Piotr Szczypa

Piotr Jan Szczypa,[1] now known as Peter Szczypa (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.

Piotr/Peter Szczypa
Szczypa with Sarah Hecken at the 2012 World Championships
Full namePiotr Jan Szczypa
Other namesSczypa
Born (1948-04-19) 19 April 1948
Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
HometownKatowice
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
CountryPoland
Skating clubMKS Iskra Katowice and MERC

Personal life

Szczypa was born on 19 April 1948 in Siemianowice Śląskie.[2] His sister, Joanna Szczypa, is also a skating coach.[3]

Career

As a pair skater, Szczypa 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.[2]

Peter Szczypa coached Claudia Leistner when she took the gold medal at the 1989 European Championships and silver at the 1989 Worlds.[2] Since the 1990s, he is one of Germany's most successful ladies' figure skating coaches. Based in Mannheim, Szczypa coached four-time German champion Sarah Hecken at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.[4] He was also the coach of Nathalie Weinzierl who placed 9th at the 2013 European Championships.[2][5] He has also coached Kristina Isaev and Jonathan Hess.[6][7]

Szczypa with Sarah Hecken in December 2009

Competitive highlights

With Poremska
International
Event 64–65 65–66 66–67 67–68 68–69 69–70
Winter Olympics14th
World Champ.14th16th10th
European Champ.18th8th15th8th9th
Prague Skate9th3rd
National
Polish Champ.1st1st1st1st1st1st

With Skrzek
International
Event 70–71 71–72 72–73 73–74 74–75
World Champ.17th16th
European Champ.13th12th10th11th11th
Blue Swords6th
National
Polish Champ.1st1st1st

References
  1. "Piotr Szczypa". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019.
  2. "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.
  3. Castellaro, Barbara (30 September 2018). "Una famiglia di allenatori: Joanna Szczypa" [A family of coaches]. artonice.it (in Italian).
  4. Sarah Hecken at the International Skating Union
  5. Nathalie Weinzierl at the International Skating Union
  6. "Kristina ISAEV". International Skating Union.
  7. "Jonathan HESS". International Skating Union.
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