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Valdis Mintals

{{Short description|Estonian pair skater}}

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|fullname= Valdis Mintals

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|country= Estonia

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|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1979|12|11|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Tallinn, Estonia

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|formerpartner= Viktoria Shklover
Ekaterina Nekrassova

|formercoach= Gennadi Krasnitski
Ludmila Velikova
I. Kononova
Anna Levandi
Klara Belousovska

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|skating club= FSC Medal, Tallinn

|beganskating= 1984

|retired= 2002

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Valdis Mintals (born 11 December 1979 in Tallinn) is an Estonian pair skater.

With partner Ekaterina Nekrassova, he is a multiple Estonian national champion. They competed at the World, European, and World Junior Championships before ending their partnership in 1998.

From 1998 through 2002, Mintals competed with Viktoria Shklover. They were the 1998–2002 Estonian national champions. They competed twice at the World Junior Championships, and three times at the World and European Championships. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 10th at the 2000 and 2001 European Championships.

Early in his career, Mintals competed in single skating.

Following his retirement in 2002 from competitive skating, Mintals performed in touring ice shows and ice theater.

Programs

(with Shklover)

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! Season

! Short program

! Free skating

2001–2002

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2000–2001

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Results

=With Shklover=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=5 align=center | Results
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International
Event

! 1998–1999

! 1999–2000

! 2000–2001

! 2001–2002

align=left | World Championships17th19th17th
align=left | European Championships10th10th11th
align=left | GP Trophée Lalique9th
align=left | Nebelhorn Trophy6th6th6th
align=left | Skate Israel7th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International: Junior
align=left | Junior Worlds10th9th
align=left | JGP Final4th
align=left | JGP Francebgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | JGP Hungary7th
align=left | JGP Poland6th
align=left | JGP Netherlandsbgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=left | JGP Swedenbgcolor=gold | 1st
align=left | Tallinn Cupbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National
align=left | Estonian Championshipsbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1st
colspan=5 align=center | GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

= With Nekrassova =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=4 align=center | Results
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | International
Event

! 1995–1996

! 1996–1997

! 1997–1998

align=left | World Championships22nd20th23rd
align=left | European Championships17th15th13th
align=left | Intern. St. Gervais9th
align=left | Karl Schäfer Memorial7th
align=left | Nebelhorn Trophy8th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | International: Junior
align=left | Junior Worlds18th14th
align=left | Blue Swords14th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | National
align=left | Estonian Championshipsbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1st

References

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{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00003361.htm | title = Viktoria SHKLOVER / Valdis MINTALS: 2000/2001 | work = International Skating Union | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20010420012001/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00003361.htm | archivedate = 20 April 2001 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00003361.htm | title = Viktoria SHKLOVER / Valdis MINTALS: 2001/2002 | work = International Skating Union | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20021021193729/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00003361.htm | archivedate = 21 October 2002 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.pairsonice.net/record.php?f=Nekrassova&m=Mintals | title = Jekaterina Nekrassova & Valdis Mintals | publisher = Pairs on Ice | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071201054056/http://www.pairsonice.net/record.php?f=Nekrassova&m=Mintals | archivedate = 1 December 2007 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=65 | title = Viktoria Shklover & Valdis Mintals | publisher = Pairs on Ice | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071130052136/http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=65 | archivedate = 30 November 2007 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite news | url = http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E8831331214938/Cinderella+on+Ice+%28tour+%96+Eastbourne%2C+Congress+Theatre%29.html | title = Cinderella on Ice (tour – Eastbourne, Congress Theatre) | first = Paul | last = Lucas-Scott | publisher = What's on Stage | date = 7 March 2012 }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.russianicestars.com/company.html | title = Russian Ice Stars | publisher = RussianIceStars.com | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029130553/http://russianicestars.com/company.html | archivedate = 29 October 2013 | access-date = 22 March 2012 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}

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External links

  • {{isu name | id=00003361 | name= Viktoria Shklover / Valdis Mintals}}

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