Maciej Cieplucha (Polish pronunciation: ; 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.
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. 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 The Barber of Seville Ragtime (soundtrack) 2012–2013 Blues Cinema Paradiso 2011–2012 Foxtrot Dusty Road Moliendo Cafe Brazil (1985 film) The Morning After Truck Drive Central Services Escape No Escape 2010–2011 For Lisa Spartacus 2009–2010 El Tango de Roxanne Passion 2006–2008 Smuga Cienia Scott and Fran's Paso Doble Gypsy Flame Scott and Fran's Paso Doble
Competitive highlights JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Event 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 World Championships 35th 25th 25th 22nd European Championships 21st 25th 19th 19th 19th Polish Championships 1st J 2nd J 4th 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st Four Nationals Championships 3rd 5th 3rd 3rd Challenge Cup 6th Finlandia Trophy 10th 9th 3rd 7th Golden Spin of Zagreb 6th 6th Karl Schäfer Memorial 16th Nebelhorn Trophy 19th 10th 10th 17th 11th Nepela Memorial 4th 10th Warsaw Cup 3rd 3rd World Junior Championships 20th 24th Andorra 9th Austria 16th Croatia 15th Czech Republic 23rd Germany 11th Netherlands 14th Poland 20th Romania 12th Copenhagen Trophy 1st J European Youth Olympic Festival 9th J Warsaw Cup 7th J 1st J
References
External links
Maciej Cieplucha at Tracings