Mojca Kopač

Mojca Kopač

Kopač in 2004.
Personal information
Full name Mojca Kopač
Country represented  Slovenia
Born 2 May 1975 (1975-05-02) (age 36)
Ljubljana
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Former coach Marina Pirkmajer
Silvio Svaiger
Boris Uspenki
Former choreographer Uschi Keszler
Skating club Drsalno-Kotalkarski Klub Stanko Bloudek
Retired 2004

Mojca Kopač (born 2 May 1975 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian figure skater. She won the gold medal at the Slovenian Figure Skating Championships nine times between 1991 and 2004. She represented Slovenia at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where she placed 25th, at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where she placed 23rd, and at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she placed 22nd. She qualified for the 2002 Olympics at the 2001 Golden Spin of Zagreb final Olympic qualifying competition.[1]

She retired from competition after the 2004 World Figure Skating Championships and began coaching in Aston, Pennsylvania.[2] She married Louis Tiernan in 2007.[2]

Contents

Competitive highlights

Post-1997

Event 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004
Winter Olympic Games 23rd 22nd
World Championships 24th 31st 20th 27th
European Championships 13th WD 14th 14th 23rd 17th
Slovenian Championships 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st
Trophée Lalique 7th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th
Karl Schäfer Memorial 8th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 4th 5th 8th 9th
Skate Israel 5th 7th

Pre-1997

Event 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997
Winter Olympic Games 25th
World Championships FNR FNR FNR 18 20
European Championships 18th 20th 20th 15th 19th
Slovenian Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Sparkassen Cup 7th
Nebelhorn Trophy 10th
Karl Schäfer Memorial 7th 11th 11th 15th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 2nd 1st
Ondrej Nepela Memorial 1st

References