Danielle Harrison

Danielle Harrison

Harrison in 2015
Personal information
Country represented Great Britain
Born (1999-11-15) 15 November 1999
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Home town Basingstoke, England
Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Coach Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs
Choreographer Debi Briggs, Andrew Smith
Skating club Dundee & Basingstoke
Training locations Dundee
Former training locations Basingstoke
Began skating 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 117.30
2014 JGP Estonia
Short program 44.17
2015 Junior Worlds
Free skate 77.61
2014 JGP Czech

Danielle Harrison (born 15 November 1999) is a British figure skater. She won the British senior national title in December 2015.

Personal life

Danielle Harrison was born on 15 November 1999 in Basingstoke, England.[1] The daughter of Pam and Mark Harrison, she is the youngest of four children.[2] She attended Castle Hill Junior School[3] and later Everest Community Academy.[2]

Career

Harrison began taking skating lessons in March 2006.[4] In her early years, she was taught by Jenny Woolford at Basingstoke Arena.[3] Harrison was awarded the novice bronze medal at the British Championships in the 2011–12 season and silver the following year, coached by Debi and Simon Briggs with support from Gary Peed, Peter Bækgaard, Andrew Smith and Lisa Beaumont.[5][6] She won the British junior silver medal in the 2013–14 season.

Harrison debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series at the start of the next season, placing 15th in the Czech Republic and 14th in Estonia. In November 2014, she won the junior gold medal at the British Championships after placing first in the short program and third in the free skate.[7] She also finished first at the Bavarian Open in February 2015, competing in Junior Ladies group I. Having attained the minimum technical scores, she was sent to the World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia in March 2015. Her short program result, 27th, was insufficient to advance to the free skate.

In 2015–16, Harrison continued on the JGP series, finishing 20th in Poland and 17th in Spain. Making her senior international debut, she placed 7th at the Volvo Open Cup. In December, she became the British national senior champion, finishing just ahead of Zoe Wilkinson.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[1]
  • Suns and Stars
    (Pan trailer)
    by Cesc vilá Aullina
  • Molitva
    by Vladimir Graić
2014–2015
[8]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[9]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Europeans 29th
Volvo Open Cup 7th
International: Junior[9]
Junior Worlds 27th
JGP Estonia 14th
JGP Czech 15th
JGP Poland 20th
JGP Spain 17th
EYOF 10th
Bavarian Open 1st J.
Cup of Nice 3rd J. 6th J.
Santa Claus Cup 4th J.
Volvo Open Cup 11th J. 8th J.
Ice Challenge 1st N.
National
British Champ. 3rd N. 2nd N. 2nd J. 1st J. 1st
Levels: N. = Novice, J. = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 "Danielle HARRISON: 2015/2015". International Skating Union.
  2. 1 2 Morton, Helen (17 July 2012). "Everest student carries Olympic Torch". Basingstoke Gazette.
  3. 1 2 "Danielle gets her skates on for an England call-up". Basingstoke Gazette. 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Richards, Lucie (24 January 2008). "Trio plan on dancing their way to stardom". Basingstoke Gazette.
  5. ↑ "Danielle caps great season with bronze". Basingstoke Gazette. 4 December 2011.
  6. ↑ Merry, Graham (24 July 2013). "Basingstoke figure skater Danielle Harrison tops national rankings". Basingstoke Gazette.
  7. ↑ Merry, Graham (9 December 2014). "Ice skater Danielle Harrison wins British title". Basingstoke Gazette.
  8. ↑ "Danielle HARRISON: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Competition Results: Danielle HARRISON". International Skating Union.

External links

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