Maciej Cieplucha

Maciej Cieplucha (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmat͡ɕɛj t͡ɕɛˈpluxa]; born 3 August 1988) is a Polish former competitive figure skater. He is the 2011 Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist, a two-time Warsaw Cup bronze medalist, and a three-time Polish national champion (2010, 2012, 2014). He has qualified three times for the free skate at the European Championships—in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Maciej Cieplucha
Cieplucha in 2011
Born	(1988-08-03) 3 August 1988 (age 36) Łódź, Poland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Poland
Coach	Scott Davis, Jeff Langdon
Skating club	LTF Łódź
Began skating	1993

Career

Cieplucha began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2003. He won the Polish national junior title in the 2004–05 season. In 2006–07, Cieplucha made his international senior debut at the 2006 Karl Schäfer Memorial and also appeared as a senior at the Polish Championships, but competed mostly on the junior level internationally until the end of the 2007–08 season. He competed twice at the World Junior Championships, finishing 20th in 2007 and 24th in 2008.

In the 2009–10 season, Cieplucha won the Polish national senior title for the first time and was given his European Championship debut. He missed qualifying for the free skate by one spot. He was also assigned to his first senior World Championships and finished 35th.

Cieplucha trained in Łódź, Poland with coaches Włodzimierz Brajczewski and Mirosława Brajczewska until July 2010 when he moved to Calgary, Alberta to be coached by Scott Davis and Jeff Langdon.^[1][2] In Canada, he trained at the Calalta Figure Skating Club.

Cieplucha qualified for the free skate at the 2012 European Championships and again at the 2013 European Championships but was one spot away from reaching the free skate at both the 2013 World Championships and 2014 World Championships.

In the 2013–14 season, Cieplucha placed 11th at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, an Olympic qualifier, and became the first alternate for the men's event at the 2014 Winter Olympics. At the 2014 European Championships in Budapest, he achieved a personal best short program score, 65.84 points, and qualified for the free skate.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–2014 [3]	The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini choreo. by Mark Pillay	Ragtime (soundtrack) choreo. by Tom Dickson
2012–2013 [4]	Blues	Cinema Paradiso by Ennio Morricone
2011–2012 [5]	Foxtrot by Fanfare Ciocărlia Dusty Road from Iag Bari by Fanfare Ciocărlia Moliendo Cafe from Iag Bari by Fanfare Ciocărlia	Brazil (1985 film) by Michael Kamen The Morning After Truck Drive Central Services Escape No Escape
2010–2011 [2]	For Lisa (adaptation of "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven)	Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian
2009–2010 [1]	El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge!)	Passion (from The Last Temptation of Christ) by Peter Gabriel
2006–2008 [6][7]	Smuga Cienia by Wojciech Kilar	Scott and Fran's Paso Doble (from Strictly Ballroom) by David Hirschfelder Gypsy Flame by Armik Scott and Fran's Paso Doble

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14
Worlds							35th		25th	25th	22nd
Europeans							21st	25th	19th	19th	19th
Challenge Cup						6th
Finlandia Trophy						10th		9th	3rd		7th
Golden Spin								6th	6th
Schäfer Memorial				16th
Nebelhorn Trophy						19th	10th	10th		17th	11th
Nepela Memorial							4th		10th
Warsaw Cup										3rd	3rd
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds				20th	24th
JGP Andorra			9th
JGP Austria					16th
JGP Croatia			15th
JGP Czech Rep.	23rd
JGP Germany					11th
JGP Netherlands				14th
JGP Poland	20th
JGP Romania				12th
Copenhagen			1st J
EYOF			9th J
Warsaw Cup	7th J		1st J
National[8]
Polish Champ.		1st J	2nd J	4th	3rd		1st	2nd	1st		1st
J: Junior level

References

1. "Maciej CIEPLUCHA: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010.
2. "Maciej CIEPLUCHA: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011.
3. "Maciej CIEPLUCHA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
4. "Maciej CIEPLUCHA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013.
5. "Maciej CIEPLUCHA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.
6. "Maciej CIEPLUCHA: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008.
7. "Maciej CIEPLUCHA: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007.
8. "Competition Results: Maciej CIEPLUCHA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014.

External links

• Maciej Cieplucha at the International Skating Union
• Maciej Cieplucha at Tracings