Sylwia Nowak

Sylwia Nowak
Personal information
Country represented Poland
Born (1976-04-28) 28 April 1976
Łódź, Poland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Former partner Sebastian Kolasiński
Rafał Gabinowski
Former coach Maria Olszewska-Lelonkiewicz
Former choreographer Elena Tchaikovskaya, Y. Pouzakov, K. Ruszkiewicz
Skating club Miejski Klub Lyzwiarski Lodz
Began skating 1980
Retired 2003

Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈsɨlvja ˈnɔvak trɛmˈbat͡ska]; born 28 April 1976) is a Polish ice dancing coach and former competitor. With partner Sebastian Kolasiński, she is the 1998 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, 1999 Cup of Russia bronze medalist, 1994 World Junior champion, and a nine-time Polish national champion.

Personal life

Sylwia Nowak was born on 28 April 1976 in Łódź, Poland.[1] She married Polish ice dancer Marcin Trębacki in 2003 and changed her surname to Nowak-Trębacka.[2] She and her husband have a son, Maksymilian, and a daughter, Sonia.

Career

Early in her career, Nowak competed with Rafał Gabinowski. In 1991, coaches paired her with Sebastian Kolasiński,[3] with whom she competed for the rest of her career. They won silver at the 1993 World Junior Championships and then gold in 1994.[4]

As seniors, Nowak/Kolasiński won gold medals at the Nebelhorn Trophy, Finlandia Trophy, and Karl Schäfer Memorial and bronze medals at two Grand Prix competitions, Skate Canada International and Cup of Russia. They placed as high as 9th at the World Championships and competed at two Olympics, in 1998 and 2002. The two retired from competitive skating after the 2002–03 season.

Nowak-Trębacka works as a coach in Toruń. Her most notable students are Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev.[5]

Programs

(with Kolasiński)

Season Original dance Free dance
2002–03
[1]
  • Waltz: Once Upon A December
    (from Anastasia)
  • Polka
    by Karol Namysłowski
2001–02
[6]
  • Tango
  • Paso doble
  • Tango
2000–2001
[7]

Results

GP: Champions Series/Grand Prix

(with Kolasiński)

International[1][6][7]
Event 90–91 91–92 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03
Olympics 12th 13th
Worlds 23rd 14th 11th 11th 11th 9th 9th 14th 11th
Europeans 12th 9th 9th 11th 8th 7th 11th 10th 9th
GP Skate Canada 5th 3rd 6th
GP Trophée Lalique 5th 4th
GP Cup of Russia 4th 4th 3rd 7th
GP NHK Trophy 6th 4th 5th 5th
Finlandia Trophy 1st
Karl Schäfer 1st
Nebelhorn Trophy 1st
Universiade 2nd
Lysiane Lauret 2nd
Centennial On Ice 5th
International: Junior[7][4]
Junior Worlds 19th 11th 2nd 1st
EYOF 1st
National[1][7]
Polish Champ. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
WD: Withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sylwia NOWAK / Sebastian KOLASINSKI: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 September 2003.
  2. ↑ "NOWAK - TRĘBACKA SYLWIA" (in Polish). Polish Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Mittan, J. Barry (1996). "Nowak and Kolasinski". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012.
  4. 1 2 "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Natalia KALISZEK / Maksim SPODIREV: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Sylwia NOWAK / Sebastian KOLASINSKI: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Sylwia NOWAK / Sebastian KOLASINSKI: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 April 2001.

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