Sanda Dubravčić-Šimunjak (born 24 August 1964) is a

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n physician and former

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who competed internationally for

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. She is the 1981 European silver medalist.

Personal life

Sanda Dubravčić was born on 24 August 1964 in

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, Yugoslavia, to Zora (née Lipošćak) and Dragutin Dubravčić. She is a medical doctor and married Boris Šimunjak in 1991.

Career

In 1976, Dubravčić finished seventh at the inaugural World Junior Championships, held in

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, France. Her senior ISU Championship debut came at the 1977 Europeans in

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, Finland. Dubravčić represented Yugoslavia at the

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; she finished 11th overall after placing 13th in compulsory figures, tenth in the short program, and eighth in the free skate. At the 1981 European Championships in

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, she ranked fifth in figures and second in the next two segments. She was awarded the silver medal, having finished between

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of Switzerland and Claudia Kristofics-Binder of Austria. Dubravčić was the final Olympic torchbearer at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

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. She ended up tenth overall after placing eighth in figures, ninth in the short, and ninth in the free. Concluding her career, she finished ninth at the 1984 World Championships in

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, Canada. Dubravčić has served as an international judge and as a member of the ISU Council's medical commission.

Competitive highlights

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubravcic, Sanda Croatian female single skaters Yugoslav female single skaters Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Yugoslavia Figure skating officials Living people 1964 births European Figure Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Zagreb Olympic cauldron lighters