Barbora Silná
| Barbora Silná | |
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Silná/Kurakin in 2012.
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Austria |
| Former country(ies) represented | Czech Republic |
| Born |
8 January 1989 Kroměříž, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Partner | Juri Kurakin |
| Former partner |
Dmitri Matsjuk Martin Šubrt (CZE) |
| Former coach | Barbara Fusar-Poli, Eva Sonnleitner, Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Dmitri Sildoja, Vitali Schulz, Jana Hubler |
| Skating club | EKE Vienna Grazer Eislaufverein TJ Stadion Brno |
| Training locations | Milan, Italy; Vienna and Graz, Austria; Lyon, France; Dortmund, Germany; Brno, Czech Republic |
| Began skating | 1993 |
| Retired | August 2016 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 130.88 2016 Worlds |
| Short dance | 54.63 2016 Worlds |
| Free dance | 79.38 2014 Ice Challenge |
Barbora Silná (born 8 January 1989) is a Czech-Austrian former ice dancer who competed mostly for Austria. With Dmitri Matsjuk, she is a four-time Austrian national champion and qualified for the free dance at four ISU Championships. With Juri Kurakin, she won three Austrian national titles and reached the final segment at three ISU Championships.
Silná was born 8 January 1989 in Kroměříž, Czechoslovakia. She became an Austrian citizen by January 2009.
Silná began learning to skate in 1993. Early in her career, she represented the Czech Republic with Martin Šubrt. In the 2003–04 season, the duo appeared at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and became the Czech national junior bronze medalists. They were coached by Natalia Vorobieva at TJ Stadion in Brno.
In 2005, Silná teamed up with Ukrainian-born skater Dmitri Matsjuk to compete on the senior level for Austria. The two won four Austrian national titles from 2006 to 2009 and the silver medal at the 2007 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. They qualified for the free dance at four ISU Championships – 2007 Europeans in Warsaw, Poland; 2008 Europeans in Zagreb, Croatia; 2008 Worlds in Gothenburg, Sweden; and 2009 Europeans in Helsinki, Finland. Their best result, 15th, came in Helsinki. They trained under Jana Hübler at Cottage Engelmann Club in Vienna and in Lyon.
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