish in the top ten for the first time in his career.
Schultheiss is known for choosing unusual concepts for his programs, most notably his craziness-themed 2009–10 long program, which he skated wearing a straitjacket costume. He has stated that "it's more interesting and important when people try to make some difference from all points of view" and that "if you watch the classical [music]... people get bored easy. You need variation. That's what I'm trying to show."
Schultheiss is the first skater from Sweden to land a quadruple jump in competition, first at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and later at the 2010 Worlds.
Schultheiss parted ways with coach Evgeni Loutkov after 2010 Skate America and began working with Johanna Dahlstrand and Maria Bergqvist. As part of his preparation for the 2011–12 season, he spent eight weeks in Delaware with coach Priscilla Hill. He missed the Swedish Championships due to a back injury and underwent surgery the week before Christmas.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2012–2013 DubseEpic Symph by Robot Boys Jenova Project by DatsiK Beta by Robot Boys Samuel Avant La Pluie (partie II) Avant La Pluie (Chykidec' Remix) by René Aubry Cry by Michael Ortega 2011–2012 Nuclear Warhead by Black Violin Romeo and Julieta by Raúl Di Blasio Romeo and Juliet by D. Malikov, Sergei Prokofiev 2010–2011 Nuclear Warhead by Black Violin
Scuba (Amon Tobin remix) by Bonobo 2009–2010 My Way Christmas Fantasy by David Mnatsakanyan Teardrop by Massive Attack Insane in the Brain by Cypress Hill Smack My Bitch Up by Prodigy 2008–2009 Detective by Edgar Hypnotic Peuton by Edgar Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg 2007–2008 Electronic Violin Mr. & Mrs. Smith by John Powell 2006–2007 Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven Equinoxe by Jean-Michel Jarre Music by Yanni Equinoxe by Jean Michel Jarre 2005–2006 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (modern version) 2004–2005 Dragon Theme (from Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story) by Randy Edelman 2003–2004 Sarabande by George Frideric Handel Conan the Barbarian by Basil Poledouris The 7th Voyage of Sinbad by Bernard Herrmann 2002–2003 Alf leila We Leila (A Thousand and One Nights) by Baligh Hamdi Hayart Albimaak (You Bewildered My Heart) by Riadel Soumbati, Ahmed Ramy
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International Event 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 Olympics 15th Worlds 13th 18th 9th 25th Europeans 20th 6th 18th 12th 13th Cup of Russia 6th NHK Trophy 7th 10th Skate America 7th 7th 7th Crystal Skate 2nd Finlandia Trophy 5th Golden Spin 2nd 6th 3rd Nepela Memorial 4th Nordics 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd International: Junior Junior Worlds 19th 23rd 13th 16th 14th 18th Final 9th Andorra 2nd Austria 4th Bulgaria WD 6th Croatia 1st Czech Rep. 5th Germany 6th Italy 17th Norway 6th Poland 10th United States 6th National Swedish Champ. 2nd J 1st J 1st J 1st 2nd 2nd WD 2nd 2nd
Detailed results 2010–2011 season Date Event SP FS Total 12–13 November 2010 2010 Skate America 7 63.71 9 124.49 7 188.20 22–24 October 2010 2010 NHK Trophy 10 62.24 11 119.23 10 181.47 2009–2010 season Date Event SP FS Total 22–28 March 2010 2010 ISU World Championships 12 72.35 7 145.91 9 218.26 14–27 February 2010 2010 Winter Olympic Games 22 63.13 13 137.31 15 200.44
References
External links
Official website of Adrian Schultheiss