Teresa Urszula Weyna (born 30 May 1950) is a Polish former

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. Skating with Piotr Bojańczyk, she became a nine-time Polish national champion (1968–76) and placed in the top ten at six

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, three

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, and the

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Personal life

Weyna was born 30 May 1950 in

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, one of five daughters of Urszula Jadwiga Falkowska and Alfred Kazimierz Weyna. Her sisters were also figure skaters and her mother officiated at domestic skating events. Known as Weyna-Urban while married to her ex-husband, she gave birth to twin daughters, Katarzyna and Karolina, in 1979 and a son, Bartosz, in 1980.

Career

Weyna teamed up with Piotr Bojańczyk in autumn 1965. In the 1967–68 season, the duo won the Polish Championships for the first time and were given their ISU Championship debut at the 1968 European Championships. They finished 16th at the event in

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, Sweden. In the 1974–75 season, Weyna/Bojańczyk won the bronze medal at the 1974

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and achieved their career-best World placement, seventh, at the 1975 World Championships in

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. The following season, Weyna/Bojańczyk won their ninth consecutive national title. Their highest European result, seventh, came at the 1976 European Championships in

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, Switzerland. The duo placed ninth in

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, Austria at the

. They retired from competition after the 1976 World Championships. Weyna represented several skating clubs during her competitive career — Pomorzanin Toruń (1960–71), Warszawianka (1972), Ogniwo Warszawa (1973–75), and Marymont Warszawa (1976), coached by Jan Bojańczyk in Toruń and Anna Bursche-Lindner in Warsaw. After retiring from competition, she became a skating coach. As of 2013, she coaches synchro skaters in

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Competitive highlights

(with Bojańczyk)

References

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