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Rechnio in 2009
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Full name | Anna Elżbieta Rechnio |
Alternative names | Anna Rechnio-Fiedosiejew (married name) |
Country represented | Poland |
Born |
Warsaw, Poland |
11 December 1977
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Retired | 2000 |
Anna Elżbieta Rechnio (Polish pronunciation: [ˈanna ˈrɛxɲɔ]; born 11 December 1977) is a Polish former competitive figure skater. She is a three-time Polish national champion and competed at two Winter Olympics.
Anna Elżbieta Rechnio was born 11 December 1977 in Warsaw. She has a daughter.
Rechnio began skating in 1984. Early in her career, she was coached by Barbara Kossowska and Anna Hunkiewicz.
In the 1993–94 season, Rechnio won her first senior national title. In January 1994, she placed 7th at the European Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. The following month, she competed at her first Winter Olympics. Ranked ninth in the short program and 12th in the free skate, she finished tenth overall in Lillehammer, Norway. Concluding her season, she finished 15th in March at the 1994 World Championships in Chiba, Japan, having ranked 7th in her qualifying group, 9th in the short, and 17th in the free.
Rechnio also won the Polish Figure Skating Championships in 1997 and 1998. She placed 19th at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Rechnio competed at five World Championships, achieving her highest placement, 5th, in 1998. She also competed at six European Championships — her best placement was 7th in 1994.
In the 1999–2000 season, Rechnio was coached by Miroslawa Brajczewska in Warsaw. After retiring from competition, she began working as a coach.