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Top ten finish for ice dancers

Tuesday, 14th February 2012

Australian Ice Dance Champions, Danielle O’Brien (from Strathfield) and Greg Merriman (from Canterbury) competed in the Four Continents Championship in Colorado Springs, USA last weekend placing 9th, scoring a personal best 105.91 points. The title was won by current Canadian Olympic Champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.

Australia’s first ever Junior Grand Prix Figure Skating event was held at the Iceworld Olympic Ice Rink in Boondale, Queensland from the 7th-10th of September.

Six of Australia’s top junior skaters competed at the event, it was the international debut of three of these athletes.

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The AIS Figure Skating program aims to provide elite scholarship athletes with funding support, specialist coaching and support services.

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Performance highlights since the inception of the program include:

  • Tenth place at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games (Anthony Liu)
  • Twelfth place at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games (Joanne Carter)
  • 20th place at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games (Cheltzie Lee)
  • Seventh place at the 2002 World Championships (Anthony Liu)
  • Eleventh place at the 1997 World Championships (Joanne Carter)
  • Fourth place at the 2005 Four Continents Championships (Joanne Carter)
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