Josh Whidborne
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| File:2010 WJC Charlotte AIKEN Josh WHIDBORNE.jpg Aiken and Whidborne at the 2010 Junior Worlds | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Josh Whidborne |
| Born | 18 September 1989 Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Partner | Charlotte Aiken |
| Coach | John Dunn |
| Skating club | Lee Valley London |
| Began skating | 2000 |
Josh Whidborne (born 18 September 1989) is an English ice dancer who represents Great Britain. With his partner Charlotte Aiken, he is the 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial bronze medalist and 2012 British national silver medalist.
Career
[edit | edit source]Whidborne started his skating career in 2005 at the age of 15.[1]
Whidborne teamed up with Charlotte Aiken in 2008, after each won the British solo ice dance championships (what level?). They are coached by John Dunn at Lee Valley in London. They are the 2009/10 and 2010/11 Welsh and British junior ice dance champions. They were members of Deeside Ice Skating Club and Ice Skate Wales. In 2009, they made the decision to relocate to Deeside, North Wales to train with coach Joan Slater MBE and with 2002 Olympian Marika Humphreys-Baranova as their choreographer.
In 2009, they were crowned British Junior Ice Dance champions.[2] In 2010, they earned a place in the British Championships.[3]
In January 2011, they relocated to Madrid, Spain, to train with John Dunn. In 2012, John Dunn relocated with his students back to the UK
In the 2012–2013 season, Aiken and Whidborne won their first senior international medal, bronze at the 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. They then won the silver medal at the 2012 British Championships.[4]
Programs
[edit | edit source]Ice dance with Charlotte Aiken
[edit | edit source]| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2012–2013 [5] |
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| 2010–2011 [6] |
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| 2009–2010 [7] |
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Results
[edit | edit source]Ice dance with Charlotte Aiken
[edit | edit source]| International[8] | ||||
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| Event | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2012–13 |
| Europeans | 22nd | |||
| Cup of Nice | 8th | |||
| Nebelhorn | 11th | |||
| NRW Trophy | 5th | |||
| Ondrej Nepela | 3rd | |||
| International: Junior | ||||
| Junior Worlds | 15th | 18th | ||
| JGP Germany | 11th | 11th | ||
| JGP Great Britain | 9th | |||
| JGP Hungary | 11th | |||
| Bavarian Open | 4th J. | |||
| Santa Claus Cup | 1st J. | |||
| National | ||||
| British Champ. | 4th J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 2nd |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Charlotte Aiken / Josh Whidborne at the International Skating Union Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
