Kristen Spours

Kristen Spours
Personal information
Country represented United Kingdom
Born (2000-04-11) 11 April 2000
Kingston upon Thames, England
Home town Guildford, England
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Coach Christian Newberry, Ruth Woodstock
Former coach Veronika Bogomolova
Choreographer Mark Naylor
Skating club Lee Valley, London
Training locations London
Began skating 2006

Kristen Spours (born 11 April 2000) is an English figure skater. She has won four senior international medals and qualified to the free skate at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Spours was born on 11 April 2000 in Kingston upon Thames, England.[1] She is a student at the Howard of Effingham School.[2]

Career

Spours began learning to skate in 2006,[1] having become interested after watching Dancing on Ice.[3] She is coached by Ruth Woodstock at Guildford Spectrum and Christian Newberry at the Lee Valley Ice Centre.[2]

2015–2016 season

Making her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) appearance, Spours placed 21st in Bratislava, Slovakia. At the British Championships, she finished fourth in the junior ladies' category. Her senior debut came in February 2016, at the Jégvirág Cup; she obtained the gold medal and the minimum technical scores to compete at the 2016 World Championships in Boston. As a result, she was named in the British team to senior Worlds,[4] despite not having appeared on the senior level nationally. She placed 36th in Boston.

2016–2017 season

Competing on the senior level, Spours won silver at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in October 2016 and bronze at the Merano Cup in November. In December 2016, she won the junior ladies' title and placed 5th on the senior level at the British Championships. In January 2017, she was awarded silver in the senior ladies' category at Skate Helena. In March, she placed 16th in the short program, 14th in the free skate, and 15th overall at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
[1]
2015–2016
[5]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Worlds 36th
CS Finlandia 15th
CS Lombardia 12th
Challenge Cup 10th
DS Cup 2nd
Jégvirág Cup 1st
Merano Cup 3rd
Skate Helena 2nd
International: Junior and novice[6][7]
Junior Worlds 15th
JGP France 13th
JGP Slovakia 21st
Lombardia Trophy 12th J
Merano Cup 14th J
MNNT Cup 3rd J 12th J
Seibt Memorial 12th J 25th J
Avas Cup 1st J
Jégvirág Cup 2nd J
GP Bratislava 1st J
Ice Challenge 20th N
National[6][7]
British Champ. 5th
British Champ. 24th N 13th N 3rd N 6th J 5th J 4th J 1st J
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kristen SPOURS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 Gliddon, Mark (16 March 2016). "Kristen Spours selected to represent Great Britain at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston". GLL Sport Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Discover Kristen Spours, with 4 weeks until the British Championships". National Ice Skating Association. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Guildford teenager through to figure skating world championships". Eagle Radio. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kristen SPOURS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Kristen SPOURS". International Skating Union. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Kristen Spours". tracings.net. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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