Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska
Polish artistic gymnast
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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.
| Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Katarzyna Iwona Jurkowska-Kowalska | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 1992 Kraków, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  Poland (2007 - 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wisła 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
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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]
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty[a] | Added to the Code of Points |
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| Balance beam | Jurkowska-Kowalska | Gainer salto stretched with 2/1 twist (720°) at end of the beam | E (0.5) | 2018 World Championships[21] |
| Floor exercise | Jurkowska-Kowalska | Split jump with 1/1 turn (360°) to ring position | C (0.3) | 2014 World Championships[22] |
- Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points
