Júlia Sebestyén

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Júlia Sebestyén
File:JuliaSebestyen-2008-2.jpg
Júlia Sebestyén at the 2007–2008 Hungarian Championship.
Personal information
Native name Gór-Sebestyén Júlia
Country represented Hungary
Born (1981-05-14) 14 May 1981 (age 42)
Miskolc, Hungary
Residence Budapest
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Former coach Gurgen Vardanjan, András Száraz, Eszter Jurek
Choreographer Jeranjak Ipakjan, Nina Petrenko
Skating club Tiszaújvárosi SC
Retired 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 165.22
2003 Skate Canada
Short program 61.28
2005 Europeans
Free skate 107.60
2003 Skate Canada
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Budapest Ladies' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Malmö Ladies' singles
Júlia Sebestyén
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)   National Competitions  
Combined total 171.86
2010 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships

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The native form of this personal name is Sebestyén Júlia. This article uses the Western name order.

Júlia Sebestyén (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈjuːliɒ ˈʃɛbɛʃceːn]; born 14 May 1981) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2004 European Champion and 2002–2010 Hungarian national champion. At the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, she became the first Hungarian woman to win the European title. She is also a four-time Hungarian Olympic team member, and was Hungary's flag-bearer at the 2010 Olympics.

Personal life

Júlia Sebestyén was born on 14 May 1981 in Miskolc, Hungary.[1] Her full name in Hungarian is Gór-Sebestyén Júlia.[2]

Career

Júlia Sebestyén began skating at the age of three, practicing on the outdoor ice rink in Tiszaújváros.[3] When she was 13, she moved to Budapest where she had better training conditions.[3] Her coach was András Száraz.

Sebestyén began competing on the senior international level in 1995. She made her senior ISU Championship debut at the 1995 European Championships, where she placed 15th. She competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and placed 15th.[4] In the 1998–1999 post-Olympic season, Sebestyen competed on both the Junior Grand Prix and at senior ISU championships. She made her senior Grand Prix debut in the 1999–2000 season. During summers, she trained in Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, England and the United States due to lack of ice time in Hungary.[5] In 2000, the Budapest ice rink burned down,[4] forcing her to train at an outdoor rink in a city park.[5]

Sebestyén competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and placed 8th; she was also 8th at that season's Worlds. The next season, she earned her first European Championships medal, a bronze. In 2004, she won the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, becoming the first Hungarian woman to win that competition.[6] She later finished 6th at the 2004 Worlds, which would prove to be her best result in that event.

Sebestyén competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed 18th. She changed coaches to Gurgen Vardanjan shortly after the 2005–2006 season.[7] Her 2006–2007 season got off to a good start; she won the 2006 Cup of China and was the silver medalist at the 2006 Cup of Russia. This qualified Sebestyén for the 2006-2007 Grand Prix Final, where she placed 6th. She was 9th at the 2007 Europeans and 12th at the 2007 Worlds.

Sebestyén suffered a foot injury toward the end of the 2008–09 season, and was unable to compete at 2009 Worlds.[8] As a result, she had to qualify for the Olympics via the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, which she was able to accomplish with a fourth-place showing.[8] At the 2009 Skate America, she earned her first Grand Prix medal since 2006, a bronze. Sebestyén, now in her fourth Olympics, was chosen to be Hungary's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[8] She finished in 17th place at the Olympics, with a total score of 151.26. The final event of Sebestyén's competitive career was the 2010 Worlds, where she placed 15th.

Sebestyén continued to skate in shows and other events, such as the 2010 Japan Open.[9][10] She is an international technical specialist for Hungary[11] and coaches in Budapest. As of 2014, she is the coach of Ivett Tóth.[12]

Programs

File:Julia Sebestyen at the 2010 Olympics (2).jpg
Sebestyén performs at the 2010 Olympics
Season Short program Free skating
2009–2010
[1]
2008–2009
[13]
2007–2008
[14]
  • Medley
    by Edvin Marton
2006–2007
[15]
  • Serenade
    by Franz Schubert
  • Otonal
    by Raúl di Blasio
2005–2006
[16]
2004–2005
[17]
  • Fire on Ice
    by Bizan Mortazavi
2003–2004
[18]
  • Tangos
2002–2003
[19]
2001–2002
[20]
2000–2001
[21]
1999–2000
[4]

Results

File:2009 Skate America Ladies medal ceremony.jpg
Sebestyén with her fellow medalists at the 2009 Skate America
File:Julia Sebestyen.jpg
Júlia Sebestyén at the 2004 World Championships in Dortmund
International[22]
Event 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10
Olympics 15th 8th 18th 17th
Worlds 19th 19th 7th 18th 8th 14th 6th 12th 22nd 12th 11th 15th
Europeans 15th 17th 6th 6th 6th 10th 3rd 1st 4th 14th 9th 4th 8th 6th
Grand Prix Final 6th 6th
GP Cup of China 1st 5th
GP Cup of Russia 8th 3rd 6th 2nd 7th 7th 6th
GP Lalique/Bompard 3rd 3rd
GP NHK Trophy 7th 5th
GP Skate America 5th 6th 8th 8th 3rd
GP Skate Canada 6th 3rd 6th
Finlandia 6th 3rd
Karl Schäfer 3rd 3rd 2nd
Nebelhorn 4th 4th
Ondrej Nepela 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st
Crystal Skate 1st
Golden Spin 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st
Skate Israel 2nd
International: Junior[22]
Junior Worlds 21st 14th 9th
JGP Germany 13th
JGP Hungary 2nd 1st
JGP Mexico 6th
Blue Swords 8th J.
Gardena 3rd J.
National[22]
Hungarian 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level

References

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  9. ↑ News from her official website
  10. ↑ http://www.skatingjapan.jp/InterNational/2010-2011/jo/data0290.htm
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