Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska

Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska
Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska
Full name	Katarzyna Iwona Jurkowska-Kowalska
Country represented	Poland
Born	18 February 1992; Kraków, Poland
Residence	Zabrze, Poland
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.61 m)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2007 - 2019
Club	Wisła Kraków
Head coach(es)	Joanna-Uracz-Kocur, Przemysław Lis
Former coach(es)	Beata Bodzoń, Valerij Kovalenko
Eponymous skills	Floor Exercise: split jump with 1/1 turn to ring; Balance Beam: double twisting Gainer dismount

Katarzyna Iwona Jurkowska-Kowalska (born 18 February 1992) is a Polish artistic gymnast and a two-time Polish all-around champion. She represented Poland at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

She represented Poland at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014 and 2015. In 2016, she competed at the Olympic Test Event, where she received a qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Her biggest international accomplishments are 5th place on the balance beam at the 2013 European Championships in Moscow and 8th place on vault at the 2016 European Championships in Bern. She also won multiple medals at the World Cup series.

Jurkowska-Kowalska has two eponymous skills listed in the Code of Points.^[1]

Apparatus	Name	Description	Difficulty^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Added to the Code of Points
Balance beam	Jurkowska-Kowalska	Gainer salto stretched with 2/1 twist (720°) at end of the beam	E	2018 World Championships
Floor exercise	Jurkowska-Kowalska	Split jump with 1/1 turn (360°) to ring position	D	2014 World Championships

She is married to Arkadiusz Kowalski, a professional handball player.^[2] On September 3, 2019, she gave birth to a son.^[3]

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