Oľga Beständigová (born 2 May 1979) is a Slovak former competitive pair skater. With her brother, Jozef Beständig, she won nine senior international medals and eight Slovak national titles. They competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, five World Championships, and seven European Championships, placing as high as 7th (2001 Europeans).
Beständigová competed with her boyfriend İlhan Mansız for Turkey from 2013 to 2015.
Career Partnership with Beständig Beständigová competed for Slovakia with her brother, Jozef Beständig. Their first ISU Championship was the 1997 Europeans in Paris; they finished last (17th). The following season, they placed 12th at the 1998 Europeans in Milan and 18th at the 1998 Worlds in Minneapolis.
Beständigová/Beständig achieved their highest ISU Championship result, 7th, at the 2001 Europeans in Bratislava. They would go on to qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, where they finished 17th.
Beständigová retired from competition following the 2001–02 season but returned to compete with her brother again for the 2004–05 season. The pair placed 8th at the 2005 European Championships in Turin and 15th at the 2005 World Championships in Moscow. They then ended their partnership.
Later career Beständigová competed briefly with Vladimir Futáš in 2005 and then decided to perform in ice shows. She participated in the Turkish show Buzda Dans in the winters of 2006–07 and 2007–08. She won the second edition of the show with her partner, İlhan Mansız. In 2010, Beständigová and Mansız began training in an attempt to qualify for the pairs' event at the 2014 Winter Olympics. They initially trained in Oberstdorf and Garmisch with coaches Alexander König and Stefan Zins, and later with Doug Ladret, Don Baldwin, and Tiffany Vise in Scottsdale, Arizona. Beständigová/Mansız made their competitive debut together at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, which was also the final qualifying opportunity for the Olympics. It was Beständigová's first international competition in eight years. The pair finished 19th and last in the pairs event,2013 Nebelhorn Trophy pairs result ending their hope of skating at the Olympic Games. Their partnership ended in 2015.
Programs With Mansız Season Short program Free skating 2013–2014 To Build a Home The Last Samurai
With Beständig Season Short program Free skating 2004–2005 Christmas in Sarajevo The Fifth Element 2001–2002 Music 2000–2001 Slowly to the Sun
Results GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series
With Mansız for Turkey
International Event 2013–14 2014–15 Golden Spin of Zagreb 9th Ice Challenge 8th Nebelhorn Trophy 19th Ondrej Nepela Memorial 5th Toruń Cup 5th
With Futáš for Slovakia International Event 2005–06 Karl Schäfer Memorial 11th
With Beständig for Slovakia International Event 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 04–05 Olympics 17th Worlds 18th 17th 18th 22nd 15th Europeans 17th 12th 10th 12th 7th 13th 8th Skate America 8th Sparkassen 9th Trophée Lalique 7th Czech Skate 4th Golden Spin 2nd 2nd 6th Karl Schäfer 10th 3rd Nebelhorn Trophy 8th 9th Ondrej Nepela 4th 2nd 2nd 1st Skate Israel 3rd 3rd Tallinn Cup 3rd Grand Prize SNP 3rd J. National Slovak Champ. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
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