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]

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

• FNR = Did not advance to free skating segment

References

1. ^ Mittan, Barry (February 7, 2002). "Mojca Kopac : Kopac Skates to a Different Beat". GoldenSkate. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2001/020702.shtml. Retrieved October 8, 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Elfman, Lois (August 27, 2009). "Kopac finds personal and professional satisfaction". http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090827&content_id=6645266&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved October 8, 2009. 

• Mojca Kopač at the International Skating Union
• Sports-reference profile
• Slovene Skating Union: Results

Persondata
Name	Kopac, Mojca
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Date of birth	2 May 1975
Place of birth	Ljubljana
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