About Petra Burka
Petra Burka is a Canadian former competitive figure skater and now coach. She won the 1964 Olympic bronze medal in women's figure skating and the 1965 World championship in the sport. At the 1962 Canadian Championships, Burka became the first woman to land a triple Salchow and came away with the silver medal. Burka won the first of her three consecutive senior national titles in 1964 and represented Canada at the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the bronze medal. Burka became the first Canadian skater to perform in the Soviet Union when she appeared in a two-week tour in Moscow and Kyiv. Burka won bronze at the 1964 World Championships in Dortmund.
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