Cathy Reed

Cathy Reed
The Reeds in practice.
Personal information
Full name	Cathy Reed
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1987-06-05) June 5, 1987 Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Partner	Chris Reed
Coach	Galit Chait John Kerr Inese Bucevica
Former coach	Shae-Lynn Bourne Nikolai Morozov Valter Rizzo Andrew Stroukoff Susan Kelley
Choreographer	Galit Chait Inese Bucevica
Former choreographer	Nikolai Morozov
Skating club	Kawagoe Figure Skating Club
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	141.75 2013 World Team Trophy
Short dance:	56.35 2013 World Team Trophy
Free dance	85.40 2013 World Team Trophy
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Competitor for  Japan Asian Winter Games Silver 2011 Astana-Almaty Ice dancing

Cathy Reed (born June 5, 1987) is a Japanese ice dancer who represents Japan. She competes with her younger brother Chris Reed. They are the 5-time Japanese national champions (2008 - 2011, 2013).

Personal life

Cathy Reed was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her mother is Japanese and her father is American.^[1] She was a dual citizen of Japan and the United States until she turned 22. Japanese law required those who are dual citizens at birth to relinquish their dual citizenship, so Cathy Reed chose Japanese citizenship at the age of 22 in order to continue to represent Japan in ice dancing.^[2] She competes in ice dancing with her younger brother Chris Reed. Her younger sister Allison Reed is also an ice dancer, who represented Georgia with Otar Japaridze.^[1]

Career

The Reeds are the 2006 U.S. Novice Dance Champions, but chose to represent Japan beginning in the 2006–2007 season.^[3] While Novice national champions are usually given a chance to compete on the Junior Grand Prix, Cathy Reed was too old at the time of their win to compete as a junior internationally. The Reeds were offered a chance to compete for Japan and they took it. They advanced immediately to the senior level, skipping Juniors entirely.

After advancing to the senior level, they placed fourth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb and second at the 2007 Japan Championships. At the 2007 Four Continents, they finished ahead of several teams who had been competing as seniors much longer. ^{[citation needed]}

At their Grand Prix debut, the 2007 Skate America, they placed 9th. They placed 8th at their second Grand Prix event, the 2007 NHK Trophy. They won the Japanese Championships. They repeated their 7th place finish at the Four Continents, and then placed 16th at the 2008 World Championships. They represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She and her brother will be representing Japan in the Sochi Olympics.^[1]

Programs

(with Chris Reed)

Competitive highlights

With Reed for Japan

With Reed for the U.S.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cathy Reed.

• Official website
• Cathy Reed & Chris Reed Official Blog
• Cathy Reed / Chris Reed at the International Skating Union
• 2006 U.S. Nationals bio PDF (25.7 KB)