Josh Whidborne

Josh Whidborne
Josh Whidborne
	Aiken and Whidborne at the 2010 Junior Worlds
Full name	Josh Whidborne
Born	18 September 1989 (age 35); 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

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 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.^[1]

Programs

(with Aiken)

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2012–2013 ^[2]	The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band	Singing in the Rain by Gene Kelly Singing in the Rain remix by Mint Royale
2010–2011 ^[3]	Waltz: Que Sera Sera by Jay Livingstone Tango: Libertango by Astor Piazzolla	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
	Original dance
2009–2010 ^[4]	Scottish folk: Suo Gan Londonderry Hornpipe	Seisouso – Quidam (from Cirque du Soleil)

Results

(with Aiken)

Results^[5]
International
Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2012–13	2013–14
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	WD
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix Did not compete in the 2011–2012 season.

References

^ Newman, Clare (7 December 2012). "Duo skate to silver". Isle of Wight County Press.
^ "Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
^ "Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
^ "Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009.
^ "Competition Results: Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Josh Whidborne at Wikimedia Commons
Charlotte Aiken / Josh Whidborne at the International Skating Union

[iwcp121207-1] Newman, Clare (7 December 2012). "Duo skate to silver". Isle of Wight County Press.

[bio1213-2] "Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.

[bio1011-3] "Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.

[bio0910-4] "Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009.

[isucrCAJW-5] "Competition Results: Charlotte AIKEN / Josh WHIDBORNE". International Skating Union.

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