Calla Vita Urbanski-Petka (born June 26, 1960)^[1] is an American formerpair skater. WithRocky Marval, she is the 1991Skate America champion, the 1992NHK Trophy bronze medalist, and a two-timeU.S. national champion (1992–1993). They represented the United States at the1992 Winter Olympics and finished tenth.

Urbanski was raised inSkokie, Illinois,^[2] the daughter of a radio engineer and a hair stylist.^[3] She worked double shifts as a waitress and barmaid during her skating career.^[3]

Competing with Michael Blicharski, Urbanski placed 6th at the 1988 U.S. Championships. Their partnership ended when he decided to join an ice show due to financial problems.^[4] She then competed two seasons with Mark Naylor but they split after finishing seventh at the1990 Goodwill Games.^[4]

Urbanski teamed up withRocky Marval in 1990. They were coached byRonald Ludington inWilmington, Delaware.^[3] The media dubbed the pair "The Waitress and the Truck Driver" because of their occupations.^[2] In the 1991–92 season, Urbanski/Marval won gold at the1991 Skate America and at the1992 U.S. Championships. They were named in the U.S. team to the1992 Winter Olympics inAlbertville, France and finished tenth. Both developed chest colds at the event and waited a day for medication because the approved type had initially run out.^[5] The pair placed seventh in the final event of the season, the1992 World Championships.

In June 1992, Urbanski and Marval announced the end of their partnership.^[6][7] Both arranged tryouts with other skaters — Urbanski with Scott Kurttila and Marval withNatasha Kuchiki — but the two decided to reunite in late July.^[8][9] They competed together for one more season, winning bronze at the1992 NHK Trophy and theirsecond U.S. national title.

Urbanski then teamed up withJoseph Mero. After the pair finished seventh at the1994 U.S. Championships, she reunited with Marval and turned professional, enjoying several successful years in the mid-1990s. She coached inWilmington,Delaware^[10] and then inFlorida.^[11]

(with Marval)

• 1994 Challenge of Champions: 4
• 1994 Goodwill Games: 6
• 1994 U.S. Open: 3
• 1995 Challenge of Champions: 2
• 1995 Legends Championships: 4
• 1995 Rider's Skating Championship: 4
• 1996 Canadian Professional Championships: 4
• 1996 Masters Miko: 3
• 1996 The Professional Championships: 5
• 1996 U.S. Professional Championships: 3
• 1997 Challenge of Champions: WD
• 1998 World Professional Championships: 3

• 1960 births
• American female pair skaters
• Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics
• Olympic figure skaters for the United States
• Living people
• Figure skaters from Chicago
• Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
• FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States
• Competitors at the 1987 Winter Universiade
• Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
• 20th-century American sportswomen

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