Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska

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Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska
Full nameKatarzyna Iwona Jurkowska-Kowalska
Born (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 33)
Kraków, Poland
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country representedFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Years on national team2007 - 2019
ClubWisła Kraków
Head coach(es)Joanna-Uracz-Kocur, Przemysław Lis
Former coach(es)Beata Bodzoń, Valerij Kovalenko
Eponymous skills Floor Exercise: split jump with 1/1 turn to ring
Balance Beam: double twisting Gainer dismount
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
World Challenge Cup131

Katarzyna Iwona Jurkowska-Kowalska (born 18 February 1992) is a Polish former artistic gymnast and a two-time Polish all-around champion. She represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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Gymnastics career

Jurkowska-Kowalska began gymnastics when she was six years old. [1] She competed at her first World Championships in 2007 and helped the Polish team finish 22nd. [2] She also competed at the 2009 World Championships and finished 52nd in the all-around qualification round. [3]

Jurkowska-Kowalska competed at the 2010 World Championships alongside Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Gabriela Sasnal, Paula Plichta, Monika Frandofert, and Joanna Litewka, and they finished 17th in the team qualification round. [4] At the 2011 Ostrava World Challenge Cup, she won a silver medal on the balance beam. [5]

Jurkowska-Kowalska won a silver medal on the balance beam at the 2012 Maribor World Challenge Cup behind Céline van Gerner. [6] She qualified for the balance beam final at the 2013 European Championships and finished fifth. [7] She also finished fifth on the balance beam at the 2014 Cottbus World Cup. [8] She then helped the Polish team finish 10th at the 2014 European Championships. [9] Then at the 2014 World Championships, she competed with the Polish team that finished 17th. [10]

Jurkowska-Kowalska was the second reserve for the all-around final at the 2015 European Championships. [11] She then competed with the Polish team that finished 11th at the 2015 European Games. [12] She then helped the Polish team finish 19th at the 2015 World Championships. [13]

Jurkowska-Kowalska competed at the 2016 Olympic Test Event and finished 32nd in the all-around, helping Poland receive an Olympic berth. The Polish Gymnastics Association announced Jurkowska-Kowalska would be selected for the berth since she was the highest-placing Polish gymnast at the Olympic Test Event. [14] She won a gold medal on the balance beam at the 2016 Cottbus World Challenge Cup, where she also won the floor exercise silver medal. [15] Then at the Varna World Challenge Cup, she won a bronze medal on the vault. [16] She finished eighth in the vault final at the 2016 European Championships. [17]

Jurkowska-Kowalska represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished 49th in the all-around during the qualification round, failing to advance to any finals. [18]

Jurkowska-Kowalska announced her retirement from gymnastics in January 2019. [1]

Eponymous skills

Jurkowska-Kowalska has two eponymous skills listed in the Code of Points. [19] [20]

ApparatusNameDescription Difficulty [a] Added to the Code of Points
Balance beamJurkowska-KowalskaGainer salto stretched with 2/1 twist (720°) at end of the beamE (0.5) 2018 World Championships [21]
Floor exerciseJurkowska-KowalskaSplit jump with 1/1 turn (360°) to ring positionC (0.3) 2014 World Championships [22]
  1. ↑ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

Family

She is married to Arkadiusz Kowalski, a professional handball player. [1] On September 3, 2019, she gave birth to a son. [23]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIG Profile: Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "40th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Women Stuttgart (GER) 2007 Sep 01-09 Qualification Women". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "41st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships October 13 - 18, 2009 London (GBR) Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "42nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Rotterdam (NED)" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics Grand Prix Ostrava 2011 Final Beam Women" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Gymnasts Shine at the Salamunov Memorial". International Gymnastics Federation . 4 June 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Results for 5th European individual Championships 2013, Women's Artistic Gymnastics Senior - Balance Beam". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (16 March 2014). "2014 Cottbus World Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Seniors" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Women's Qualifications All-Around Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. European Gymnastics. 15 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic – Women's Team – Final – Results" (PDF). Baku 2015 . 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  14. ↑ Panus, Pawel (18 April 2016). "Nasi w Rio. Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska z olimpijską przepustką!" [Ours in Rio. Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska with an Olympic pass!]. Sportowy24 (in Polish). Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "Verniaiev is the strongman of the World Challenge Cup in Cottbus". International Gymnastics Federation . 4 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "Oleg Verniaiev leads Ukraine to a near sweep at Varna World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation . 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Vault Finals" (PDF). European Gymnastics . 5 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "Rio 2016: Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska rozczarowała i odpadła z igrzysk olimpijskich" [Rio 2016: Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska disappointed and dropped out of the Olympic Games]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  19. ↑ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation . pp. 146, 154, 210–211. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "Women's Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation . 22 April 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  21. ↑ "Women's TC names five original Gymnastics elements for their inventors". International Gymnastics Federation . 21 December 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  22. ↑ "Meet the eight new elements in Women's Artistic Gymnastics!". International Gymnastics Federation . 21 November 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  23. ↑ @_kasia_jurkowska_ (September 8, 2019). "Hello World ❤️ Najpiękniesze uczucie na świecie ❤️" – via Instagram.
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