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Diána Póth
Diána Póth
	Poth in 2003.
Born	6 August 1981 (age 43); Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Hungary
Coach	Gurgen Vardanjan, Jeranjak Ipakjan, István Simon, Tamara Téglássy, Eszter Jurek
Skating club	Iceberg Skating Club, Budapest
Retired	2006

Diána Póth (born 6 August 1981) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Karl Schäfer Memorial silver medalist and a two-time Hungarian national champion. She also competed briefly for Austria.

Personal life

Póth was born on 6 August 1981 in Budapest, Hungary.^[1] She moved to Austria in 2001 and returned to Hungary in October 2002.^[2] Her mother is Austrian.^[1] Her father was a hockey player.^[3]

Póth is married to professional footballer Gábor Gyepes.

Career

Póth began figure skating at the age of four to combat her nerves. Her first coach was Tamara Téglássy, with whom she was most successful as a junior. After the 1998 Worlds Championships, where she finished 10th, she switched coaches and began to train with Andras Szaraz and Eszter Jurek.^[3] Póth achieved her best result, 4th, at a European Championships in 1999.

Póth won two Hungarian national titles in 1999 and 2000. She competed in the Austrian Championships in 2002.

After a couple of injuries, Póth switched coaches again and began training with Jeranjak Ipakjan and Gurgen Vardanjan. In April 2007, Poth retired from competition. She began coaching at a Cardiff skating club. One of her students^[who?] won the junior national championship.^[which?]^[when?]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2004–05 ^[1]	Allegretto by Karl Jenkins	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by B. Benjamin, S. Marcus Santa Esmeralda Besame Mucho Another Cha Cha by J. Goingc Santa Esmeralda
2003–04 ^[4]	Csárdás (modern arrangement) by Zoltan Maga	The Question of U by Prince Xotica by Rene Dupere
2002–03 ^[2]	Music performed by Richard Clayderman	Romeo and Juliet Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1999–2000 ^[5]	Still Got the Blues (For You) by Gary Moore	Music by Gipsy Kings Music by Santa Esmeralda
1998–99 ^[3]	Black Velvet	Gone with the Wind by Max Steiner
1996–98 ^[5]	Don't Cry for Me Argentina (from Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber	Samson and Delila

Results

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Series/Junior Grand Prix

International^[6]
Event	93–94	94–95	95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06
Worlds					10th	11th	14th
Europeans			19th	20th		4th	11th			17th		18th
GP Cup of Russia							5th			9th	6th
GP Lalique						6th	6th	11th
GP NHK Trophy											7th
GP Skate Canada						7th		8th
Copenhagen Trophy										2nd
Finlandia Trophy			8th			7th	7th			6th
Golden Spin				4th							2nd	3rd	9th
Nepela Memorial		5th
Schäfer Memorial				7th	10th						2nd	2nd
Skate Israel				6th							1st
Sofia Cup		3rd		1st
International: Junior^[6]
Junior Worlds		28th	15th
JGP Bulgaria					7th
JGP Hungary					4th
EYOF				6th
Blue Swords	20th J.
Grand Prize SNP			1st J.
Penta Cup			2nd J.
PFSA Trophy				3rd J.
Triglav Trophy	7th J.	5th J.
National^[6]
Hungarian Champ.		3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	3rd		2nd	4th	2nd	2nd
Austrian Champ.									2nd
WD = Withdrew

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Diana POTH: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006.
^ ^a ^b "Diana POTH: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 April 2003.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mittan, J. Barry (1998). "Hungary's Diana Poth Makes a Splash on World Scene". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
^ "Diana POTH: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.
^ ^a ^b "Programs". Official website of Diana Poth. Archived from the original on 7 September 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Diana POTH". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.