JURKOWSKA-KOWALSKA Katarzyna - FIG Athlete Profile

Title

Lastname

JURKOWSKA-KOWALSKA

Firstname

Katarzyna

Gender

female

Country

Poland

Place of birth

Krakow

Year of birth

1992 (32 y.o.)

Discipline(s)

Women's Artistic Gymnastics

Family

Husband Arkadiusz Kowalski

Spoken languages

English, Polish

Sporting relatives

Her husband Arkadiusz Kowalski has played handball professionally. (Arek Kowalski Facebook profile, 13 Jul 2018; sport.onet.pl, 29 Nov 2017)

Start sporting career

She took up gymnastics at age six in Krakow, Poland.

Reason for taking up the sport

"At first I really loved how gymnastics makes you more graceful, and later on I was driven by my success."

Most memorable sporting achievement

Finishing fourth on beam at the 2017 World Cup event in Cottbus, Germany. (sport.onet.pl, 29 Nov 2017)

Additional information

RETIREMENT
She announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics in January 2019. (thegymter.net, 28 Jan 2019)

NAMED ELEMENTS
In 2014 she had a floor exercise element named after her introduced into the official International Federation of Gymnastics [FIG] Code of Points. This element is a jump with a full turn to a ring position. She was the first person to perform this skill at an official competition. In December 2018 FIG entered another element of hers, this time on the balance beam into the Code of Points named the 'Jurkowska-Kowalska'. She first performed the element at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (gymnastics.sport, 21 Dec 2018; gymnastike.org, 21 Nov 2014)

Last update : 2024-07-22

Olympic Games

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

51.799

Uneven Bars

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

11.700

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.333

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.300

World Championships

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

49.607

Uneven Bars

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

11.841

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.366

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

102

Score Qualif.

12.000

Team

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

149.671

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

52.132

Uneven Bars

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.366

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.033

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

103

Score Qualif.

12.833

Team

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

208.527

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

52.066

Uneven Bars

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.000

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.600

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.733

Team

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

210.369

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

158

Score Qualif.

39.691

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.533

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.033

Team

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

206.770

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

48.175

Uneven Bars

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

10.675

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.350

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.050

Continental Championships

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

36.499

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

11.666

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

11.733

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

53.398

Vault

Rank Final

Score Final

13.700

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

14.316

Uneven Bars

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

11.866

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.666

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.466

Team

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

156.778

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

49.882

Vault

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.291

Uneven Bars

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

10.800

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.566

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.833

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

26.233

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.633

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.600

Team

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

160.729

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.500

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

13.866

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.500

World Cup qualifying for OG

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.666

World / Challenge Cup

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

12.150

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.600

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

13.433

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.700

Vault

Rank Final

Score Final

13.712

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.725

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.050

Vault

Rank Final

Score Final

14.167

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

14.100

Uneven Bars

Rank Final

Score Final

9.633

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.450

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

14.033

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.950

Test Events Olympic Games

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

53.440

Uneven Bars

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.775

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.966

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.533

World / Challenge Cup

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

14.033

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

14.000

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

13.533

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.650

Multisport Events / Games

All-Around

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

51.965

Vault

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.316

Uneven Bars

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

11.900

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.033

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.366

Team

Rank Final

Score Final

104.330

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

World / Challenge Cup

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

13.125

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

13.533

Balance Beam

Rank Final

Score Final

13.075

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

14.033

Floor Exercise

Rank Final

Score Final

Rank Qualif.

Score Qualif.

12.800

2016 - Games of the XXXI Olympiad RIO DE JANEIRO (BRA)

2018 - 48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships DOHA (QAT)

2015 - 46th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships GLASGOW (GBR)

2014 - 45th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships NANNING (CHN)

2010 - 42nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships ROTTERDAM (NED)

2009 - 41st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships LONDON (GBR)

2018 - 32nd Senior European Championships GLASGOW (GBR)

2016 - 31st European Championships 2016 BERN (SUI)

2015 - 6th European Individual Championships 2015 MONTPELLIER (FRA)

2014 - European Championships 2014 SOFIA (BUL)

2013 - 5th European individual Championships 2013 MOSCOW (RUS)

2018 - 43rd Turnier der Meister FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup COTTBUS (GER)

2018 - FIG World Challenge Cup GUIMARAES (POR)

2017 - 42nd Turnier der Meister FIG Individual Apparatus World Cup COTTBUS (GER)

2016 - World Challenge Cup 2016 ANADIA (POR)

2016 - World Challenge Cup 2016 VARNA (BUL)

2016 - Aquece Rio Final Gymnastics Qualifier (Test Event) RIO DE JANEIRO (BRA)

2016 - 40th TURNIER DER MEISTER World Challenge Cup 2016 COTTBUS (GER)

2015 - 1st European Games Baku 2015 BAKU (AZE)

2015 - 39th Turnier der Meister World Challenge Cup 2015 COTTBUS (GER)

2014 - 38th Turnier Der Meister World Challenge Cup 2014 COTTBUS (GER)

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