Júlia Sebestyén

Júlia Sebestyén (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈjuːliɒ ˈʃɛbɛʃceːn]; born 14 May 1981) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2004 European Champion and 2002–2010 Hungarian national champion. At the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, she became the first Hungarian woman to win the European title. She is also a four-time Hungarian Olympic team member, and was Hungary's flag-bearer at the 2010 Olympics.

Júlia Sebestyén
Júlia Sebestyén at the 2007–2008 Hungarian Championship.
Personal information
Native name	Gór-Sebestyén Júlia
Country represented	Hungary
Born	14 May 1981 Miskolc, Hungary
Residence	Budapest
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Former coach	Gurgen Vardanjan, András Száraz, Eszter Jurek
Choreographer	Jeranjak Ipakjan, Nina Petrenko
Skating club	Tiszaújvárosi SC
Retired	2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	165.22 2003 Skate Canada
Short program	61.28 2005 Europeans
Free skate	107.60 2003 Skate Canada
Medal record Representing  Hungary Figure skating: Ladies' singles European Championships 2004 Budapest Ladies' singles 2003 Malmö Ladies' singles

Júlia Sebestyén

Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	National Competitions   Combined total 171.86 2010 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships

Personal life

Júlia Sebestyén was born on 14 May 1981 in Miskolc, Hungary.[1] Her full name in Hungarian is Gór-Sebestyén Júlia.[2]

Career

Júlia Sebestyén began skating at the age of three, practicing on the outdoor ice rink in Tiszaújváros.[3] When she was 13, she moved to Budapest where she had better training conditions.[3] Her coach was András Száraz.

Sebestyén began competing on the senior international level in 1995. She made her senior ISU Championship debut at the 1995 European Championships, where she placed 15th. She competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and placed 15th.[4] In the 1998–1999 post-Olympic season, Sebestyen competed on both the Junior Grand Prix and at senior ISU championships. She made her senior Grand Prix debut in the 1999–2000 season. During summers, she trained in Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, England and the United States due to lack of ice time in Hungary.[5] In 2000, the Budapest ice rink burned down,[4] forcing her to train at an outdoor rink in a city park.[5]

Sebestyén competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and placed 8th; she was also 8th at that season's Worlds. The next season, she earned her first European Championships medal, a bronze. In 2004, she won the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, becoming the first Hungarian woman to win that competition.[6] She later finished 6th at the 2004 Worlds, which would prove to be her best result in that event.

Sebestyén competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed 18th. She changed coaches to Gurgen Vardanjan shortly after the 2005–2006 season.[7] Her 2006–2007 season got off to a good start; she won the 2006 Cup of China and was the silver medalist at the 2006 Cup of Russia. This qualified Sebestyén for the 2006-2007 Grand Prix Final, where she placed 6th. She was 9th at the 2007 Europeans and 12th at the 2007 Worlds.

Sebestyén suffered a foot injury toward the end of the 2008–09 season, and was unable to compete at 2009 Worlds.[8] As a result, she had to qualify for the Olympics via the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, which she was able to accomplish with a fourth-place showing.[8] At the 2009 Skate America, she earned her first Grand Prix medal since 2006, a bronze. Sebestyén, now in her fourth Olympics, was chosen to be Hungary's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.[8] She finished in 17th place at the Olympics, with a total score of 151.26. The final event of Sebestyén's competitive career was the 2010 Worlds, where she placed 15th.

Sebestyén continued to skate in shows and other events, such as the 2010 Japan Open.[9][10] She is an international technical specialist for Hungary[11] and coaches in Budapest. As of 2014, she is the coach of Ivett Tóth.[12]

Programs

Sebestyén performs at the 2010 Olympics

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2009–2010 [1]	Song from a Secret Garden by Secret Garden Libertango by Ástor Piazzolla performed by Bond	Selection by Raúl di Blasio
2008–2009 [13]	Song from a Secret Garden by Secret Garden Libertango by Ástor Piazzolla performed by Bond	Selection by Edvin Marton
2007–2008 [14]	Serenade by Franz Schubert	Medley by Edvin Marton
2006–2007 [15]	Serenade by Franz Schubert	Otonal by Raúl di Blasio	Take My Breath Away (from Top Gun) performed by Jessica Simpson
2005–2006 [16]	Esperanza by Maxime Rodriguez	Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms
2004–2005 [17]	Fire on Ice by Bizan Mortazavi	Carmen by Georges Bizet	Dance With Me by Debelah Morgan
2003–2004 [18]	Waltz by Dmitri Shostakovich	Selection of Tangos: Jalousie by Jacob Gade Adiós Nonino by Ástor Piazzolla Libertango by Ástor Piazzolla choreo. by Nikolai Morozov	Singin' in the Rain by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown The Moldau (from Má vlast) by Bedřich Smetana
2002–2003 [19]	Hungarian Dance by Johannes Brahms	Music by Raul di Blasio
2001–2002 [20]	Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo Barcelona Nights by Ottmar Liebert	The Man in the Iron Mask by Nick Glennie-Smith
2000–2001 [21]	Culture by Chris Spheeris	The Glass Mountain by Nino Rota
1999–2000 [4]	L'homme de Suez by Vladimir Cosma	Csardas
1998–1999	Warm Air by Mike Batt performed by Vanessa-Mae	Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber
1997–1998	The Blizzard by Georgy Sviridov	Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus
1994–1995 %A9n</ref>	Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian	Not Without My Daughter by Jerry Goldsmith

Results

Sebestyén with her fellow medalists at the 2009 Skate America

Júlia Sebestyén at the 2004 World Championships in Dortmund

International[22]
Event	94–95	95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10
Olympics				15th				8th				18th				17th
Worlds				19th	19th	7th	18th	8th	14th	6th	12th	22nd	12th	11th		15th
Europeans	15th			17th	6th	6th	6th	10th	3rd	1st	4th	14th	9th	4th	8th	6th
Grand Prix Final										6th			6th
GP Cup of China													1st	5th
GP Cup of Russia								8th			3rd	6th	2nd	7th	7th	6th
GP Lalique/Bompard										3rd	3rd
GP NHK Trophy							7th	5th
GP Skate America						5th		6th	8th			8th				3rd
GP Skate Canada						6th				3rd	6th
Finlandia							6th						3rd
Karl Schäfer		3rd				3rd			2nd
Nebelhorn				4th												4th
Ondrej Nepela								1st	3rd			1st	2nd	1st
Crystal Skate																1st
Golden Spin				3rd	2nd				3rd						1st
Skate Israel						2nd
International: Junior[22]
Junior Worlds	21st			14th	9th
JGP Germany				13th
JGP Hungary				2nd	1st
JGP Mexico					6th
Blue Swords	8th J.
Gardena	3rd J.
National[22]
Hungarian	2nd		3rd		2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level

References

1. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010.
2. "Brassóban egyeztetett a MOB a téli sportok előtt álló feladatokról" (in Hungarian). samsungsport.hu. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014.
3. "Flying high – a chat with Julia Sebestyen". AbsoluteSkating.com. 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
4. Mittan, J. Barry (2000) [1999]. "Hungary's Sebestyen Maximizes Opportunities". Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
5. Mittan, Barry (4 February 2002). "Hungary's Sebestyen Gets Second Olympic Chance". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011.
6. "Sebestyen: first Hungarian woman to win title". Associated Press. ESPN. 7 February 2004.
7. Bod, Titanilla (2008). "Júlia Sebestyén: "I want everyone to see what I'm capable of"". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
8. Bőd, Titanilla (2010). "Júlia Sebestyén: "I decided not to care about the judges"". AbsoluteSkating.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
9. "News from her official website". Archived from the original on 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
11. "List of Referees, Judges, Technical Controllers, Technical Specialists, Data & Replay Operators 2013/14" (PDF). International Skating Union. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.
12. "Ivett TOTH: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
13. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009.
14. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008.
15. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007.
16. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2006.
17. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2005.
18. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004.
19. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2003.
20. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 June 2002.
21. "Julia SEBESTYEN: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2001.
22. "Competition Results: Julia SEBESTYEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012.

External links

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