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Petra Burka (/ˈpiːtrə ˈbɜːrkə/; born November 17, 1946) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater and now coach. She won the 1964 Olympic bronze medal in women's figure skating and the 1965 World championship in the sport.

Petra Burka
Petra Burka in 1965
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1946-11-17) November 17, 1946 (age 75) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Former coach	Ellen Burka
Skating club	Toronto Skating Club
Retired	1969
Medal record Representing  Canada Figure skating: Ladies' singles Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck Singles World Championships 1966 Davos singles 1965 Colorado Springs Singles 1964 Dortmund Singles North American Championships 1965 Rochester Singles 1963 Vancouver Singles

Personal life

Petra Burka was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 17, 1946,[1] the daughter of Dutch figure skater and coach Ellen Burka and a Czech-born artist, Jan Burka.[2] The family moved to Canada in 1951.[1] Her parents divorced in the mid-1950s.[3] Raised as Christians, Petra and her sister, Astra, were in their late teens when their mother told them about her background as a Holocaust survivor.[2]

Career

Petra Burka began skating lessons at the age of 10 or 11.[4] Her mother, also her coach, was advised by Osborne Colson of her talent.[4]

At the 1962 Canadian Championships, Burka became the first woman to land a triple Salchow and came away with the silver medal.[4] She finished 4th in her World Championship debut in Prague in the same year.[5] The father of one of Ellen Burka's students, Stafford Smythe, arranged for Petra – who was in need of extra ice time – to train at Maple Leaf Gardens at 7 a.m. every day before the hockey players arrived at 9:30.[4]

Burka won the first of her three consecutive senior national titles in 1964 and represented Canada at the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the bronze medal.[6] Unaware that she was expected to skate an exhibition, she was brought back to the rink in a police car just before she was called onto the ice.[4] Burka became the first Canadian skater to perform in the Soviet Union when she appeared in a two-week tour in Moscow and Kyiv.[4]

Burka won bronze at the 1964 World Championships in Dortmund. She was the gold medalist at the 1965 World Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, becoming the first Canadian woman to win Worlds since Barbara Ann Scott in 1947. At the event, she also became the first woman to complete the triple Salchow at a World Championships.[5]

Her other achievements were winning Canada's Outstanding Athlete of the Year in 1964 and twice winning Canada's Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year in 1964 and 1965. In 1965 she was also inducted to the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[6]

Burka took bronze at the 1966 World Championships and retired from competition. She signed with Holiday On Ice,[7] skating with the tour until 1969.[8] Burka then took on coaching as well as being a commentator on figure skating events for CBC and CBS for Olympic, World, European and Canadian championships.

Petra Burka was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[9]

Results

International
Event	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966
Winter Olympics			3rd
World Championships	4th	5th	3rd	1st	3rd
North American Champ.		2nd		1st
National
Canadian Championships	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st

See also

• Karen Magnussen
• Elizabeth Manley
• Kaetlyn Osmond
• Joannie Rochette
• Barbara Ann Scott

References

External links

• Petra Burka at the Canadian Olympic Committee
• Petra Burka at Olympics.com
• Petra Burka at Olympedia

На других языках

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[de] Petra Burka

Petra Burka (* 17. November 1946 in Amsterdam, Niederlande) ist eine ehemalige kanadische Eiskunstläuferin, die im Einzellauf startete. Sie ist die Weltmeisterin von 1965.

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- [en] Petra Burka

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[it] Petra Burka

Petra Burka (Amsterdam, 17 novembre 1946) è un'ex pattinatrice artistica su ghiaccio canadese.

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[ru] Бурка, Петра

Петра Бурка (англ. Petra Burka; 17 ноября 1946 (1946-11-17), Амстердам, Нидерланды) — канадская фигуристка, выступавшая в женском одиночном катании, бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 1964 года.[2] В настоящее время работает тренером. Петра Бурка считается первой женщиной, исполнившей на международных соревнованиях тройной прыжок — сальхов на чемпионате Канады 1965 года.[3].

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