Halina Gordon-Półtorak
| Halina Gordon-Półtorak | |
|---|---|
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| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Poland |
| Retired | c. 1979 |
Halina Gordon (later Gordon-Półtorak; Polish pronunciation: [xaˈlina ˈɡɔrdɔn puwˈtɔrak]) is a Polish former competitive ice dancer. She is the chair of the ice dancing technical committee at the International Skating Union.
Career[edit]
Competing in partnership with Wojciech Bańkowski, Gordon placed 14th at the 1973 World Championships in Bratislava and at the 1975 World Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is the 1977 Polish national champion with Tadeusz Góra.
In 1977, Gordon formed a partnership with Jacek Tascher, who had just switched from single skating. They became two-time national silver medalists and placed 12th at the 1978 and 1979 European Championships.
Gordon-Półtorak served as the ice dancing referee at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[1] She was elected chair-holder of the International Skating Union's technical committee for ice dancing, becoming the discipline's highest-ranking official.[2] She was re-elected in June 2016.[3]
For many years, until early 2000s, she commented figure skating competitions for Polish national television (Telewizja Polska).
Competitive highlights[edit]
With Bańkowski[edit]
| International | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 |
| World Championships | 14th | 14th | |
| Prize of Moscow News | 5th | ||
With Góra[edit]
| International | |
|---|---|
| Event | 1976-77 |
| European Championships | 10th |
| National | |
| Polish Championships | 1st |
With Tascher[edit]
| International | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 1977–78 | 1978–79 |
| European Championships | 12th | 12th |
| National | ||
| Polish Championships | 2nd | 2nd |
References[edit]
- ^ "2010 Olympic Winter Games: Free dance". International Skating Union. 2010.
- ^ Kany, Klaus-Reinhold; Rutherford, Lynn (February 29, 2012). "ISU opens door to 'clean' hip hop in ice dancing". IceNetwork.com.
- ^ "Jan Dijkema elected new ISU President". International Figure Skating Magazine. June 2016.