Owen Edwards
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Owen Edwards is a Welsh ice dancer who competes for Great Britain
. He competes with Louise Walden
, with whom he teamed up in 2006. They are the 2010 British Gold Medalists and are 2011 British
and Welsh ice dancing champions.
Walden and Edwards made their international debut in October 2008 at the 2008 Karl Schaefer Memorial in Vienna
, Austria
, where they placed 8th. Since April 2008 they have been based at CSG Lyon International Skating Academy, France where they are coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui
, Romain Haguenauer
and Olivier Schoenfelder
.
Walden and Edwards were ranked 5th in the 2009/2010 UK national rankings and 2nd in 2010/2011. They competed at their first World Championships in 2011
.
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
. He competes with Louise Walden
Louise Walden
Louise Walden is a British ice dancer. She competes with Owen Edwards, with whom she teamed up in 2006. They are the 2010 British Gold Medalists and are 2011 British and Welsh ice dancing champions.Walden was born in Preston, England...
, with whom he teamed up in 2006. They are the 2010 British Gold Medalists and are 2011 British
British Figure Skating Championships
The British Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United Kingdom...
and Welsh ice dancing champions.
Walden and Edwards made their international debut in October 2008 at the 2008 Karl Schaefer Memorial in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, where they placed 8th. Since April 2008 they have been based at CSG Lyon International Skating Academy, France where they are coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui
Muriel Boucher-Zazoui
Muriel Boucher-Zazoui is a French retired competitive ice dancer who now works as a coach and choreographer. She competed with Yves Malatier and together they are the 1977 and 1978 French national champions. They competed twice at the European Championships, with the highest placement of 13th,...
, Romain Haguenauer
Romain Haguenauer
Romain Haguenauer is a French retired competitive ice dancer who now works as coach and choreographer.-Career:...
and Olivier Schoenfelder
Olivier Schoenfelder
Olivier Schoenfelder is a French ice dancer. With partner Isabelle Delobel, he is the 2008 World champion, the 2007 European and the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion.-Career:...
.
Walden and Edwards were ranked 5th in the 2009/2010 UK national rankings and 2nd in 2010/2011. They competed at their first World Championships in 2011
2011 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 World Figure Skating Championships are the World Figure Skating Championships for the 2010–2011 season. They are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion....
.
Programs
(with Walden)| Season | Short dance Short dance The short dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was approved by the June 2010 International Skating Union congress and instituted beginning in the 2010–2011 figure skating season... |
Free dance Free dance (figure skating) The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:... |
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| 2011–2012 |
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Competitive highlights
(with Walden)| Event | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion... |
20th | |||||
| British Championships British Figure Skating Championships The British Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United Kingdom... |
5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 2nd |
| Coupe Internationale de Nice Coupe Internationale de Nice The Coupe Internationale de Nice is an annual international figure skating competition usually held in October or November in Nice, France. It has been held since 1995. It was not held in 2005... |
5th | 5th | ||||
| NRW Trophy NRW Trophy The NRW Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2007, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the International Skating Union.... |
7th | 6th | ||||
| Ice Challenge Ice Challenge The Ice Challenge is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Austrian Figure Skating Association and sanctioned by the International Skating Union. It began in 1971 as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen and was retitled the Ice Challenge in 2008. It is held every autumn in... |
11th | 1st | 6th | |||
| International Trophy of Lyon | 1st | |||||
| Karl Schaefer Memorial | 8th | |||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.... |
12th | 10th | ||||
| Ondrej Nepala Memorial | 7th | 8th | 8th | |||
| Winter Universiade Figure skating at the Winter Universiade Figure skating is a part of the Winter Universiade. It was first held as part of the Universiade in 1960.-Men's singles:- Ladies singles :- Pair skating :- Ice dancing :-References:* -External links:*... |
13th | 5th | ||||
| Welsh Championships | 1st |