Audrey Freyja Clarke
Audrey Freyja Clarke is a retired Icelandic figure skater. She is a multiple Icelandic National Champion where her reign lasted eight years only missing out one year where she did not compete.
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Full name | Audrey Freyja Clarke |
Born | December 13, 1987 |
Hometown | Akureyri, Iceland |
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Iceland |
Coach | Iveta Reitmeyerova, Helga Margrét Clarke |
Skating club | Akureyri Skating Club |
Began skating | 1997 |
Retired | 2011 |
Personal life
Audrey Freyja Clarke was born December 13, 1987 in Akureyri, Iceland, as the youngest of three sisters. Her sister Helga Margrét Clarke also skated and was the 2001 junior national champion[1] and later coached.
The sisters, Audrey Freyja and Helga Margrét, formed a musical duet called Sister Sister which was active in 2013-2015 and released one CD[2] where Audrey Freyja was the lead singer and Helga Margrét played piano and sang. Audrey Freyja was also a contestant on the Icelandic version of The Voice in 2015.[3]
In 2011 she graduated as a physical therapist from the University of Iceland.[4]
She was the national Curling champion in 2004 with Ísmeistarar from Akureyri.[5]
Career
Audrey Freyja started skating at the age of 10 in Akureyri and was early on coached by Leena-Kaisa Viitanen (Mimmi) and Sanna-Maija Wiksten, and later by Iveta Reitmeyerova. During the summer months she trained in Nottingham, England, and in Belfast, Northern Ireland with Margaret O´Neill.[6] Audrey was also coached for several years by her sister Helga Margrét.
She was the second skater to represent Iceland at ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed 35th at the 2005–2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Gdańsk, Poland.[7]
She represented Iceland at five Nordic Championships in junior from 2003-2007 with her best placement being 16th in 2007.[8]
She was the first senior skater in 2009 to represent Iceland at the Reykjavík International Games where she earned silver.[9]
She was elected skater of the year five times for the years 2003-2007 by the Icelandic Skating Association and is the skater who has earned the title most often.
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2003–2004 |
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2004–2006 |
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2006–2008 |
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2008–2009 |
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Competitive highlights
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Event | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 |
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Reykjavík International Games | 2nd | |||||||
International: Junior | ||||||||
JGP Poland | 35th | |||||||
the Nordics | 20th | 21st | 20th | 19th | 16th | |||
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Icelandic Champ. | 1st N | 1st J | 1st J | 1st J | 1st J | DNC | 1st J | 1st S. |
N. = Novice level, J. = Junior level, S. = Senior level DNC = did not compete |
Gallery
- Audrey Freyja Clarke Skater of the year 2007
References
Citations
Sources
- "Íslandsmót" (PDF). www.iceskate.is. 2001. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- "Söngelskar systur". www.vikubladid.is. 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- "Ákvað að taka eitthvað sem mér finnst töff". www.mbl.is. 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- "Brautskráning kandídata laugardaginn 11. júní 2011". www.hi.is. 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- "FRÉTTIR". www.sasport.is. 2004. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- "Results RIG 2009" (PDF). www.iceskate.is. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- "Results Nordics 2007". 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- "JGP Poland 2005". 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-10-08. Retrieved 8 October 2008.