Balázs Nagy (born July 9, 1998) is a Hungarian-American pair skater. With his former partner, Audrey Shin, he is the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist.
With previous partner, Chelsea Liu, they were the 2023 Skate America bronze medalists and 2024 U.S. national pewter medalists.
With Maria Pavlova, he competed for Hungary and skated in the final segment at the 2022 European Championships and is the 2022 Hungarian national silver medalist.
Competing for the United States with his former skating partner, Kate Finster, he is the 2020 U.S. national junior champion, the 2019 U.S. national junior silver medalist, and the 2019 JGP Poland silver medalist.
Personal life Nagy was born on July 9, 1998, in Budapest, Hungary to parents, Miklós Nagy and Ildikó Horváth. He also has three sisters named Mariann, Csilla, and Zsófi. The family first emigrated to the United States when Nagy was two years old. He moved back to Budapest for several years during his childhood, before returning to the U.S. to finish high school. Nagy became a U.S. citizen at the age of ten and currently holds dual citizenship between Hungary and the United States. Additionally, he is fluent in both Hungarian and English. Nagy went on to study exercise science at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs from 2019 to 2023.
Career Early career Nagy began skating at the age of six. He was first coached by Oleg Efimov and Natalia Efimova, a former Soviet pairs skater and ice dancer, respectively, in Wake Forest, North Carolina. During this time, he also trained as a gymnast at Apex Gymnastics under coaches Todd McLoughlin and Jeremy Waters. He trained primarily in singles skating, representing first the United States, and then Hungary internationally after his family moved back to Budapest. At the suggestion of his coaches, Nagy briefly tried pairs with Krystal Edwards during the 2011–12 season, but the team split due him being "not ready" and his family returning to Hungary.
Nagy briefly quit skating in 2017, before deciding to return and switch to pairs full-time. He tried out with Kate Finster in the fall of 2017, around Thanksgiving, and they officially teamed up in early 2018. The pair relocated from training with her coaches, Jessica Miller and Stephanie Miller, in Northern Kentucky to work full-time with Dalilah Sappenfield and Larry Ibarra in Colorado Springs.
Pair skating with Kate Finster 2018–2019 season: Debut of Finster/Nagy
In their first season as a team, Finster/Nagy were assigned to 2018 JGP Czech Republic, where they finished ninth. They then won silver at Midwestern Sectionals. At the 2019 U.S. Championships, Finster/Nagy won the junior silver medal behind Lockley/Prochnow. As a result, they were named to the 2019 World Junior Championships team. At Junior Worlds, they were tenth after the short program and thirteenth in the free skating, to finish eleventh overall. Nagy called the experience "humbling" and motivation for the next season.
2019–2020 season: U.S. Junior national title Finster/Nagy opened the season with a sixth-place finish at 2019 JGP United States. They then won their first international medal at 2019 JGP Poland, earning the silver medal, behind Panfilova/Rylov of Russia and ahead of Germany's Hocke/Kunkel. Their results qualified them as first alternates to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Finster/Nagy won the inaugural U.S. Pairs Final to qualify to the 2020 U.S. Championships. They won their first junior pairs title at the 2020 U.S. Championships, ahead of Smirnova/Siianytsia and Deardorff/Johnson. Their result earned them a berth on the 2020 World Junior Championships team. They finished sixth.
2020–2021 season Finster/Nagy placed ninth at the ISP Points Challenge. In December, Nagy announced that the pair had split.
Pair skating with Maria Pavlova 2021–2022 season Nagy formed a new partnership with Russian skater Maria Pavlova to represent his native Hungary. Making their debut at the Budapest Trophy, where they were seventh, they then competed twice on the Challenger series, finishing fifth at the 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and thirteenth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
After winning the silver medal at the 2022 Four National Championships and the Hungarian Championships, Pavlova/Nagy made their debut at the European Championships, finishing eleventh.
The pair parted ways following the season. Nagy would later explain that "I fell out of love with the sport, so I stepped away for a little bit. I had surgery again–my other shoulder. While I was recovering from that one, that was when I reached out to U.S. Figure Skating."
Pair skating with Chelsea Liu 2023–2024 season: Grand Prix bronze In April 2023, Nagy tried out with Chelsea Liu. They announced their partnership in May.
Liu/Nagy made their domestic debut by winning the Glacier Falls Summer Classic, before being sent to make their international debut on the Challenger debut at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International. They attracted notice for their innovative climactic lift in the free skate, but finished fourth. They were subsequently invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Skate America, finishing third in the short program with a new personal best score (61.23). They were third in the free skate as well, despite Liu making two Salchow errors, winning the bronze medal. Liu said that "winning a medal on the Grand Prix is great, but what feels even better is that we put out a great program." Liu/Nagy went on to place sixth at the 2023 NHK Trophy.
In advance of the 2024 U.S. Championships, Liu/Nagy were preemptively assigned to the American team for the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, which were to occur a week after the national championship. At the national championships, they finished sixth in the short program. In the free skate they came third in the segment, moving up to fourth overall in the process, despite struggles on their jump and throw elements. Nagy said they were "a little bit frustrated that we were not able to show off our throws the way they've been in training." At the Four Continents Championships the following weekend, Liu/Nagy came third in the short program, winning a bronze small medal, despite Liu stumbling out of her jump. Liu said that they had "been working so hard on our throws and they've been so good since the New Year. I'm super happy that we were able to show that." They had a difficult free skate, and dropped to seventh.
On March 26, Liu announced she had ended her partnership with Nagy to prioritize her mental health.
Pair skating with Audrey Shin 2024–2025 season Following the end of his partnership with Liu, Nagy learned that American singles skater, Audrey Shin, was interested in pursuing pair skating. He then contacted her and asked if she would be interested in having a tryout with him to which she agreed. After a week of skating together, the pair agreed to form a partnership. They announced that they would primarily train in Oakville, Ontario, Canada under coaches, Bruno Marcotte and Andrew Evans, while also making trips to Colorado to work with Tammy Gambill.
The pair began their season in December, winning the bronze medal at the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
The following month, Shin/Nagy competed at the 2025 U.S. Championships, placing fifth in the short program and third in the free skate, finishing fifth overall. While at the event, Shin spoke of her experience competing as a pair skater at Nationals for the first time, sharing, "It felt less stressful, and it’s nice having someone else out there on the ice with me, so it’s actually more fun than stressful." "We have been training fairly well, and I definitely feel confident in our training," said Nagy. "But nationals are nationals. There’s always more pressure, more everything. We haven’t had the best practices here this week, but I think we, well, I think she maximized everything.”
Selected to compete at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea, Shin/Nagy finished the season by finishing the event in eleventh place.
2025–2026 season Shin/Nagy opened the season with a seventh-place finish at the 2025 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition. They then went on to compete at the 2025 Skate to Milano, the final qualifying event for the 2026 Winter Olympics, where they finished in sixth place.
Making their Grand Prix debut at the 2025 Grand Prix de France, Shin/Nagy placed fifth at the event overall. They subsequently won silver at the 2025 Ice Challenge and gold at the 2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
In January, they competed at the 2026 U.S. Championships, finishing in fifth place. "Overall, this competition, we had a really strong short and that’s something we’re super proud of," Shin said. "And, coming into the long, we felt a little bit more nervous, I think, but we still tried our best no matter what and tried to finish strong." They were subsequently named as the first alternates for the 2026 Winter Olympic team and to the 2026 Four Continents team.
On March 26, Shin announced the end of their partnership citing mental and emotional health reasons. It was later announced Nagy had paired up with Katie McBeath.
Partnership with McBeath
2026–27 season The pair made their debut at the 2026 John Nicks Pairs Challenge; finishing in third place overall.
Programs
With McBeath +SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition2026–2027 Carmen
by Bizet Experience
by Ludovico Einadu
Pair skating with Audrey Shin Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2024–2025 "Lacrimosa (Techno Mix)" "Prelude (Age Of Heroes)" "River Flows In You" "River Flows In You (Orchestra Version)" 2025–2026 The Godfather Speak Softly Love Speak Softly Love The Godfather Suite
El Tango de Roxanne Two Men in Love
Pair skating with Chelsea Liu Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2023–2024 "Dive" "A Thousand Times Good Night" "Peer Pressure"
Pair skating with Maria Pavlova Season Short program Free skating 2021–2022 "Big Spender" The Mask of Zorro
Pair skating with Kate Finster Season Short program Free skating 2018–2019 "Harlem Nocturne" "Hollywood Wiz" 2019–2020 "Hallelujah" "To Build a Home" "Rain, In Your Black Eyes" 2020–2021 "Lost Without You" "O (Fly On)" "Fix You"
Competitive highlights
Pair skating with Katie McBeath (for the United States)
Pair skating with Audrey Shin (for the United States)
Pair skating with Chelsea Liu (for the United States)
Pair skating with Maria Pavlova (for Hungary)
Pair skating with Kate Finster (for the United States) International: Junior Event 18–19 19–20 Junior Worlds 11th 6th Czech Republic 9th Poland 2nd United States 6th National U.S. Championships2nd J 1st J
Singles skating (for Hungary) International: Junior Event 14–15 Ice Challenge 9th Santa Claus Cup 15th National Hungarian Jun. Champ. 4th J
Detailed results Pair skating with Katie McBeath (for the United States)
Pair skating with Audrey Shin (for the United States)
Pair skating with Chelsea Liu (for the United States)
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold. 2023–2024 season Date Event SP FS Total Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024 2024 Four Continents Championships 3 61.90 8 113.95 7 175.85 January 22–28, 2024 2024 U.S. Championships 6 60.13 3 118.70 4 178.83 November 24–26, 2023 2023 NHK Trophy 5 61.23 7 111.37 6 172.60 October 20–22, 2023 2023 Skate America 3 61.23 3 116.43 3 177.66 September 14–17, 2023 2023 CS Autumn Classic International 4 56.09 3 109.22 4 165.20
Pair skating with Maria Pavlova (for Hungary) Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.