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Full name
  
Marta Pihan-Kulesza

Club
  
MKS Kusy Szczecin

Weight
  
53 kg

Hometown
  
Szczecin

Name
  
Marta Pihan-Kulesza

Spouse
  
Roman Kulesza (m. 2008)


Level
  
Senior

Role
  
Gymnast

Home town
  
Szczecin

Years on national team
  
2003 –

Height
  
1.63 m

Country represented
  
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Born
  
23 July 1987 (age 36) Szczecin (
1987-07-23
)

Discipline
  
Women's artistic gymnastics

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Marta Pihan-Kulesza ( [ˈmarta ˈpixan kuˈlɛʂa]; born July 23, 1987) is a retired Polish artistic gymnast. She represented her country at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics Games. She is an 8-time Polish all-around champion (2005, 2007-2010, 2012-2014) and a multiple-time World Cup medalist.

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Personal life

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Marta Pihan was born on July 23, 1987 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. She's been married to Roman Kulesza since 2009.

Career

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Pihan-Kulesza became the Polish all-around champion eight times – in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. She also represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London where she had a chance to be in the top 12 all-around after first three rotations, but eventually finished 19th due to a fall on the balance beam. She was also third reserve for the floor exercise final, where she placed 11th.

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She is known for a difficult beam routine which includes a clean switch 1/1 and a double front (and later double Arabian) dismount. Her floor routine also had considerable difficulty.

2014

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In the qualifying round at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia, Pihan-Kulesza posted a 56.499, which was the third highest all-around score. She qualified third on the balance beam with a 14.400 and sixth on floor with a 14.300. In the finals Pihan-Kulesza had a wobbly beam routine placing sixth with a 13.733 score. She performed a clean floor routine and tied for the fourth place with Romania's Diana Bulimar.

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At the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China, Pihan-Kulesza qualified 13th for the all-around final with a 55.665 score. She finished third reserve on floor with 13.900 after experiencing difficulty with her last pass where she debuted and stuck her piked double Arabian. She also finished 25th on both the balance beam and the uneven bars with a score of 13.766 and 13.933 respectively. Her scores contributed to Polish team's 17th-place finish, which was enough to qualify for the 2015 World Championships held in Glasgow. She made a few mistakes in the all-around final and finished 14th with a 55.156.

2015 to 2016

In 2015, Pihan-Kulesza competed at the European Championships in Montpellier, France, where she finished fifth in the all-around competition with a 55.198, as well as fifth in the floor exercise final with a 14.233. A few weeks later, she was set to compete at the 2015 European Games in Baku, but had to withdraw from the competition due to an injury sustained at the Polish Championships. At the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, she made a few mistakes in the qualifications and did not reach any finals.

In early 2016, Pihan-Kulesza announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics at the age of 29.

References

Marta Pihan-Kulesza Wikipedia