Clive Shorten

Clive Shorten
Personal information
Country represented United Kingdom
Born 28 June 1973
London, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Former partner Victoria Pearce

Clive Shorten (born 28 June 1973)[1] is a British former figure skater. He is the 1999 British national champion in men's singles and competed at the World, European, and World Junior Championships. He placed 19th at 1992 Junior Worlds and 1995 Europeans. Shorten also competed internationally in pair skating with Victoria Pearce. They placed eighth at the 1992 World Junior Championships and 13th at the 1993 European Championships.

Shorten later became a coach working at Alexander Palace until 2004. In January 2005 he was appointed head coach at Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre in Chelmsford. In July 2005 Shorten moved to Cornwall and took up a new career in carpentry, but continued to coach ice skating in Plymouth.[2]

Shorten has featured in several television advertisements and was Robbie Williams skating body double in his She's the One video.[3]

Competitive highlights

Single skating

Results[4]
International
Event 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
World Champ. 31st
European Champ. 19th 24th
Karl Schäfer 8th
Nebelhorn Trophy 13th
Piruetten 3rd
Prague Skate 2nd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 21st 19th
National
British Champ. 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st

Pair skating with Pearce

Results[4]
International
Event 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
European Championships 13th
World Junior Championships 14th 8th

References

  1. ↑ "Clive Shorten". Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008.
  2. ↑ "Newquay figure skater Jess bags gold in national comp - and calls for ice rink in Cornwall". Cornish Guardian. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Clive Shorten, Coaching Career at plymouthiceskatingclinics.com, retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Clive SHORTEN". the-sports.org.