Sabina Wojtala
| Sabina Wojtala | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Poland |
| Born |
12 September 1981 Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Coach | Iwona Mydlarz-Chruscinska |
| Choreographer | Elena Tchaikovskaia |
| Skating club | Dwory Unia SA |
| Former training locations | Oświęcim |
| Began skating | 1986 |
| Retired | 2006 |
Sabina Wojtala (Polish pronunciation: [saˈbina vɔjˈtala]; born 12 September 1981) is a Polish former competitive figure skater. She won eight senior international medals and six Polish national titles. She reached the free skate at nine ISU Championships – four Europeans, two Worlds, and three Junior Worlds.
Sabina Wojtala was born on 12 September 1981 in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. She attended Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna.
Wojtala started skating in 1986. She was coached by Iwona Mydlarz-Chruścińska in Oświęcim and represented Dwory Unia SA.
At the 1995 World Junior Championships in Budapest, Wojtala advanced out of her qualifying group but was eliminated after the short program. At the Polish Championships, she won the bronze medal in senior pairs with Janusz Komendera but decided to focus on her single skating career.
In the 1995–96 season, she began appearing on the senior international level but continued competing also on the junior level. She reached the free skate and finished 23rd overall at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, Australia.
In the 1996–97 season, Wojtala won her first senior international medal – bronze at the Golden Spin of Zagreb. She progressed out of her qualifying group but missed the cut-off for the free skate at the 1997 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea.
In 1997–98, Wojtala competed only as a senior. She won gold at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial and silver at the Polish Championships. In January 1998, she was sent to her first European Championships; she ranked 17th in the short, 16th in the free, and 16th overall at the event in Milan, Italy.
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