Piotr Sczypa
| Piotr/Peter Sczypa | |
|---|---|
 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 |
19 April 1948 Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland |
| Home town | Katowice |
| Residence | Mannheim, Germany |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 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]
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]
Peter Sczypa coached Claudia Leistner when she took the gold medal at the 1989 European Championships and silver at the 1989 Worlds.[1] 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] He is also the coach of Nathalie Weinzierl who placed 9th at the 2013 European Championships.[1][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
- 1 2 3 4 "Der Mann hinter den Erfolgen" [The man behind the successes]. Eissport-Verband Baden-Württemberg e.V. (in German). 5 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
- ↑ Sarah Hecken at the International Skating Union
- ↑ Nathalie Weinzierl at the International Skating Union
External links
Media related to Peter Sczypa at Wikimedia Commons