Piotr Sczypa

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File:Peter Sczypa, German National Coach Ladies and Sarah Hecken at the Worlds 2012 in Nice.JPG
Sczypa with Sarah Hecken at the 2012 World Championships
Personal information
Alternative names Piotr Sczypa/Szczypa (skating career)
Peter Sczypa (coaching career)
Country represented Poland
Born (1948-04-19) 19 April 1948 (age 76)
Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
Home town Katowice
Residence Mannheim, Germany
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Former partner Janina Poremska
Teresa Skrzek
Skating club MKS Iskra Katowice and MERC

Piotr Sczypa, now known as Peter Sczypa (born 19 April 1948) is a former pair skater who competed for Poland with Janina Poremska and Teresa Skrzek. He is currently the national ladies' figure skating coach of Germany.

Life and career

Sczypa was born on 19 April 1948 in Siemianowice Śląskie.[1]:{{{3}}}

As a pair skater, Sczypa won ten Polish national titles and competed at ten European and five World Championships as well as at the Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble in 1968. Besides his figure skating career he studied international economics and sports. In 1979 he moved to Denmark where he lived for seven years before moving to Germany in 1986.[1]:{{{3}}}

Peter Sczypa coached Claudia Leistner when she took the gold medal at the 1989 European Championships and silver at the 1989 Worlds.[1]:{{{3}}} Since the 1990s, he is one of Germany's most successful ladies' figure skating coaches. Based in Mannheim, Sczypa coached four-time German champion Sarah Hecken at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.[2]:{{{3}}} He is also the coach of Nathalie Weinzierl who placed 9th at the 2013 European Championships.[1]:{{{3}}}[3]:{{{3}}}

Competitive highlights

With Poremska

Event 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Olympics 14th
Worlds 14th 16th 10th
Europeans 18th 8th 15th 8th 9th
Polish Nationals 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st

With Skrzek

Event 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Worlds 17th 16th
Europeans 13th 12th 10th 11th 11th
Polish Nationals 1st 1st 1st

References

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  2. Sarah Hecken at the International Skating Union
  3. Nathalie Weinzierl at the International Skating Union

External links

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