Petra Burka

Information about Petra Burka

Women's Figure Skating
Olympic medal record
Bronze	1964 Innsbruck	Singles

Petra Burka (born 17 November 1946) is a former world champion figure skater and now coach.

Biography

Burka was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 17 November 1946, the daughter of Ellen Burka, and came to Canada with her parents in 1951. In 1961, she was the Junior Canadian Skating Champion and the Senior Canadian Champion between 1964-1966. In 1965 she won the World Figure Skating Championships, the first Canadian to win the event since Barbara Ann Scott in 1947. She represented Canada at the 1964 Olympics and won the bronze medal. She was also two times bronze medallist at the World Championships.

Burka is credited as being the first woman to land a triple jump, a triple salchow at the 1962 Canadian Championships.

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. Since her retirement she took on coaching as well as being a commentator on figure skating events for CBC and CBS for Olympic, World, European and Canadian championships.

Competitive highlights

Event/Season	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966
Canadian Championships	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st
North American Championships	-	2nd	-	1st	-
World Championships	-	-	3rd	1st	3rd
Winter Olympics	-	-	3rd	-	-

Navigation

World champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

North American champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

Canadian champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles

Awards
Preceded by Roger Jackson & George Hungerford	Lou Marsh Trophy winner 1965	Succeeded by Elaine Tanner

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on ice. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level (senior), and at local, national, and international competitions.
..... Click the link for more information.

The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations, and the Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder, ^[1]
..... Click the link for more information.

1 Manfred Schnelldorfer Germany 1 1 1916.9 13
2 Alain Calmat France 3 5 1876.5 22
3 Scott Allen United States 4 4 1873.6 26
4 Karol DivÃn Czechoslovakia 2 9 1862.8 32
5 Emmerich Danzer Austria 5 3 1824.0 42
6 Thomas Litz United States 13 2 1764.
..... Click the link for more information.

"17 November" is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising.

November 17
..... Click the link for more information.

19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1943 1944 1945 - 1946 - 1947 1948 1949

Year 1646 (MCMXLVI
..... Click the link for more information.

In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. Coaching entails the application of sport tactics and strategies during the game or contest itself, and usually
..... Click the link for more information.

Amsterdam
Canal houses alongside the Prinsengracht

Flag
Coat of arms
Nickname: Mokum
Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig
(Valiant, Determined, Compassionate)
..... Click the link for more information.

"17 November" is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising.

November 17
..... Click the link for more information.

Ellen Burka, C.M. (born August 11 1921, Amsterdam) is a former Dutch figure skater and a Canadian figure skating coach. She was the coach for Toller Cranston, Karen Magnussen, and her daughter Petra Burka.
..... Click the link for more information.

This page is currently protected from editing until disputes have been resolved.
Protection is not an endorsement of the current [ version] ([ protection log]).
..... Click the link for more information.

19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s
1948 1949 1950 - 1951 - 1952 1953 1954

Year 1951 (MCMLI
..... Click the link for more information.

19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s
1958 1959 1960 - 1961 - 1962 1963 1964

Year 1961 (MCMLXI
..... Click the link for more information.

19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s
1962 1963 1964 - 1965 - 1966 1967 1968

Year 1965 (MCMLXV
..... Click the link for more information.

The World Figure Skating Championships ("Worlds") is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
..... Click the link for more information.

Olympic medal record
Ladies' figure skating
Gold 1948 St. Moritz Singles Barbara Ann Scott (born May 9, 1928 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a world and Olympic champion figure skater.
..... Click the link for more information.

19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s
1944 1945 1946 - 1947 - 1948 1949 1950

Year 1947 (MCMXLVII
..... Click the link for more information.

19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s
1961 1962 1963 - 1964 - 1965 1966 1967

Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator).

..... Click the link for more information.

Olympic Games (often referred to simply as The Olympics or The Games^[1]) is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad^[2]).
..... Click the link for more information.

The salchow is a figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air.^[1] It was invented by Ulrich Salchow in 1909.
..... Click the link for more information.

19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s
1961 1962 1963 - 1964 - 1965 1966 1967

Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator).

..... Click the link for more information.

The word commentator has many different meanings. For its application to sports, see sports commentator or Sportscaster.

Popular meaning

A commentator is an individual who discusses social, political or cultural issues or events, typically in a public context;
..... Click the link for more information.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (English)
SociÃ©tÃ© Radio-Canada (French)

Type Broadcast radio network
Television network
..... Click the link for more information.

CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (CBS)

Type Broadcast radio network and
television network
Country United States
Availability National; also available in Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean
..... Click the link for more information.

The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition held by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. Skaters compete at the senior and junior levels in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
..... Click the link for more information.

The North American Figure Skating Championships were a former elite figure skating competition for skaters from the United States and Canada. It was a biennial (every two years) competition held between 1923 and 1971, with locations alternating between the two countries.
..... Click the link for more information.

Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. They feature winter sports held on ice or snow, such as ice skating and skiing.

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC), as with the Summer Olympics, enters athletes to compete against other NOC's
..... Click the link for more information.

This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.

EnglishInfo