Júlia Sebestyén

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**Júlia Sebestyén**
Personal Info

Júlia Sebestyén at the 2004 World Championships in Dortmund.
Country:	Hungary
Residence:	Budapest, Hungary
Height:	164 cm
Coach:	Gurgen Vardanjan
Skating Club:	Tiszaujvarosi SC
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	165.22	2003 Skate Canada Int.
Short Program:	61.28	2005 Europeans
Free Skate:	107.60	2003 Skate Canada Int.

Júlia Sebestyén [ˈjuːliɒ ˈʃɛbɛʃceːn] (born May 14, 1981 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian figure skater. She is the first Hungarian woman to win the gold medal at the European Figure Skating Championships.

Sebestyén began skating at the age of 4, practicing on the outdoor ice rink Tiszaújváros. After she turned 13 her situation improved. She is still skating for the club Tiszaújvárosi SC. Her former coach was András Száraz. Gurgen Vardanjan became her new coach shortly after the 2005-2006 season. She started the next season very strongly by winning the Cup of China event and getting the silver at Cup of Russia. She placed 6th at the Grand Prix Final.

In 2004 she won the European championships, becoming the first Hungarian woman to do so. Although Hungary already had two World champions, Lily Kronberger and Opika von Méray Horváth, in their time the European championships were not yet established.

[edit] Competitive highlights

Event/Season	1994-95	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Winter Olympics		15th				8th				18th
World Championships		19th	19th	7th	18th	8th	14th	6th	12th	22nd	12th
European Championships	15th	17th	6th	6th	6th	10th	3rd	1st	4th	14th	9th
Hungarian Championships			2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Grand Prix Final								6th			6th
Cup of Russia						8th				6th	2nd
Skate America				5th		6th	8th			8th
Skate Canada Int.				6th				3rd	6th
Trophee Lalique								3rd	3rd
NHK Trophy					7th	5th
Cup of China											1st
Nebelhorn Trophy		4th
Skate Israel				2nd
Finlandia Trophy					6th						3rd
Karl Schäfer Memorial				3rd			2nd
Ondrej Nepela Memorial						1st	3rd			1st	2nd
Golden Spin							3rd
Campbell's Int. FS Classic									6th
Junior World Championships				9th
Hungarian Trophy				1st
Mexico Cup				6th
Event/Season	1994-95	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07