Júlia Sebestyén

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**Júlia Sebestyén**
Personal Info

Júlia Sebestyén at the 2007-2008 Hungarian Championship.
Country:	Hungary
Date of birth:	May 14, 1981 (1981-05-14) (age 27)
Residence:	Budapest, Hungary
Height:	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Coach:	Gurgen Vardanyan
Former Coach:	András Száraz, Eszter Jurek
Choreographer:	Jerena Ipakjan, Nina Petrenko
Skating Club:	Tiszaújvárosi SC
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	165.22	2003 Skate Canada
Short Program:	61.28	2005 Europeans
Free Skate:	107.60	2003 Skate Canada

Júlia Sebestyén [ˈjuːliɒ ˈʃɛbɛʃceːn] (born May 14, 1981 in Miskolc , Hungary) is a Hungarian figure skater. She is the 2004 European Champion. She is the first Hungarian woman to win the European title.

1 Biography
2 Competitive highlights
- 2.1 Post-2000
- 2.2 Pre-2000
3 External links

[edit] Biography

Sebestyén began skating at the age of 4, practicing on the outdoor ice rink Tiszaújváros. After she turned 13 her situation improved. She is still skating for the club Tiszaújvárosi SC. Her former coach was András Száraz. Gurgen Vardanjan became her new coach shortly after the 2005-2006 season. She started the next season very strongly by winning the Cup of China event and getting the silver at Cup of Russia. She placed 6th at the Grand Prix Final.

In 2004 she won the European championships, becoming the first Hungarian woman to do so. Although Hungary already had two World champions, Lily Kronberger and Opika von Méray Horváth, in their time the European championships were not yet established.

[edit] Competitive highlights

[edit] Post-2000

Event/Season	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008
Winter Olympics		8th				18th
World Championships	18th	8th	14th	6th	12th	22nd	12th	11th
European Championships	6th	10th	3rd	1st	4th	14th	9th	4th
Hungarian Championships	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Grand Prix Final				6th			6th
Cup of Russia		8th			3rd	6th	2nd	7th
Cup of China							1st	5th
Skate America		6th	8th			8th
Skate Canada				3rd	6th
Trophee Lalique				3rd	3rd
NHK Trophy	7th	5th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial		1st	3rd			1st	2nd	1st
Finlandia Trophy	6th						3rd
Karl Schäfer Memorial			2nd
Golden Spin of Zagreb			3rd

Júlia at the 2004 World Championships in Dortmund

[edit] Pre-2000

Event	1994-1995	1996-1997	1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000
Winter Olympics			15th
World Championships			19th	19th	7th
European Championships	15th		17th	6th	6th
World Junior Championships	21st		14th	9th
Hungarian Championships		3rd		2nd	2nd
Skate America					5th
Skate Canada					6th
Skate Israel					2nd
Karl Schäfer Memorial					3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy			4th
Junior Grand Prix, Hungary			2nd	1st
Junior Grand Prix, Mexico				6th
Junior Grand Prix, Germany			13th