 Natálie Taschlerová and Filip Taschler at the2024 World Championships | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (2001-12-09)9 December 2001 (age 23) | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||
| Country |  Czech Republic | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Ice dance | |||||||||||
| Partner | Filip Taschler | |||||||||||
| Coach | Maurizio Margaglio Neil Brown Massimo Scali Sini Parkkinen | |||||||||||
| Skating club | VSK Technika Brno | |||||||||||
| Began skating | 2004 | |||||||||||
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Natálie Taschlerová (born 9 December 2001) is a Czechice dancer. With her brother and skating partner,Filip Taschler, she is the2020 Nebelhorn Trophy champion and three-timeCzech national champion (2022–23, 2025). They represented the Czech Republic at the2022 Winter Olympics.
On the junior level, she is the2019 JGP USA bronze medalist and has competed in the final segment at threeWorld Junior Championships, their highest placement being fourteenth in2019. Nationally, she is a three-time Czech national junior champion.[1]
Taschlerová was born on December 9, 2001 inBrno, Czech Republic.[2]
In November 2025, Taschlerová opened up about her ongoing battle withanorexia nervosa dating as far back as 2019. She further detailed that this stemmed from reading comments and articles that would make hurtful statements about her body and appearance. During the summer of 2025, Taschlerová developedRED-S syndrome as a result of her eating disorder, prompting her to ultimately seek treatment from a nutritionist and therapist.[3]
Taschlerová began learning to skate in 2004 and subsequently began learning ice dance alongside her brother Filip following the end of his partnership with Karolína Karlíková.[1] Years later, Taschler would say that "our relationship is better since we started skating together. When we were younger, we fought like small kids, but now we are adults. We respect each other."[4]
Taschlerová/Taschler made their international junior debut in the2017–18 season, including two appearances on theISU Junior Grand Prix, placing twelfth inPoland and thirteenth inAustria. After winning what would be the first of threeCzech junior national titles, they made their first appearance at theWorld Junior Championships, where they finished eighteenth.[1]
Competing their second season on theJunior Grand Prix, Taschlerová/Taschler were thirteenth atJGP Lithuania and eleventh at their homeJGP Czech Republic. They then won their first international junior medals competing at minor events, a bronze at theOpen d'Andorra and a silver at the junior category at theInge Solar Memorial. Junior national champions for the second time, they finished the season placing fourteenth at the2019 World Junior Championships.[1]
In the off-season, Taschlerová/Taschler began training part-time in the United States with Collin Brubaker and Oleg Epstein, in addition to longtime coachMatteo Zanni inMilan.[5] They returned to theJunior Grand Prix, competing first at2019 JGP United States inLake Placid, New York. In a significant improvement over their previous two years, they came fourth in therhythm dance. Then they overtook CanadiansMakita/Gunara in thefree dance for the bronze medal.[6] They finished in fifth place at theirsecond JGP in Croatia.[1]
Following the Junior Grand Prix, Taschlerová/Taschler elected to make their international senior debut, winning the silver medal at theOpen d'Andorra and thereby obtaining the technical minimum qualifications to attend their firstEuropean Figure Skating Championships, where they finished in nineteenth position. They participated in a third senior event, coming eighth at theEgna Trophy.[1]
Winning the Czech junior title for the third time, they were again their country's entry to theWorld Junior Championships. Taschlerová fell out of her twizzle at the beginning of the rhythm dance, landing them in nineteenth place in that segment.[7] They rose to sixteenth position following the free dance.[1] Taschlerová/Taschler had been assigned to make their seniorWorld Championship debut at the2020 World Championships inMontreal, but these were cancelled due to the onset of thecoronavirus pandemic.[8]
Due to the pandemic, the siblings could not continue training in the United States under Epstein and Brubaker and entered the season with only Zanni as their coach.[9] They began their first full senior season at the2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, their firstChallenger event, which due to the pandemic was attended only by European teams largely training in the area.[10] Taschlerová/Taschler won the gold medal.[11] They attended their secondEgna Trophy, also winning gold there.[1]
To conclude the season, Taschlerová/Taschler competed at the2021 World Championships inStockholm, where they placed twenty-second in the rhythm dance and did not advance to the free dance.[1] As a result, they did notqualify a berth for the Czech Republic at the comingWinter Olympics on the first of two opportunities to do so.[12]
Taschlerová/Taschler began the new season on theChallenger series, placing fifth with new personal bests at the2021 CS Lombardia Trophy.[1] In continued pursuit of an Olympic spot, they were next assigned as the Czech entry to the2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the second and final opportunity for dancers to qualify to the Olympic Games. They were second in the rhythm dance with another new personal best but dropped to fifth after the free dance due to a twizzle error, but their placement was sufficient to clinch the fourth of four available berths at the2022 Winter Olympics.[13] Afterward, their federation formally named them tothe Czech Olympic team.[14]
After winning thePavel Roman Memorial and placing sixth at the2021 CS Warsaw Cup, Taschlerová/Taschler won the Czech national title (finishing second overall at the2022 Four National Championships). They were assigned to the2022 European Championships inTallinn and finished eleventh, qualifying for the free dance for the first time.[1]
Taschlerová/Taschler began the2022 Winter Olympics as the Czech entries in the rhythm dance segment of theOlympic team event. They placed sixth in the segment, securing five points for the Czech team. This was the highest Czech placement on day one of the event.[15] Ultimately, the Czech team did not advance to the second stage of the competition and finished eighth overall.[16] In thedance event, Taschlerová/Taschler placed seventeenth and qualified for the free dance.[17] They moved up one place in the free dance, finishing sixteenth.[18]
The team concluded the season at the2022 World Championships, held inMontpellier with Russian dance teams absent due to theInternational Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country'sinvasion of Ukraine.[19] Taschlerová/Taschler finished thirteenth.[1]
For the new season, Taschlerová and Taschler opted to perform a free dance based on the theme ofclimate change, a concept they had discussed since their junior career.[20] Competing at twoChallengers to begin, they won the bronze medal at the2022 CS Lombardia Trophy before finishing fourth at the2022 CS Finlandia Trophy.[1] They were invited to make their seniorGrand Prix debut, and came fifth at the2022 MK John Wilson Trophy.[21] They also finished fifth at their second assignment, the2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, 5.40 points back of bronze medalistsTurkkila/Versluis of Finland.[22]
After winning the Czech national title and finishing first overall at the2023 Four National Championships, Taschlerová/Taschler competed at the2023 European Championships inEspoo. They finished fifth in the rhythm dance, qualifying to the final flight in the free dance by a margin of 0.42 over the French teamLopareva/Brissaud.[23] They dropped behind the French in the free dance, finishing sixth overall.[24] This was the highest placement for a Czech dance team at Europeans sinceMrázová/Šimeček in1995. Taschlerová/Taschler's result qualified a second berth for the Czech Republic at the following year's European championships, which was anticipated to be important given the rise of another Czech sibling team,Kateřina Mrázková andDaniel Mrázek, in the junior ranks that season. The siblings said afterward that "we definitely wanted to go for a medal. But overall, this experience of skating in the strongest group will strengthen us in the future."[25] They hoped to finish in the top ten at the2023 World Championships to earn a second berth there as well.[26]
Ninth in the rhythm dance at the World Championships inSaitama, Taschlerová/Taschler moved up to eighth place after the free dance. This was the highest placement for a Czech team since Mrázová/Šimeček also finished eighth in1994. The siblings cited their appreciation for the Japanese audience's love of figure skating, with Taschlerová adding that "we hope that we will have such an audience in Prague as well," as the 2026 edition was scheduled to be held inPrague.[27]
The siblings decided that their new free dance would be a tribute to their late father, after discarding their original plan for aWestern theme in favour of something they considered "more internal and original."[28] For the third consecutive year, they began the season at theLombardia Trophy. Coming second in both segments, they won the silver medal.[29] Weeks later they won a secondChallenger medal, a bronze, at the2023 CS Nepela Memorial.[1]
Taschlerová/Taschler's firstGrand Prix assignment, the2023 Skate America, was also the Grand Prix debut of fellow Czech sibling teamMrázková/Mrázek, which Taschlerová called "nice" as "we are great friends all together."[30] This was the first time two Czech teams competed on the Grand Prix in the same year.[28] They finished fourth in the rhythm dance, but dropped to fifth after the free dance, where their choreographic lift was invalidated.[30] The duo were scheduled to compete at the2023 Cup of China, but withdrew after what they had believed to be a minor injury to Taschler proved to be more serious. They issued a state saying: "We will do everything to be back on the ice as soon as possible, but of course health always comes first."[31] It was subsequently revealed that Taschler had been suffering from a spinal fracture.[32]
The siblings were able to resume training in early December, and participated in the2024 European Championships, coming seventh. Taschler said they were "happy to be back."[32] With their fellow sibling team placing ninth, it was the first time since1980 that two Czech dance teams placed in the top ten.[33]
At the2024 World Championships, Taschlerová/Taschler encountered difficulties in the rhythm when she slipped on attempting to go up in their lift, and they failed to execute the element. As a result they placed eighteenth in the segment, while Mrázková/Mrázek were thirteenth. He called it "a shock, we've never had a mistake like this before."[34] They were fifteenth in the free dance, and rose to fifteenth overall, while their fellow Czechs remained thirteenth. Taschlerová said they were "satisfied with how the season was for us."[35]
Taschlerová/Taschler began the season by competing on theChallenger series, finishing fourth at the2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and winning gold at the2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge.[1] Going on to compete on the2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, the team finished fifth in the rhythm dance at the2024 Skate Canada International, before moving up to fourth place in the free dance.[36] Their second assignment was the2024 Finlandia Trophy, where they also placed fourth, having come fourth in the rhythm dance and fifth in the free dance. Taschler remarked after the competition that he "had kind of a breakdown this morning and really didn’t want to skate today. But I am better now and glad I did it. Nati also helped a lot."[37]
Concluding the first half of the season, Taschlerová/Taschler won another Czech national title.[1] At the2025 European Championships inTallinn, Estonia, errors in the rhythm dance saw them come eleventh in the segment. She said that "a lot of small mistakes that cost us an estimated four to five points. We're sorry, we wanted a better start to the second half of the season."[38] They rose to tenth place after the free dance, which Taschler observing that "after the rhythmic dance, today's program was a challenge, to believe in ourselves again, but we managed to do that."[39]
At the2025 World Championships inBoston, Massachusetts, United States, Taschlerová/Taschler came thirteenth in the segment after she struggled on her twizzles.[40] They remained in thirteenth place after the free dance, which placement, combined with the twelfth-place finish ofMrázková/Mrázek,secured two berths for the Czech Republic at the2026 Winter Olympics ice dance competition. This was the first time since the1994 Winter Olympics that two Czech places were qualified.[41]
In May, Taschlerová/Taschler announced that they were moving to train with coachMaurizio Margaglio inHelsinki, Finland.[42]
| Season | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics | 16th | ||||||
| Winter Olympics (Team event) | 8th | ||||||
| World Championships | C | 22nd | 13th | 8th | 15th | 13th | |
| European Championships | 19th | 11th | 6th | 7th | 10th | ||
| Czech Championships | WD | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
| Four Nationals Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||||
| GPFinland | 5th | 4th | TBD | ||||
| GPNHK Trophy | 4th | ||||||
| GPSkate America | 5th | ||||||
| GPSkate Canada | 4th | ||||||
| GPWilson Trophy | 5th | ||||||
| CSDenis Ten Memorial | 1st | ||||||
| CSFinlandia Trophy | 4th | ||||||
| CSLombardia Trophy | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | ||||
| CSNebelhorn Trophy | 1st | 5th | WD | 4th | |||
| CSNepela Memorial | 3rd | 2nd | |||||
| CSTallinn Trophy | TBD | ||||||
| CSWarsaw Cup | WD | 6th | |||||
| Egna Spring Trophy | 8th | 1st | WD | ||||
| Open d'Andorra | 2nd | ||||||
| Pavel Roman Memorial | 1st | ||||||
| Trophée Métropole Nice | 1st |
| Season | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Championships | 18th | 14th | 16th |
| Czech Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| JGPAustria | 13th | ||
| JGPCroatia | 5th | ||
| JGPCzech Republic | 11th | ||
| JGPLithuania | 13th | ||
| JGPPoland | 12th | ||
| JGPUnited States | 3rd | ||
| Bavarian Open | 4th | 6th | |
| Halloween Cup | 2nd | ||
| Inge Solar | 2nd | ||
| Leo Scheu | 5th | ||
| Open d'Andorra | 3rd | ||
| Pavel Roman Memorial | 4th | ||
| Santa Claus Cup | 14th |
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 196.39 | 2023 World Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 76.91 | 2023 European Championships |
| TES | 44.55 | 2023 European Championships | |
| PCS | 33.31 | 2024 European Championships | |
| Free skating | TSS | 119.83 | 2023 World Championships |
| TES | 68.13 | 2023 World Championships | |
| PCS | 51.70 | 2023 World Championships |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Nov 20-24, 2019 |  2019 Open d'Andorra | 2 | 63.80 | 2 | 101.89 | 2 | 165.69 |
| Jan 20–26, 2020 |  2020 European Championships | 17 | 62.53 | 18 | 91.77 | 19 | 154.30 |
| Sep 7-9, 2020 |  2020 Egna Dance Trophy | 6 | 61.71 | 9 | 85.39 | 8 | 147.10 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 23-26, 2020 |  2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 1 | 64.28 | 1 | 99.34 | 1 | 163.62 |
| Feb 6-7, 2021 | 2021 Egna Dance Trophy | 1 | 72.11 | 1 | 106.37 | 1 | 178.48 |
| Mar 22–28, 2021 |  2021 World Championships | 22 | 64.00 | - | - | 22 | 64.00 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 10-12, 2021 | 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy | 5 | 68.45 | 4 | 104.29 | 5 | 172.74 |
| Sep 22-25, 2021 | 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 2 | 70.51 | 5 | 102.47 | 5 | 172.98 |
| Nov 4-7, 2021 | 2021 Pavel Roman Memorial | 1 | 71.91 | 1 | 108.95 | 1 | 180.86 |
| Nov 17-20, 2021 |  2021 CS Warsaw Cup | 5 | 73.22 | 8 | 102.26 | 6 | 175.48 |
| Dec 17-18, 2021 |  2022 Four National Championships | 2 | 73.27 | 1 | 106.68 | 2 | 181.09 |
| Jan 10–16, 2022 |  2022 European Championships | 11 | 69.72 | 13 | 102.67 | 11 | 172.39 |
| Feb 4–7, 2022 |  2022 Winter Olympics (Team event) | 6 | 68.99 | – | – | 8 (yes) | – |
| Feb 12-14, 2022 | 2022 Winter Olympics | 17 | 67.22 | 17 | 101.10 | 16 | 168.32 |
| Mar 21–27, 2022 |  2022 World Championships | 11 | 72.55 | 14 | 99.68 | 13 | 172.23 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 16-19, 2022 | 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy | 2 | 75.41 | 3 | 108.14 | 3 | 183.55 |
| Oct 4-9, 2022 |  2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 4 | 72.79 | 4 | 106.06 | 4 | 178.85 |
| Nov 11-13, 2022 |  2022 MK John Wilson Trophy | 5 | 74.09 | 6 | 103.80 | 5 | 177.89 |
| Nov 25-27, 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo | % | 74.60 | 5 | 111.79 | 5 | 186.39 |
| Dec 15-17, 2022 |  2023 Four National Championships | 1 | 77.92 | 1 | 114.84 | 1 | 192.76 |
| Jan 25–29, 2023 | 2023 European Championships | 5 | 76.91 | 6 | 111.43 | 6 | 188.34 |
| Mar 22–26, 2023 |  2023 World Championships | 9 | 76.56 | 8 | 119.83 | 8 | 196.39 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 8-10, 2023 | 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy | 2 | 75.21 | 2 | 114.02 | 2 | 189.23 |
| Sep 28-30, 2023 | 2023 CS Nepela Memorial | 4 | 74.34 | 2 | 113.00 | 3 | 187.34 |
| Oct 20-22, 2023 |  2023 Skate America | 4 | 75.21 | 5 | 109.63 | 5 | 184.84 |
| Jan 8–14, 2024 |  2024 European Championships | 5 | 76.68 | 7 | 114.87 | 7 | 191.55 |
| Mar 18–24, 2024 |  2024 World Championships | 18 | 68.25 | 15 | 111.92 | 15 | 180.17 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 19-21, 2024 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 4 | 75.10 | 4 | 107.05 | 4 | 182.15 |
| Oct 3-5, 2024 |  2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | 2 | 73.03 | 1 | 116.20 | 1 | 189.23 |
| Oct 25-27, 2024 | 2024 Skate Canada International | 6 | 74.97 | 4 | 114.63 | 4 | 189.60 |
| Nov 15-17, 2024 | 2024 Finlandia Trophy | 4 | 75.50 | 5 | 114.93 | 4 | 190.43 |
| Dec 13-14, 2024 | 2025 Four Nationals Championships | 1 | 78.93 | 1 | 116.26 | 1 | 195.19 |
| Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 | 2025 European Championships | 11 | 73.44 | 8 | 115.05 | 10 | 188.49 |
| Mar 25–30, 2025 | 2025 World Championships | 13 | 73.29 | 13 | 112.37 | 13 | 185.66 |
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 25–27, 2025 | 2025 CS Nepela Memorial | 1 | 76.55 | 5 | 110.05 | 2 | 186.60 |
| Oct 1-5, 2025 | 2025 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 1 | 76.22 | 1 | 110.16 | 1 | 186.38 |
| 2019–2020 season | ||||
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2–8 March 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 19 52.80 | 16 81.78 | 16 134.58 |
| 14–15 December 2019 | 2020 Four National Championships | 1 60.89 | 1 94.72 | 1 155.61 |
| 17–20 October 2019 | 2019 Halloween Cup | 3 54.61 | 1 92.17 | 2 146.78 |
| 25–28 September 2019 | 2019 JGP Croatia | 6 57.94 | 6 88.36 | 5 146.30 |
| 28–31 August 2019 | 2019 JGP United States | 4 60.69 | 3 89.31 | 3 150.00 |
| 2018–2019 season | ||||
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| 4–10 March 2019 | 2019 World Junior Championships | 16 51.02 | 14 80.89 | 14 131.91 |
| 5–10 February 2019 | 2019 Bavarian Open | 7 51.70 | 6 80.43 | 6 132.13 |
| 14–15 December 2018 | 2019 Four National Championships | 1 54.07 | 1 84.12 | 1 138.19 |
| 29 Nov. – 2 Dec. 2018 | 2018 Open d'Andorra | 3 51.87 | 2 80.42 | 3 132.29 |
| 12–18 November 2018 | 2018 Inge Solar Alpen Trophy | 5 45.80 | 2 78.54 | 2 124.34 |
| 9–11 November 2018 | 2018 Pavel Roman Memorial | 6 51.28 | 3 80.66 | 4 131.94 |
| 26–29 September 2018 | 2018 JGP Czech Republic (Czech Skate) | 12 49.18 | 12 76.30 | 11 125.48 |
| 5–8 September 2018 | 2018 JGP Lithuania (Amber Cup) | 10 46.62 | 15 60.13 | 13 106.75 |
| 2017–2018 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SD | FD | Total |
| 5–11 March 2018 | 2018 World Junior Championships | 16 50.25 | 18 60.05 | 18 110.30 |
| 26–31 January 2018 | 2018 Bavarian Open | 3 47.40 | 4 65.97 | 4 113.37 |
| 14–17 December 2017 | 2018 Four National Championships | 2 47.03 | 2 62.11 | 2 109.14 |
| 4–10 December 2017 | 2017 Santa Claus Cup | 9 45.06 | 17 54.55 | 14 99.61 |
| 8–12 November 2017 | 2017 Leo Scheu Memorial (Ice Challenge) | 5 37.96 | 4 62.16 | 5 100.12 |
| 4–7 October 2017 | 2017 JGP Poland (Baltic Cup) | 11 46.05 | 13 59.28 | 12 105.33 |
| 30 – 2 Aug. Sept. 2017 | 2017 JGP Austria | 14 36.30 | 11 53.19 | 13 89.49 |
