Michael Tyllesen

Michael Johannes Malmin Tyllesen (born 27 August 1973)[1] is a Danish former competitive figure skater. He is the 1997 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, a two-time Piruetten champion, and a two-time Nordic champion.

Michael Tyllesen
Personal information
Full nameMichael Johannes Malmin Tyllesen
Country representedDenmark
Born (1973-08-27) 27 August 1973
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Former coachSusanne Hedegaard Andersen, Frank Carroll, Manette Olsson, Lars Dresler, S. Zidek
Former choreographerIgor Bobrin, Lorna Brown
Skating clubGladsaxe Sport Club
Former training locationsCopenhagen
Edmonton
Lake Arrowhead, California
Began skating1980
Retired2000

Career

Tyllesen was a member of Gladsaxe Skøjteløber Forening.[2][3] He also trained in Edmonton and Lake Arrowhead, California, and worked with choreographers Lorna Brown and Igor Bobrin.[4]

Tyllesen's career-best ISU Championship result, sixth, came at the 1993 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. He served as Denmark's flag bearer at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway;[5] he finished 13th after placing 13th in the short and 12th in the free skate.[1]

Tyllesen finished ninth at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and 13th at the 1998 World Championships in Minneapolis.

After retiring from competition in 2000, Tyllesen performed in ice shows for nine years and then became a coach in Denmark.[6][7][4] He is the head coach at Tårnby Skøjteklub.[8]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
1999–2000
[9]

    Results

    GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix

    International[9]
    Event 90–91 91–92 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00
    Olympics13th9th
    Worlds21st17th17th25th19th18th13th29th20th
    Europeans6th8th12th17th10th9th18th12th
    GP Cup of RussiaWD11th9th
    GP Skate Canada3rd
    Nebelhorn Trophy9th4th
    Piruetten8th1st1st
    Nordics2nd2nd2nd1st1st
    National[9]
    Danish Champ.1st1st1st1st1st1st
    WD: Withdrew

    References
    1. "Michael Tyllesen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
    2. "Tidligere prismodtagere Idrætsprisen: Prismodtagere 1975 - 2015" [Past sports award recipients: Laureates 1975 - 2015] (in Danish). gladsaxe.dk. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016.
    3. de los Reyes, Marco (19 March 2000). "Udviklingen er skøjtet den forkerte vej". Berlingske Media (in Danish).
    4. Stevens, Ryan (3 October 2013). "Interview With Michael Tyllesen". Skate Guard.
    5. "TEAMBOG Sochi 2014 - DIF". National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2016.
    6. Jensen, Jan B. (16 January 2000). "Tomrum efter Michael Tyllesen". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish).
    7. "Michael Tyllesen som gæstesolist i Holiday on Ice". Berlingske (in Danish). business.dk. 28 January 2004.
    8. Flarup, Jakob (12 December 2013). "Toptræner sætter spørgsmålstegn ved danske træningsforhold" (in Danish).
    9. "Michael TYLLESEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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