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New Zealand Figure Skating Championships
Recurring figure skating competition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The New Zealand Figure Skating Championships are held annually to crown the national champions of New Zealand. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by the New Zealand Ice Figure Skating Association, the sport's national governing body.
The first New Zealand Championships were held in 1939 on the Manorburn Dam in Central Otago. Championships were conducted on frozen lakes on the South Island until 1952, when the Centaurus Ice Rink in Christchurch opened.[1] The first indoor rink on the North Island opened in 1964 in Wellington.
Ricky Cockerill and Ivan McDonald are tied for winning the most New Zealand Championship titles in men's singles (with seven each), while Gay Le Comte and Alexandra Rout are tied for winning the most New Zealand Championship titles in women's singles (with six each). McDonald holds the record in pair skating (with seven), although not all with the same partner, and also holds the record in ice dance (with nine); again, not with the same partner.
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Senior medalists
Men’s singles
Women's singles
- Aslihan Aydin was named the 2003 New Zealand Champion since Sarah-Yvonne Prytula, the first-place finisher, was a guest skater from Australia. Aydin had competed the year before as a guest skater from Turkey.
Pairs
Ice dance
- While Rebecca Khoo and Evgeni Borounov were the only competitors at the 2000 New Zealand Championships, they were not named the New Zealand Champions since they were guest skaters from Australia.
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Junior medalists
Men's singles
- Thomas Woodbridge was named the 2012 New Zealand Junior Champion since Darian Kaptich, the first-place finisher, was a guest skater from Australia.
Women's singles
Pairs
Ice dance
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Records
References
External links
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