Justyna Plutowska (born 27 June 1991) is a Polish

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. With former partner Peter Gerber, she is the 2013

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bronze medalist and 2014

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champion.

Personal life

Justyna Plutowska was born 27 June 1991 in

Gdynia Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...

, Poland. Her father is a figure skating coach.

Career

Early years

Plutowska began figure skating at the age of three or four. After starting out in singles, she turned to ice dancing when she was about 12 or 13. Her first partner was Mateusz Krupowies. The two won the novice ice dancing title at the 2006 Polish Championships.

Partnership with Pietrzyński

Plutowska teamed up with Dawid Pietrzyński in 2006. The duo won the junior title at the 2009 Polish Championships and were sent to the 2009 World Junior Championships in

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, Bulgaria. They ranked 25th in the

compulsory dance The compulsory dance (CD), now called the pattern dance, is a part of the figure skating segment of ice dance competitions in which all the competing couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to the music of a specified tempo and gen ...

and 26th in the

original dance The original dance (OD) was one of the programs performed by figure skaters in ice dance competitions, in which the ice dancers skated "a dance of their own creation to dance music they have selected for the designated rhythm(s)".Rulebook, p. 90 ...

, which did not allow them to advance to the final segment. The following season, Plutowska/Pietrzyński repeated as national junior champions and were assigned to the 2010 World Junior Championships in

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, Netherlands. Ranked 18th in both the compulsory and original dances, they qualified to the free dance and finished 20th overall. They were coached by Mirosław Plutowski in

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. In the 2010–11 season, Plutowska/Pietrzyński moved up to the senior level and took the silver medal at the Polish Championships, behind Alexandra Zvorigina / Maciej Bernadowski. They made no senior international appearances.

Partnership with Gerber

Plutowska teamed up with Peter Gerber in June 2012. They were coached by

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, and represented GKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk. Plutowska/Gerber made their debut at the 2012 U.S. International Classic, finishing eighth. They took the silver medal at the 2013 Polish Championships and placed 27th at the 2013 World Championships in

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, Canada. In the 2013–14 season, Plutowska/Gerber placed 9th at the U.S. International Classic before competing at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, the final Olympic qualifier. They were 14th in the short dance and 8th in the free dance, finishing 10th overall at Nebelhorn and becoming second alternates for a spot at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Plutowska/Gerber won their first international medal, bronze, at the 2013 Finlandia Trophy one week later. They reached the free dance at the 2014 European Championships in

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and finished 16th overall. After taking gold at the 2014

in February, the two competed at the 2014 World Championships, held in Saitama, Japan in March, and finished 22nd. Their partnership ended in early May 2014, when Plutowska decided to leave skating for personal reasons.

Partnership with Flemin

Plutowska teamed up with French ice dancer Jérémie Flemin in May 2016. They decided to represent Poland and debuted their partnership at the

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, finishing 6th. The two were coached by Barbara Fusar-Poli and Stefano Caruso in

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, Italy. Plutowska/Flemin withdrew after the short dance from the 2017 Four Nationals due to a

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in his back. In 2018 they achieved silver at Polish nationals. In June 2018 Plutowska/Flemin moved to

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, where they are coached at Gadbois Centre by Romain Haguenauer,

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and Marie-France Dubreuil. Together they share their life via the YouTube channel call: J & J ON ICE

Programs

With Flemin

With Gerber

With Pietrzyński

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

With Flemin

With Gerber

With Pietrzyński

With Krupowies

References

External links

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Justyna Plutowska / Dawid Pietrzyński
at the ''Polish Figure Skating Association''
Justyna Plutowska / Mateusz Krupowies
at the ''Polish Figure Skating Association''

at ''tracings.net''

at ''tracings.net''
Justyna Plutowska
at ''Figure Skating Online'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Plutowska, Justyna Polish female ice dancers 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Gdynia 21st-century Polish sportswomen