| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 10 | Men | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
| World Championships |
| 4 | Men | 2011 | Moscow, RUS |
| 4 | Men | 2010 | Torino, ITA |
| 6 | Men | 2012 | Nice, FRA |
| 10 | Men | 2013 | London, ON, CAN |
| European Championships |
| 3 | Men | 2013 | Zagreb, CRO |
| 4 | Men | 2014 | Budapest, HUN |
| 4 | Men | 2012 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 8 | Men | 2011 | Bern, SUI |
| Grand Prix Final |
| 6 | Men | 2011/2012 | Quebec, QC, CAN |
| Best performance per season in Grand Prix events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | Men |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 4th |
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 3rd |
| 2011/2012 | 1 x 1st |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Grand Prix performances in current season |
| 4 | Men | 2013/2014 | Skate Canada, CAN |
| 5 | Men | 2013/2014 | Trophee Eric Bompard, FRA |
| ISU World Standings (as of 03 Feb 2014) |
| 7 | Men | | |
| Personal Bests |
| Type | Date | Score | Competition | Event |
|---|
| Total | 26 Jan 2013 | 243.52 | European Championships 2013 | Men |
| Short Program | 30 Mar 2012 | 87.67 | World Championships 2012 | Men |
| Short Program Technical | 30 Mar 2012 | 48.70 | World Championships 2012 | Men |
| Short Program Component | 16 Jan 2014 | 39.26 | European Championships 2014 | Men |
| Free Skating | 26 Jan 2013 | 163.68 | European Championships 2013 | Men |
| Free Skating Technical | 26 Jan 2013 | 84.02 | European Championships 2013 | Men |
| Free Skating Component | 26 Jan 2013 | 80.66 | European Championships 2013 | Men |
| Season Bests |
| Type | Date | Score | Competition | Event |
|---|
| Total | 18 Jan 2014 | 236.98 | European Championships 2014 | Men |
| Short Program | 16 Jan 2014 | 82.80 | European Championships 2014 | Men |
| Short Program Technical | 16 Jan 2014 | 43.54 | European Championships 2014 | Men |
| Short Program Component | 16 Jan 2014 | 39.26 | European Championships 2014 | Men |
| Free Skating | 18 Jan 2014 | 154.18 | European Championships 2014 | Men |
| Free Skating Technical | 26 Oct 2013 | 74.75 | GP Skate Canada International 2013 | Men |
| Free Skating Component | 18 Jan 2014 | 79.92 | European Championships 2014 | Men |
Additional Information
MusicMusic short program/short dance as of season 2013/2014
In The Hall Of A Mountain King performed by Epica
Music free skating/free dance as of season 2013/2014
Sherlock Holmes [soundtrack] by Hans Zimmer (ISU, 30 Dec 2013)
ChoreographerPasquale Camerlengo, ITA (ISU, 30 Dec 2013)
Start of sporting careerHe began skating in 1997 at age seven in Brno, Czech Republic. (michal-brezina.ic.cz, 03 Feb 2009; ISU, 27 Aug 2013)
Reason for taking up this sportHe wanted to play ice hockey after watching the Czech Republic team win gold at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano. His father insisted that he must learn to skate before trying ice hockey. Once he knew how to skate he carried on, and never played ice hockey. (ISU, 27 Aug 2013; web.icenetwork.com, 01 Jan 2013)
AmbitionsTo win an Olympic medal. (Athlete, 06 Feb 2010)
TrainingIn the low season he trains 22 hours a week, dividing his training time between the US cities of Hackensack, New Jersey, and Detroit, Michigan. In the high season he trains 18 hours a week in Hackensack. (ISU, 30 Dec 2013)
HeroRussian figure skater Alexei Yagudin, Slovak figure skater Jozef Sabovcik, Canadian figure skater Jeffrey Buttle. (ISU, 27 Aug 2013; NOC Media Guide, 2014)
Sporting philosophy / motto"Live your dreams." (Twitter profile, 24 Apr 2013)
GeneralEARLY SOCHI BLUES
He took a bit of time to adjust to the Iceberg Skating Palace during his first training session there at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. "At the beginning it was a little slow because I had to get used to the fact that everything was blue, the seats and everything. Then it got better. I was just getting used to the ice and running the regular routine." (ONS, 05 Feb 2014)
TRAINING SWITCH
In 2012 he changed coaches and moved to the United States. "I just felt like I needed something new. I had been training in Oberstdorf, Germany for six years. I would never say that my coaches Petr Starec and Karel Fajfr were bad or anything. I just felt like I needed a change." (icenetwork.com, 25 Aug 2012)
INKED
He has a tattoo on his torso saying, 'The way we see the world'. (demotix.com, 25 Mar 2013)
MENTORING
He is good friends with Italian pairs skaters Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek, and gives them advice on how to develop their routines. (artonice.it, 07 Mar 2013)
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