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'''Željka Čižmešija''' is a [[Croatia]]n retired [[figure skater]] who competed internationally for both Croatia and [[Yugoslavia]]. On March 7, 1990, at the 1990 [[World Figure Skating Championships]], she became the last figure skater to compete a [[compulsory figure]] in international competition ([[David Liu]] having previously become the last male skater to do it). Both she and Liu received certificates about their achievement.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Figure Skating: A History |last=Hines |first= James R. |year= 2006 |publisher= University of Illinois Press |isbn= 0-252-07286-3 }}</ref> Competitively, she placed 22nd at the [[1988 Winter Olympics]] for Yugoslavia, and 24th at the [[1992 Winter Olympics]] for Croatia. |
'''Željka Čižmešija''' is a [[Croatia]]n retired [[figure skater]] who competed internationally for both Croatia and [[Yugoslavia]]. On March 7, 1990, at the 1990 [[World Figure Skating Championships]], she became the last figure skater to compete a [[compulsory figure]] in international competition ([[David Liu]] having previously become the last male skater to do it). Both she and Liu received certificates about their achievement.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Figure Skating: A History |last=Hines |first= James R. |year= 2006 |publisher= University of Illinois Press |isbn= 0-252-07286-3 }}</ref> Competitively, she placed 22nd at the [[1988 Winter Olympics]] for Yugoslavia, and 24th at the [[1992 Winter Olympics]] for Croatia. |
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Her brother [[Tomislav Čižmešija]] is also a retired figure skater. |
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Revision as of 03:00, 26 October 2011
Željka Čižmešija is a Croatian retired figure skater who competed internationally for both Croatia and Yugoslavia. On March 7, 1990, at the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships, she became the last figure skater to compete a compulsory figure in international competition (David Liu having previously become the last male skater to do it). Both she and Liu received certificates about their achievement.[1] Competitively, she placed 22nd at the 1988 Winter Olympics for Yugoslavia, and 24th at the 1992 Winter Olympics for Croatia.
Her brother Tomislav Čižmešija is also a retired figure skater.
References
- ^ Hines, James R. (2006). Figure Skating: A History. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-07286-3.