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Anna Jurkiewicz
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Jurkiewicz in 2009.
Personal information
Country represented Poland
Born (1984-02-09) 9 February 1984 (age 40)
Oświęcim, Poland
Height 1.55 m
Former coach Dorota Siudek, Mariusz Siudek, Iwona Mydlarz-Chruścińska
Former choreographer Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka, František Blaťák, Vladimir Chernyshov
Skating club UKLF Unia Oświęcim
Former training locations Toruń
Began skating 1990
Retired 2011
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 130.29
2009 Worlds
Short program 45.60
2009 Worlds
Free skate 84.69
2009 Worlds

Anna Jurkiewicz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈanna jurˈkjɛvit​͡ʂ]; born 9 February 1984) is a Polish former competitive figure skater. She is a three-time (2007–2009) Polish national champion. She qualified to the free skate at four ISU Championships — 1998 Junior Worlds in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; 2007 Europeans in Warsaw, Poland; 2008 Europeans in Zagreb, Croatia; and 2009 Worlds in Los Angeles, California, United States;.

Jurkiewicz placed 5th at Junior Worlds in 1998 and the Junior Grand Prix Final in 1999. She became the first-ever Polish skater to qualify for the JGP Final. The next season she suffered a back injury. In the summer of 2004, she temporarily left skating. She returned in April 2006.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2010–11
  • Tango de los Exilados
    by Walter Taieb
    performed by Vanessa-Mae
2009–10
  • Dark Eyes
2008–09
  • Dark Eyes
2007–08
  • Shall We Dance
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico
    by Robert Rodriguez
2006–07
  • Shall We Dance
  • La Leyenda del Beso
    by Raúl di Blasio
  • Shall We Dance
2002–03
  • Scent of a Woman
2001–02
  • Scent of a Woman
2000–01
1999–2000
  • Summertime
    by Leonard Bernstein
  • Cabaret
1998–99
  • Chorus Line
  • Cabaret
1997–98
  • Chorus Line
  • Ballet music
1996–97
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Ballet music
1995–96
  • Charlie Chaplin

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2002–03 to 2010–11

International
Event 02–03 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11
Olympics 30th
Worlds 31st 34th 19th
Europeans 22nd 19th
GP Bompard 10th
Cup of Nice 2nd 14th 2nd 9th
Golden Spin 7th
Schäfer Memorial 9th 10th
Merano Cup 2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy 7th
NRW Trophy 18th
Nepela Memorial 6th 17th 4th
National or local
Polish Champ. 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st
Polish National
Jumping Contest
1st 1st 1st
Katowice Cup 1st
J: Junior level

1995–96 to 2001–02

International: Junior
Event 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02
Junior Worlds 5th 25th 27th 31st
JGP Final 5th
JGP Bulgaria 8th
JGP France 2nd
JGP Germany 4th 2nd 5th
JGP Netherlands 9th
JGP Norway 11th
JGP Poland 1st
Cup of Nice 13th J
Gardena 1st J
Grand Prize SNP 1st J
EC, Warsaw 1st J
PFSA Trophy 2nd J 1st J
Budapest Cup 3rd J
National or local
Polish Champ. 2nd J 1st J 1st J 1st J 1st J 4th
Łódź Cup 1st J
J: Junior level
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