Diána Póth (born 6 August 1981) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Karl Schäfer Memorial silver medalist and a two-time Hungarian national champion. She also competed briefly for Austria.
| Diána Póth | |
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 Poth in 2003. | |
| Born | 6 August 1981 Budapest, Hungary |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Coach | Gurgen Vardanjan, Jeranjak Ipakjan, István Simon, Tamara Téglássy, Eszter Jurek |
| Skating club | Iceberg Skating Club, Budapest |
| Retired | 2006 |
Personal life
editPóth was born on 6 August 1981 in Budapest, Hungary.[1] She moved to Austria in 2001 and returned to Hungary in October 2002.[2] Her mother is Austrian.[1] Her father was a hockey player.[3]
Póth is married to professional footballer Gábor Gyepes.
Career
editPóth began figure skating at the age of four to combat her nerves. Her first coach was Tamara Téglássy, with whom she was most successful as a junior. After the 1998 Worlds Championships, where she finished 10th, she switched coaches and began to train with Andras Szaraz and Eszter Jurek.[3] Póth achieved her best result, 4th, at a European Championships in 1999.
Póth won two Hungarian national titles in 1999 and 2000. She competed in the Austrian Championships in 2002.
After a couple of injuries, Póth switched coaches again and began training with Jeranjak Ipakjan and Gurgen Vardanjan. In April 2007, Poth retired from competition. She began coaching at a Cardiff skating club. One of her students[who?] won the junior national championship.[which?][when?]
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2004–05 [1] |
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| 2003–04 [4] |
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| 2002–03 [2] |
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| 1999–2000 [5] |
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| 1998–99 [3] |
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| 1996–98 [5] |
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Results
editGP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Series/Junior Grand Prix
| International[6] | |||||||||||||
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| Event | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 |
| Worlds | 10th | 11th | 14th | ||||||||||
| Europeans | 19th | 20th | 4th | 11th | 17th | 18th | |||||||
| GP Cup of Russia | 5th | 9th | 6th | ||||||||||
| GP Lalique | 6th | 6th | 11th | ||||||||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 7th | ||||||||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 7th | 8th | |||||||||||
| Copenhagen Trophy | 2nd | ||||||||||||
| Finlandia Trophy | 8th | 7th | 7th | 6th | |||||||||
| Golden Spin | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 9th | |||||||||
| Nepela Memorial | 5th | ||||||||||||
| Schäfer Memorial | 7th | 10th | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||||
| Skate Israel | 6th | 1st | |||||||||||
| Sofia Cup | 3rd | 1st | |||||||||||
| International: Junior[6] | |||||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 28th | 15th | |||||||||||
| JGP Bulgaria | 7th | ||||||||||||
| JGP Hungary | 4th | ||||||||||||
| EYOF | 6th | ||||||||||||
| Blue Swords | 20th J. | ||||||||||||
| Grand Prize SNP | 1st J. | ||||||||||||
| Penta Cup | 2nd J. | ||||||||||||
| PFSA Trophy | 3rd J. | ||||||||||||
| Triglav Trophy | 7th J. | 5th J. | |||||||||||
| National[6] | |||||||||||||
| Hungarian Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| Austrian Champ. | 2nd | ||||||||||||
| WD = Withdrew | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Diana POTH: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006.
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- ^ "Diana POTH: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.
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External links
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- Diana Poth at the International Skating Union
- Official website of Diana Poth at the Wayback Machine (archive index)