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{{Infobox Figure skater
{{short description|Polish figure skater}}
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|height= 170 cm
|height= 1.70 m
|coach= [[Iwona Mydlarz-Chruscinska]]
|coach= Iwona Mydlarz-Chruścińska
|choreographer=[[Elena Tchaikovskaia]]
|choreographer=[[Elena Tchaikovskaia]]
|skating club= Dwory Unia SA
|skating club= Dwory Unia SA
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'''Sabina Wojtala''' (<small>Polish pronunciation:</small> {{IPAc-pl|s|a|'|b|i|n|a|-|w|o|j|'|t|a|l|a}}; born 12 September 1981) is a Polish former competitive [[figure skater]]. She won eight senior international medals and six [[Polish Figure Skating Championships|Polish national]] titles. She reached the free skate at nine [[ISU Figure Skating Championships|ISU Championships]] – four Europeans, two Worlds, and three Junior Worlds.
'''Sabina Wojtala''' (born September 12, 1981 in [[Bielsko Biala]], [[Poland]]) is [[Poland|Polish]] [[figure skating|figure skater]].


== Personal life ==
She started skating at the age of 5. Around the age of 14, she briefly competed as a pair skater with [[Janusz Komendera]]. She soon returned to the Ladies competition. She has been coached by [[Iwona Mydlarz-Chruścińska]] for most of her life. Her most recent [[choreographer]] was [[Elena Tchaikovskaia]].
Sabina Wojtala was born on 12 September 1981 in [[Bielsko-Biała]], Poland.<ref name=ISU-0203/> She attended Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna.<ref name=PFSA-SW/>


== Career ==
She turned pro in [[2003]], but returned to eligible competition in 2005. She won the 2005/2006 Polish National Championships, but has not competed since then. She currently works as a coach.
Wojtala started skating in 1986.<ref name=ISU-0203/> She was coached by Iwona Mydlarz-Chruścińska in [[Oświęcim]] and represented Dwory Unia SA.<ref name=ISU-0203/>


At the [[1995 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|1995 World Junior Championships]] in [[Budapest]], Wojtala advanced out of her qualifying group but was eliminated after the short program. At the Polish Championships, she won the bronze medal in senior [[pair skating|pairs]] with Janusz Komendera but decided to focus on her single skating career.
==Competitive highlights==

{| class="wikitable"
In the 1995–96 season, she began appearing on the senior international level but continued competing also on the junior level. She reached the free skate and finished 23rd overall at the [[1996 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|1996 World Junior Championships]] in [[Brisbane]], Australia.
|-

! Event / Season
In the 1996–97 season, Wojtala won her first senior international medal – bronze at the [[Golden Spin of Zagreb]]. She progressed out of her qualifying group but missed the cut-off for the free skate at the [[1997 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|1997 World Junior Championships]] in [[Seoul]], South Korea.
! 1995/96

! 1996/97
In 1997–98, Wojtala competed only as a senior. She won gold at the [[Ondrej Nepela Memorial]] and silver at the Polish Championships. In January 1998, she was sent to her first [[1998 European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]]; she ranked 17th in the short, 16th in the free, and 16th overall at the event in [[Milan]], Italy.
! 1997/98

! 1998/99
Wojtala began the 1998–99 season on the junior level. She appeared at two [[ISU Junior Grand Prix]] events, winning bronze in Bulgaria. In November 1998, she finished a career-best fifth at the [[1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] in [[Zagreb]], Croatia, having placed second in her qualifying group, ninth in the short, and fifth in the free. She then won the first of her six senior national titles. In January 1999, she achieved another career-best result, finishing tenth at the [[1999 European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]] in [[Prague]] (third in her qualifying group, 12th in the short, and tenth in the free). In March, she reached the free skate at her first [[1999 World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]]. Ranked 11th in qualifying, 23rd in the short, and 19th in the free, she finished 22nd overall at Worlds in [[Helsinki]], Finland.
! 1999/00

! 2000/01
Wojtala's best World Championship result came at the [[2000 World Figure Skating Championships|2000 Worlds]] in [[Nice]]. She placed ninth in her qualifying group, ninth in the short, 15th in the free, and 13th overall in France. The following season, she received her first [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix]] invitations; she placed seventh at both the [[2000 Skate America]] and [[2000 Sparkassen Cup on Ice]].
! 2001/02

! 2002/03
2002–03 was Wojtala's final season of international competition. She placed 18th at the [[2003 European Figure Skating Championships|2003 European Championships]] in [[Malmö]], Sweden, but did not appear at the [[2003 World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]]. She made a brief competitive return in the 2005–06, winning the national title, but has not competed since. She currently works as a coach.
! 2005/06


== Programs ==
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! Season
! [[Short program (figure skating)|Short program]]
! [[Free skating]]
|-
|-
! 2002–03 <br> <ref name=ISU-0203/>
|[[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]]
|
|
|
|align="center"| 22nd
|align="center"| 13th
|align="center"| 35th
|align="center"| 28th
|
|
|
* Nyah <br>{{small| (from Mission: Impossible) <br> by [[Hans Zimmer]] }}
| rowspan=2 |
* Music <br>{{small| by [[Raul di Blasio]] }}
|-
|-
! 2001–02 <br> <ref name=ISU-0102/>
|[[European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]]
| rowspan=2 |
|align="center"|
* Tango <br>{{small| (from [[Cirque du Soleil]]) <br> by [[René Dupéré]] }}
|align="center"|
|align="center"| 16th
|align="center"| 10th
|align="center"| 26th
|align="center"| 15th
|align="center"| 25th
|align="center"| 18th
|align="center"|
|-
|-
! 2000–01 <br> <ref name=ISU-0001/>
|[[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]]
| rowspan=2 |
|align="center"| 23rd
* Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini <br>{{small| by [[Sergei Rachmaninov]] <br> The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra }}
|align="center"| 27th
|
|align="center"| 5th
|align="center"| 14th
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
! 1999–2000 <br> <ref name=osprog/>
|[[Polish Figure Skating Championships|Polish Championships]]
| rowspan=2 |
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
* Gypsy Romance
|
|align="center" bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|-
|-
! 1998–99 <br> <ref name=osprog/>
|[[Bofrost Cup]]
|
|
|
|
|
|align="center"| 7th
|
|align="center"| 9th
|
|
* [[Evita (soundtrack)|Evita]] <br>{{small| by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] }}
|}


==Competitive highlights==
|-
''GP: [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix]]; JGP: [[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]]''
|[[Skate America]]
|
|
|
|
|
|align="center"| 7th
|
|
|


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International<ref name=ISU-SW/>
|[[Winter Universiade]]
|
|
|
|
|
|align="center" bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|
|
|
|-
|-
! Event
|[[Karl Schäfer Memorial]]
! {{tooltip|94–95|1994–95}}
|
! 95–96
|
! 96–97
|align="center"| 9th
! 97–98
|
! 98–99
|align="center"| 5th
! {{tooltip|99–00|1999–2000}}
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
! {{tooltip|00–01|2000–01}}
|
! 01–02
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
! 02–03
|
! 05–06
|-
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || || || || || 22nd || 13th || 35th || 28th || ||
|[[Ondrej Nepela Memorial]]
|
|
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|
|align="center" bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|align="center"| 4th
|
|
|-
|-
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|Europeans]] || || || || 16th || 10th || 26th || 15th || 25th || 18th ||
|[[Nebelhorn Trophy]]
|
|
|align="center"| 12th
|
|align="center"| 15th
|
|align="center"| 12th
|
|
|-
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Cup of Russia]] || || || || || || || || || 8th ||
|[[Golden Spin of Zagreb]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|align="center"| 5th
|
|
|-
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Skate America]] || || || || || || || 7th || || ||
|[[Cup Helena Pajovic]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|
|

|-
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Bofrost Cup on Ice|Spark./Bofrost]] || || || || || || || 7th || || 9th ||
|[[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Sweden]]
|
|
|
|
|align="center"| 12th
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Czech Skate]] || || 12th || || || || || || || ||
|[[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Japan]]
|
|
|
|
|align="center"| 6th
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Golden Spin of Zagreb|Golden Spin]] || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || 5th || ||
|[[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria]]
|
|
|
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Nebelhorn Trophy]] || || || 12th || 12th || || 15th || || 12th || ||
| [[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia]]
|
|
|
|align="center"| 6th
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Ondrej Nepela Memorial|Nepela Memorial]] || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 4th || ||
|[[ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Germany]]
|align="center"| 15th
|align="center"| 10th
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Skate Helena|Pajovic Cup]] || || || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || ||
|[[European Youth Winter Games]]
|
|align="center"| 4th
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Schäfer Memorial]] || || || || 9th || || 5th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd ||
|[[Coupe des Alpes]]
|align="center"| 7th
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Grand Prix International St. Gervais|St. Gervais]] || || || 7th || || || || || || ||
|-
! Event / Season
! 1995/96
! 1996/97
! 1997/98
! 1998/99
! 1999/00
! 2000/01
! 2001/02
! 2002/03
! 2005/06
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Winter Universiade|Universiade]] || || || || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International: Junior<ref name=ISU-SW/>
|-
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|Junior Worlds]] || 27th || 23rd || 27th || || 5th || 14th || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Japan|Japan]] || || || || || || 6th || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia|Slovakia]] || || || || || 6th || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | {{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Sweden|Sweden]] || || || || || || 12th || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the European Youth Olympic Festival|EYOF]] || 11th || || 4th || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Blue Swords]] || 19th J || 15th J || 10th J || || || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[PFSA Trophy]] || 8th J || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd J || || || || || || ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | National<ref name=ISU-SW/>
|-
| align=left | [[Polish Figure Skating Championships|Polish Champ.]] || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
| colspan=11 align=center | <small> J: Junior level; WD: Withdrew </small>
|}
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=ISU-SW>{{cite web |url= http://figureskating.sportresult.com/Bios/POL/2016/0/51700/MEN/TO/15 |title= Sabina WOJTALA |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160425015004/http://figureskating.sportresult.com/Bios/POL/2016/0/51700/MEN/TO/15 |archivedate= 25 April 2016 |url-status=dead |df= }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0001>{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00000015.htm |title= Sabina WOJTALA: 2000/2001 |work= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20010419020521/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00000015.htm |archivedate= 19 April 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0102>{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00000015.htm |title= Sabina WOJTALA: 2001/2002 |work= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20020211152233/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00000015.htm |archivedate= 11 February 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=ISU-0203>{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00000015.htm |title= Sabina WOJTALA: 2002/2003 |work= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20061127053330/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00000015.htm |archivedate= 27 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=osprog>{{cite web |url= http://www.polishteam.net/wojtala/programs.html |title= Programs |publisher= Official website of Sabina Wojtala |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050313235812/http://www.polishteam.net/wojtala/programs.html |archivedate= 13 March 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=PFSA-SW>{{cite web |url= http://www.pfsa.com.pl/biograph/SabWojDUs.html |title= Sabina WOJTALA |publisher= Polish Figure Skating Association |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050528113506/http://www.pfsa.com.pl/biograph/SabWojDUs.html |archivedate= 28 May 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.polishteam.net/wojtala/ Official Homepage]
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*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.polishteam.net/wojtala/ |date=* |title=Official website of Sabina Wojtala }}
*[http://www.pfsa.com.pl/biograph/SabWojDUs.html Profile at PFSA]
*[http://tracings.net/wojt-sabi.html Figure skating resource]
*[http://tracings.net/wojt-sabi.html Sabina Wojtala] at Tracings.net


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Latest revision as of 20:58, 24 April 2024

Sabina Wojtala
Born (1981-09-12) 12 September 1981 (age 42)
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
CountryPoland
CoachIwona Mydlarz-Chruścińska
Skating clubDwory Unia SA
Began skating1986
Retired2006

Sabina Wojtala (Polish pronunciation: [saˈbina vɔjˈtala]; born 12 September 1981) is a Polish former competitive figure skater. She won eight senior international medals and six Polish national titles. She reached the free skate at nine ISU Championships – four Europeans, two Worlds, and three Junior Worlds.

Personal life[edit]

Sabina Wojtala was born on 12 September 1981 in Bielsko-Biała, Poland.[1] She attended Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna.[2]

Career[edit]

Wojtala started skating in 1986.[1] She was coached by Iwona Mydlarz-Chruścińska in Oświęcim and represented Dwory Unia SA.[1]

At the 1995 World Junior Championships in Budapest, Wojtala advanced out of her qualifying group but was eliminated after the short program. At the Polish Championships, she won the bronze medal in senior pairs with Janusz Komendera but decided to focus on her single skating career.

In the 1995–96 season, she began appearing on the senior international level but continued competing also on the junior level. She reached the free skate and finished 23rd overall at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, Australia.

In the 1996–97 season, Wojtala won her first senior international medal – bronze at the Golden Spin of Zagreb. She progressed out of her qualifying group but missed the cut-off for the free skate at the 1997 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea.

In 1997–98, Wojtala competed only as a senior. She won gold at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial and silver at the Polish Championships. In January 1998, she was sent to her first European Championships; she ranked 17th in the short, 16th in the free, and 16th overall at the event in Milan, Italy.

Wojtala began the 1998–99 season on the junior level. She appeared at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events, winning bronze in Bulgaria. In November 1998, she finished a career-best fifth at the World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, having placed second in her qualifying group, ninth in the short, and fifth in the free. She then won the first of her six senior national titles. In January 1999, she achieved another career-best result, finishing tenth at the European Championships in Prague (third in her qualifying group, 12th in the short, and tenth in the free). In March, she reached the free skate at her first World Championships. Ranked 11th in qualifying, 23rd in the short, and 19th in the free, she finished 22nd overall at Worlds in Helsinki, Finland.

Wojtala's best World Championship result came at the 2000 Worlds in Nice. She placed ninth in her qualifying group, ninth in the short, 15th in the free, and 13th overall in France. The following season, she received her first Grand Prix invitations; she placed seventh at both the 2000 Skate America and 2000 Sparkassen Cup on Ice.

2002–03 was Wojtala's final season of international competition. She placed 18th at the 2003 European Championships in Malmö, Sweden, but did not appear at the World Championships. She made a brief competitive return in the 2005–06, winning the national title, but has not competed since. She currently works as a coach.

Programs[edit]

Season Short program Free skating
2002–03
[1]
2001–02
[3]
2000–01
[4]
1999–2000
[5]
  • Gypsy Romance
1998–99
[5]

Competitive highlights[edit]

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 05–06
Worlds 22nd 13th 35th 28th
Europeans 16th 10th 26th 15th 25th 18th
GP Cup of Russia 8th
GP Skate America 7th
GP Spark./Bofrost 7th 9th
Czech Skate 12th
Golden Spin 3rd 5th
Nebelhorn Trophy 12th 12th 15th 12th
Nepela Memorial 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Pajovic Cup 1st
Schäfer Memorial 9th 5th 3rd 3rd
St. Gervais 7th
Universiade 2nd
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds 27th 23rd 27th 5th 14th
JGP Bulgaria 3rd
JGP Japan 6th
JGP Slovakia 6th
JGP Sweden 12th
EYOF 11th 4th
Blue Swords 19th J 15th J 10th J
PFSA Trophy 8th J 2nd J
National[6]
Polish Champ. 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
J: Junior level; WD: Withdrew

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Sabina WOJTALA: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 November 2006.
  2. ^ "Sabina WOJTALA". Polish Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 28 May 2005.
  3. ^ "Sabina WOJTALA: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2002.
  4. ^ "Sabina WOJTALA: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2001.
  5. ^ a b "Programs". Official website of Sabina Wojtala. Archived from the original on 13 March 2005.
  6. ^ a b c "Sabina WOJTALA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016.

External links[edit]

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