Zoltán Tóth (born 24 August 1979) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skater. He is a five-time Hungarian national champion and competed in two Winter Olympics.
Personal life Zoltán Tóth was born on 24 August 1979 in Debrecen, Hungary.
Career Tóth began skating in 1988. Early in his career, he was coached by András Száraz. Zsófia Kulcsár became his coach in 1998.
Tóth became Hungary's senior national champion for the first time in the 2000–01 season. He represented Vasas Skating Club in Budapest. The following season, he competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, placing 25th. His highest ISU Championship placement, 17th, came at the 2003 Europeans in Malmö, Sweden.
In the 2003–04 season, Tóth began representing Jegcsillag Skating Club in Budapest. He won silver medals at the 2003 Golden Spin of Zagreb and 2003 Crystal Skate of Romania. He placed 25th at both the 2004 European Championships in Budapest and 2004 World Championships in Dortmund.
Tóth started the 2005–06 season with a sixth-place result at the 2005 Ondrej Nepela Memorial in Bratislava, Slovakia. In October, he competed at the 2005 Karl Schäfer Memorial in Vienna – the final opportunity to qualify for the Olympics – and finished 7th, which would turn out to be sufficient. In February 2006, he competed at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He was one of 24 skaters to qualify for the free skate, having ranked 24th in the short, and finished 24th overall. It was his final competitive appearance.
Tóth is a coach at Jégvirág Miskolc Skating Club in Miskolc, Hungary.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2005–2006 Kill Bill Music 2004–2005 Malaguena 2003–2004 Piano Concerto No. 1 Die Another Day 2002–2003 Night on Bald Mountain 2001–2002 Close Cover 2000–2001 Suite for Variety Orchestra Face/Off
Results JGP: Junior Series/Junior Grand Prix
International Event 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 Olympics 25th 24th Worlds 35th 31st 27th 25th 27th Europeans 25th 17th 25th 30th 26th Crystal Skate 2nd 2nd Czech Skate 12th Golden Spin 20th 12th 18th 2nd 11th Karl Schäfer 7th Nebelhorn Trophy 15th Ondrej Nepela 20th 10th 6th 6th International: Junior Junior Worlds 27th 30th Hungary 11th 10th Slovakia 13th Grand Prize SNP 5th J. Penta Cup 7th J. National Hungarian Champ. 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st J. = Junior level
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