Tamir Kuperman

Tamir Kuperman (Hebrew: תמיר קופרמן; born September 13, 2007) is an Israeli competitive figure skater. Kuperman is the 2026 Israeli national champion and a four-time Israeli national junior champion (2022–2025). Internationally, he is the 2025 Bavarian Open junior champion and the 2025 Denkova-Staviski Cup champion.

Personal life Kuperman was born on September 13, 2007, in Tel Aviv, Israel. In his early career, he trained at Ice Peaks Holon, in Holon. In June 2022, he moved to New Jersey and started training at Ice Dream Academy of New Jersey.

Career

Early career Kuperman began figure skating in 2016 at Ice Peaks Holon. He competed in the basic novice category at the 2018 Volvo Open Cup, finishing in fourth place. In the 2019–20 season, he placed fourth in the advanced novice event at the 2019 Volvo Open Cup and seventh at the 2020 Sofia Trophy.

2021–22 season Kuperman made his junior international debut at the 2021 Volvo Open Cup in Riga. He placed 5th place.

2022–23 season: Junior international debut In June 2022, prior to the start of the season, Kuperman relocated to New Jersey, United States, to train at Ice Dream Academy of New Jersey under coaches Alexei Bychenko , Galit Chait Moracci, and Evgeni Krasnopolski.

He opened his season at the Philadelphia Summer International, placing fifth in the junior event. He made his ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in October at the JGP Poland II in Gdańsk, where he finished 21st. Later in the season, Kuperman achieved a career milestone at the Open d'Andorra, winning the junior gold medal; this marked his first victory in an international competition. He continued to reach the podium at other minor international events, taking the bronze medal at the EduSport Trophy in Bucharest and the silver medal at the Tallink Hotels Cup in Tallinn.

2023–24 season Competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Kuperman finished seventh at JGP Thailand and fifth at JGP Armenia. He found considerable success at other junior international events, winning gold medals at both the Denkova-Staviski Cup and the Santa Claus Cup, as well as taking the silver medal at the Bavarian Open. He concluded his season at the 2024 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Taipei, where he finished nineteenth.

2024–25 season: Senior international debut From 2024-25 season, Kuperman began training under Galit Chait Moracci and Evgeni Krasnopolski. Kuperman remained on the junior level and was assigned to two Junior Grand Prix events. At his first assignment, the JGP Czech Republic in Ostrava, he placed fourth in the short program with 72.75 points. In the short program, he landed a clean triple Axel for the first time in an ISU-recognized competition. Based on the combined results, Kuperman earned Israel’s berth for the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. He concluded his season at the 2025 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Debrecen, where he finished twelfth. In the free skate, he landed a clean quadruple Salchow for the first time at an ISU-recognized competition.

In March, Kuperman completed his season at the 2026 World Championships. He placed nineteenth in the short program and eighteenth in the free skate, finishing eighteenth overall.

Technique He is capable of performing three types of quadruple jumps—Lutz, Salchow, and toe loop—as well as all triple jumps.

His quadruple Lutz was first successfully landed at the 2025 Denkova–Staviski Cup, unofficially recognized by the ISU. He landed the quadruple Salchow for the first time in an ISU-recognized competition at the 2025 World Junior Championships, and the quadruple toe loop at the 2024 JGP Czech Skate, marking the first successful attempt in an ISU-recognized event

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

Senior level

Junior level

2024–25 season Date Event SP FS Total Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2025 2025 World Junior Championships 17 68.17 10 141.32 12 209.49 Jan 20–26, 2025 2025 Bavarian Open 1 76.01 1 141.52 1 217.53 Nov 27 – Dec 2, 2024 2024 Santa Claus Cup 1 76.56 8 103.92 3 180.48 Nov 12–17, 2024 2024 NRW Trophy 1 75.13 1 132.70 1 207.83 Oct 15–20, 2024 2024 Diamond Spin 1 65.12 1 113.86 1 178.98 Sep 25–28, 2024 2024 JGP Poland 2 75.58 4 119.80 4 195.38 Sep 4–7, 2024 2024 JGP Czech Republic 4 72.75 3 127.72 4 210.47 Aug 8–11, 2024 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International 9 63.64 7 125.63 6 189.27 2023–24 season Date Event SP FS Total Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2024 2024 World Junior Championships 20 63.60 20 119.23 19 182.83 Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024 2024 Bavarian Open 3 66.93 1 123.24 2 190.17 Nov 29 – Dec 4, 2023 2023 Santa Claus Cup 1 64.82 1 128.47 1 193.29 Nov 7–12, 2023 2023 Denkova-Staviski Cup 1 70.09 1 131.06 1 201.15 Oct 4–7, 2023 2023 JGP Armenia 6 59.90 5 120.52 5 180.42 Aug 23–26, 2023 2023 JGP Thailand 10 63.39 8 118.06 7 178.45