Andrea Gardiner | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | United States |
Born | Baytown, Texas | January 10, 1981
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Former coach | Becky Dever and Kitty Carruthers |
Former choreographer | Tammy Janoshak, Inna Shaposhnacovich, Nathan Birch |
Skating club | Houston FSC |
Former training locations | Sugarland, Texas |
Began skating | 1985 |
Retired | 2004 |
Andrea Gardiner (born January 10, 1981) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2000 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist and competed twice at the Four Continents Championships, placing 8th in 2000 and 11th in 2002. She was coached by Becky Dever at the 2000 U.S. Championships with Kitty Carruthers and Nathan Birch as choreographer.
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2001–2002 [1] |
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International [1] [2] | ||||||||||
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Event | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 |
Four Continents | 8th | 11th | ||||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 9th | |||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 3rd | |||||||||
International: Junior | ||||||||||
JGP Hungary | 5th | |||||||||
JGP France | 4th | |||||||||
National | ||||||||||
U.S. Champ. | 7th N | 8th J | 1st J | 8th | 16th | 5th | 8th | 7th | 12th | 14th |
JGP = Junior Series (Junior Grand Prix) Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior |
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