| Joey Russell | |
|---|---|
) Russell in 2007. | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Canada |
| Born | June 24, 1988 Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Former coach | Lee Barkell, Doug Leigh, Paige Aistrop, David Islam, Jan Ullmark |
| Former choreographer | Pasquale Camerlengo, Lance Vipond, David Wilson, Sébastien Britten |
| Skating club | Polaris Labrador City |
| Former training locations | Barrie, Ontario |
| Began skating | 1994 |
| Retired | May 31, 2011 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 171.44 2010 Four Continents Championships |
| Short program | 61.82 2009 Skate Canada |
| Free skate | 114.39 2010 Four Continents Championships |
Joey Russell (born June 24, 1988 in Labrador City) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He competed at four ISU Championships; his best result was 11th, achieved at the 2007 World Junior Championships in Oberstdorf and at the 2010 Four Continents Championships in Jeonju. On the national level, he won the Canadian junior title in 2006 and a senior bronze medal in 2011. Russell trained at the Mariposa School of Skating.[1] On May 31, 2011, he announced his retirement from competitive figure skating.[2]
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 |
| Worlds | 24th | ||||||
| Four Continents | 11th | 14th | |||||
| GP Skate Canada | 10th | ||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 11th | 15th | 9th | 6th | |||
| International: Junior[3] | |||||||
| Junior Worlds | 11th | ||||||
| JGP Canada | 5th | ||||||
| JGP Hungary | 4th | ||||||
| JGP Japan | 11th | ||||||
| JGP Norway | 11th | ||||||
| Mladost Trophy | 1st J. | ||||||
| National[4] | |||||||
| Canadians | 4th J. | 1st J. | 6th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 3rd |
| Eastern Challenge | 3rd J. | 3rd J. | |||||
| J. = Junior level | |||||||
References
- ^ Mittan, Barry (October 21, 2007). "New Found Success for Newfoundlander". Skate Today.
- ^ "Joey Russell announces retirement from competitive skating". Skate Canada Newfoundland & Labrador. May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Joey RUSSELL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06.
- ^ Joey Russell at Skate Canada at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
External links
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