Denise Koegl (born August 3, 1988) is an Austrian former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She is the 2008 Austrian national champion, the 2007 Austrian national silver medalist, and the junior national champion in 2002 and 2003.

Personal life

Koegl was born on August 3, 1988, in

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, Austria. She received a coaching diploma from the University of Vienna and the Bundessport Akademie Vienna. In July 2013, she graduated from

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in Graz with a degree in media communications followed by a master's degree in 2016. She also studied English and psychology and

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. She graduated with the degree Magister philosophiae (Mag.phil.).

Career

Koegl represented Eis Sport Club Graz. She was briefly coached by her mother, a former Austrian junior champion in ladies' singles, and then by her grandmother, Elli Koegl-Staerck, who was 6th in pair skating at the 1950 World Championships. She also won the Euro Cup in her earlier years of skating. Koegl sustained an ankle injury in August 2008 and underwent a complicated surgery. Since the recovery took much longer than expected and due to enduring pain in her right ankle, she decided to officially end her career in February 2010 after winning her 7th Styrian Championship title. Koegl appeared at the 71. Hahnenkammrennen in Kitzbuehel, where she worked for

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and various Austrian Sports magazines.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

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