Diána Póth
Diána Póth | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Hungary |
Former country(ies) represented | Austria |
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 6 August 1981
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Coach | Gurgen Vardanjan, Jeranjak Ipakjan, István Simon, Tamara Téglássy, Eszter Jurek |
Skating club | Iceberg Skating Club, Budapest |
Retired | 2006 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 130.37 2003 NHK Trophy |
Short program | 52.24 2003 NHK Trophy |
Free skate | 85.54 2003 Cup of Russia |
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.
Personal life[]
Póth 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[]
Póth 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[]
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[]
GP: 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 | |||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||||
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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Diana POTH: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Diana POTH: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 April 2003.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Mittan, J. Barry (1998). "Hungary's Diana Poth Makes a Splash on World Scene". Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ "Diana POTH: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Programs". Official website of Diana Poth. Archived from the original on 7 September 2007.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Diana POTH". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diána Póth. |
- Diana Poth at the International Skating Union
- Official website of Diana Poth at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Hungarian female single skaters
- Austrian female single skaters
- Hungarian people of Austrian descent
- Hungarian emigrants to Austria
- Figure skaters from Budapest