Sanda Dubravčić-Šimunjak (born 24 August 1964) is a Croatian physician and former figure skater who competed internationally for Yugoslavia. She is the 1981 European silver medalist.
| Sanda Dubravčić | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sanda Dubravčić-Šimunjak | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 August 1964 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | KKK Medveščak Zagreb | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1984 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editSanda Dubravčić was born on 24 August 1964 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia, to Zora (née Lipošćak) and Dragutin Dubravčić.[1][2] She is a medical doctor and married Boris Šimunjak in 1991.[3]
Career
editIn 1976, Dubravčić finished seventh at the inaugural World Junior Championships, held in Megève, France. Her senior ISU Championship debut came at the 1977 Europeans in Helsinki, Finland.
Dubravčić represented Yugoslavia at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York; she finished 11th overall after placing 13th in compulsory figures, tenth in the short program, and eighth in the free skate.[2] At the 1981 European Championships in Innsbruck, she ranked fifth in figures and second in the next two segments. She was awarded the silver medal, having finished between Denise Biellmann of Switzerland and Claudia Kristofics-Binder of Austria.[4]
Dubravčić was the final Olympic torchbearer at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. She ended up tenth overall after placing eighth in figures, ninth in the short, and ninth in the free.[2] Concluding her career, she finished ninth at the 1984 World Championships in Ottawa, Canada.
Dubravčić has served as an international judge and as a member of the ISU Council's medical commission.[5]
Competitive highlights
edit| International | |||||||||
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| Event | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 81–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 |
| Olympics | 11th | 10th | |||||||
| Worlds | 12th | 12th | 11th | 14th | 13th | 9th | |||
| Europeans | 16th | 16th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | WD | 10th | 5th | |
| NHK Trophy | 12th | ||||||||
| Golden Spin | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
| Prague Skate | 4th | ||||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 7th | ||||||||
| National | |||||||||
| Yugoslav | 1st | ||||||||
| WD = Withdrew | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Hemar, Eduard (15 July 2015). "Prim. dr. Dragutin Dubravčić i dr. Zora Dubravčić: Bračni par uspješnih liječnika i sportaša" [Prim. Dr. Dragutin Dubravčić and Dr. Zora Dubravčić: Pair of successful doctors and athletes] (PDF). Liječničke novine (in Croatian). pp. 74–76. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "Sanda Dubravčić". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ Sleeman, Elizabeth (2002). The International Who's Who of Women. p. 151. ISBN 9781857431223.
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Results: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2011.
- ^ "ISU Council & Committee Members". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 March 2005.
- "Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 2 - 1974 - current" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-08.