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Diana Poth
Diana Poth
	Poth in 2003.
Full name	Diana Poth
Born	6 August 1981 (age 42); Budapest
Height	165 cm (5.41 ft)
Figure skating career
Country	Hungary
Skating club	Iceberg Skating Club, Budapest
Retired	2006

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Diana Poth (born 6 August 1981 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian figure skater who also competed for Austria.

Career

Poth began figure skating at the age of four to combat her nerves. Her first coach was Tamara Teglassy, with whom she was most successful as a junior. After the 1998 Worlds Championships, where she finished 10th, she switched coaches and began to train with Andras Szaraz and Eszter Jurek.^[1] Poth achieved her best result, 4th, at a European Championships in 1999. Her results then worsened. After a couple of injuries, she decided to switch coaches again and began training with Jeranjak Ipakjan and Gurgen Vardanjan. In April 2007, Poth retired from competition. She began coaching at a Cardiff skating club. One of her students won the junior national championship.

She is the 1999-2000 Hungarian national champion. In 2001, she moved to Austria, for whom she competed the following season. She returned to Hungary in October 2002 and resumed competing for her country of birth.

Personal life

Poth is married to professional footballer Gábor Gyepes. Her mother is Austrian.^[2] Her father was a hockey player.^[1]

Results

Event	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
World Championships				10th	11th	14th
European Championships		19th	20th		4th	11th			17th		18th
Hungarian Championships	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	3rd		2nd	4th	2nd	2nd
Austrian Championships								2nd
Skate Canada					7th		8th
Trophée Lalique					6th	6th	11th
Cup of Russia						5th			9th	6th
NHK Trophy										7th
Finlandia Trophy		8th			7th	7th			6th
Karl Schäfer Memorial			7th	10th						2nd	2nd
Skate Israel			6th							1st
European Youth Olympic Festival			6th

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2004–2005^[2]	Allegretto by Karl Jenkins	Don't let me be Misunderstood by B. Benjamin, S. Marcus - Santa Esmeralda Besame Mucho Another Cha Cha by J. Goingc - Santa Esmeralda
1998–1999^[1]	Black Velvet	Gone With the Wind

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mittan, J. Barry (1998). "Hungary's Diana Poth Makes a Splash on World Scene".
^ ^a ^b "Diana POTH: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

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[jbm-1] Mittan, J. Barry (1998). "Hungary's Diana Poth Makes a Splash on World Scene".

[bio0405-2] "Diana POTH: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

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 == Career ==
-Poth began figure skating at the age of four to combat her nerves. Her first coach was Tamara Teglassy, with whom she was most successful as a junior. After the 1998 worlds championships, where she finished 10th, she switched coaches and began to train with Andras Szaraz and Eszter Jurek.<ref name=jbm/> Poth achieved her best result, 4th, at a European Championships in 1999. Her results then worsened. After a couple of injuries, she decided to switch coaches again and began training with Jeranjak Ipakjan and Gurgen Vardanjan. In April 2007, Poth retired from competition. She began coaching at a Cardiff skating club. One of her students won the junior national championship.
+Poth began figure skating at the age of four to combat her nerves. Her first coach was Tamara Teglassy, with whom she was most successful as a junior. After the [[1998 World Figure Skating Championships|1998 Worlds Championships]], where she finished 10th, she switched coaches and began to train with Andras Szaraz and Eszter Jurek.<ref name=jbm/> Poth achieved her best result, 4th, at a European Championships in 1999. Her results then worsened. After a couple of injuries, she decided to switch coaches again and began training with Jeranjak Ipakjan and Gurgen Vardanjan. In April 2007, Poth retired from competition. She began coaching at a Cardiff skating club. One of her students won the junior national championship.
 She is the 1999-2000 [[Hungarian Figure Skating Championships|Hungarian national champion]]. In 2001, she moved to [[Austria]], for whom she competed the following season. She returned to Hungary in October 2002 and resumed competing for her country of birth.
 == Personal life ==