Grzegorz Filipowski
Grzegorz Filipowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡʐɛɡɔʂ filiˈpɔfski]; born 28 July 1966)[1] is a former Polish competitive figure skater. He is the 1985 European bronze medalist, the 1989 European silver medalist and the 1989 World bronze medalist.
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Born | Łódź, Poland | 28 July 1966||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Barbara Kossowska | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Former training locations | Rochester, Minnesota Łódź | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Filipowski competed in three Winter Olympics between 1984 and 1992, with a best finish of fifth position in 1988.[2] He missed the first half of the 1987–88 season due to a stress fracture in his left leg.[3]
Filipowski was the first skater to perform a triple-triple combination of jumps (3 toe/3 toe) in competition. Barbara Kossowska coached him in Łódź and Rochester, Minnesota.[3] Filipowski turned pro in 1992 and settled in Canada. He works as a coach in figure skating at the York Region Skating Academy.
Results
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Event | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–85 | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 |
Olympics | 12th | 5th | 11th | ||||||||||
Worlds | 15th | 11th | 13th | 11th | 7th | 13th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 12th | ||
Europeans | 7th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | ||
Skate America | 4th | ||||||||||||
Skate Canada | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | ||||||||
Golden Spin of Zagreb | 2nd | ||||||||||||
St. Ivel International | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | ||||||||||
Int. de Paris | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | ||||||||||
NHK Trophy | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | |||||||||
Goodwill Games | 8th | ||||||||||||
National[5] | |||||||||||||
Polish Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- "FILIPOWSKI GRZEGORZ". Polish Olympic Committee (in Polish). Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- "Grzegorz Filipowski". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011.
- Janofsky, Michael (27 December 1987). "OLYMPIC PROFILE: Grzegorz Filipowski; Polish skater helped by move to America". The New York Times.
- "Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2009.
- "Historia" [History] (in Polish). Polish Figure Skating Association. Archived from the original on 16 August 2002.