Elžbieta Kropa (born 31 March 1999) is a Lithuanian figure skater. She is the 2017 Kaunas Ice Autumn Cup champion and a two-time Lithuanian national champion. She qualified for the final segment at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia, and finished 22nd overall. She also represented Lithuania at three World Championships.
Career Kropa made her Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut at the 2015 JGP Slovakia and finished 18th. She then won the junior title at the 2016 Lithuanian Championships. She finished 41st in the short program at the 2016 World Junior Championships.
Kropa finished 13th at the 2016 JGP Czech Republic and performed a triple-triple combination for the first time. She also finished 13th in the senior level Cup of Nice. She then won the senior title at the 2017 Lithuanian Championships. At the 2017 European Championships, she finished 28th in the short program and did not advance to the free skate. She then finished 38th in the short program at the 2017 World Junior Championships.
At the 2018 European Championships, Kropa advanced to the free skate and finished 22nd overall. She achieved personal bests in the free skate and in the combined total, and she met the minimum technical elements score requirement to compete at the 2018 World Championships. There, she finished 31st in the short program and did not advance to the free skate.
Kropa finished fourth at the 2019 Tallink Hotels Cup, and she met the minimum technical elements score to compete at the 2019 World Championships. There, she set a new personal best score in the short program but still did not advance to the free skate, finishing 38th.
Kropa finished second to Aleksandra Golovkina at the 2020 Lithuanian Championships. She then won a bronze medal at the 2020 Skate Helena.
Kropa finished 37th in the short program at the 2021 World Championships.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2020–2021 Feeling Good Rain, In Your Black Eyes 2017–2018 I Put a Spell on You The Winter 2016–2017 Burlesque 2015–2016 Tango de los Exilados 2014–2015 Beyond Rangoon Waters of Irrawaddy
Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 Worlds 31st 38th 37th Europeans 28th 22nd Alpen Trophy WD Budapest WD Golden Spin WD Ice Star 10th 21st Lombardia 15th WD Ondrej Nepela 16th Tallinn Trophy 20th Warsaw Cup WD Challenge Cup 13th 18th 16th Cup of Nice 13th Dragon Trophy 11th Hellmut Seibt 14th Kaunas Autumn 1st NRW Trophy 6th Skate Helena 3rd Tallinn Trophy 18th Tallink Hotels Cup 4th 7th 11th Toruń Cup 13th 11th WD Universiade 16th International: Junior Junior Worlds 41st 38th Czech Rep. 13th Poland 22nd Slovakia 18th Hellmut Seibt 3rd 1st Ice Star 6th NRW Trophy 11th RU Crystal Skate 5th Tallinn Trophy 10th Toruń Cup 5th 10th 5th Volvo Open Cup 19th Warsaw Cup 8th National Lithuania 2nd J 2nd J 1st J 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st J = Junior level
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