Dorota Trafankowska

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Dorota Trafankowska
Born (1953-07-28) 28 July 1953 (age 71)
Poznań, Poland
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Country representedPoland
ClubEnergetic
Head coach(es)Vanda Skrzydlevskaya
Retiredyes

Dorota Trafankowska (born 28 July 1953) is a Polish retired rhythmic gymnast. She was the national champion in 1971.

Career

Trafankowska was born in Poznań. She was a pupil of the Poznań rhythmic gymnastics school founded by Vanda Skrzydlevskaya in 1963. [1] [2] In the 70s and 80s it was the best gymnastics school in the country, and its representatives won the national championships in most years. At the 1969 World Championships in Varna, Travankovskaya took the 28th place in the individual all-around. [3] In 1971, now representing the club "Energetic" from Poznań, Trafankowska won the Polish Championships. She also starred in the video "Her Portrait" (Polish: Jej portret) by Bogusław Mec, one of the most popular performers of the country at that time. [4] After her retirement, she married and now lives in the United States.

References

  1. ↑ "Wanda Skrzydlewska | Środowisko | Poznan.pl". www.poznan.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Poznan club". zsms.poznan.pl. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "4.WorldChampionships in Varna, Bulgaria (27.-29. September 1969)". r-gymnast.bplaced.net. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Borowiec, Krzysztof (19 March 2013). "Portret muzyką malowany". TEMI – Twoje Media Informacyjne (in Polish). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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