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Alan Spiegl (born 7 August 1959) is a former pair skater for Czechoslovakia. With Ingrid Spieglová, he won six national titles and competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Alan Spiegl was born on 7 August 1959 in Opava, Czechoslovakia. He is the elder brother of Ingrid Spieglová. In 1984, he graduated from Masaryk University in Brno, having studied at the Faculty of Education.

He and his wife, Vera, have two sons – Ondrej (Swedish figure skater, born in 1993) and Lukas. After living in Salzburg, Austria, and the Czech Republic, the family moved to Sweden in 2000. They have resided in Uppsala, Växjö, and Eskilstuna.

Career

Competitive

In 1973, Spiegl and his sister, Ingrid Spieglová, moved from Opava to Brno, where they became students of Ivan Rezek. The siblings represented Czechoslovakia in pair skating and won six consecutive national titles, beginning in the 1974–75 season. Their ISU Championship debut came at the 1975 Europeans in Copenhagen, Denmark; the pair finished 12th at the event.

The following season, Spieglová/Spiegl ranked 12th at the 1976 European Championships in Geneva, Switzerland, and then 13th at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Concluding their season, they placed 10th at the 1976 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The siblings achieved their career-best world result, 6th, at the 1977 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, and 1978 World Championships in Ottawa, Canada. Their highest continental result, 5th, came at the 1978 European Championships in Strasbourg, France.

Spieglová/Spiegl won silver at the 1977 Golden Spin of Zagreb, silver at the 1978 Prague Skate, bronze at the 1979 Ennia Challenge Cup, and silver at the 1979 Prague Skate. They were scheduled to compete at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, but the Communists decided to give their spot to someone else. The siblings retired from competition at the end of the season.

Post-competitive

Spiegl and his sister skated with Holiday on Ice for seven years. As of 2016, he works as a skating coach at Eskilstuna IK in Sweden.

Competitive highlights

With Ingrid Spieglová

References

1. "Seznam členů S – Ž". Czech Olympic Committee.
2. "Alan Spiegel". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
3. ^ "Mladí sourozenci si užili i ovoce a přátelili se s hokejisty" [Young siblings at the Olympics]. Deník (in Czech). 29 January 2014.
4. "Absolventi a závěrečné práce". Masaryk University.
5. "Ondrej SPIEGL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016.
6. "Ondrej Spiegl". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
7. Björn, Thomas (7 June 2016). "Ondrej Spiegl" (in Swedish). Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017.
8. "Alan Spiegl". Eskilstuna IK. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

• 1959 births
• Czech emigrants to Sweden
• Czechoslovak male pair skaters
• Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics
• Living people
• Olympic figure skaters for Czechoslovakia
• Sportspeople from Opava