Beata Handra

Beata Handra was the daughter of a Hungarian refugee from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and a Japanese mother. Handra attended U Cal Berkeley but then decided to focus on skating. She competed at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics in ice dancing with Charles Sinek, also her husband.

Handra and Sinek finished fourth at the USA Nationals in 1999-2002. Two of the teams ranked ahead of them in 2002 had mixed nationalities and were thus not eligible for the Olympics, which enabled Handra / Sinek to compete at Salt Lake City. Internationally their best finish was fourth place at the 2002 Four Continents Championship.