Black Ice (synchronized skating team)

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Team information
Country representedFlag of Canada.svg  Canada
Formed 1992
Discontinued 2010
Coach Cathy Dalton
Level Senior
Season's bests 4 ( 2009–10 )
7 ( 2008–09 )
? ( 2007–08 )
? ( 2006–07 )
6 ( 2005–06 )
ISU team best scores
Combined total 210.90
2010 Worlds
Short program 76.26
2010 Worlds
Free skate 134.64
2010 Worlds

black ice were a synchronized skating team from Canada. Their senior team were three-time medalists at the World Championships and eight-time Canadian national champions. The team was founded by Cathy Dalton and Susan Pettes. [1] On October 20, 2010, black ice announced they were retiring. [1] Their junior team won the 2006 French Cup and was 5th at Junior World Challenge Cup that same year. black ice also appeared on the Canadian reality show Say Yes & Marry Me! in 2003, where they helped a man propose to his girlfriend.

Synchronized skating

Synchronized skating is a sport where between eight and sixteen figure skaters perform together as a team. They move as a flowing unit at high speed over the ice, while completing complicated footwork. Synchronized skating grew rapidly in the late 20th and early 21st centuries and today there are approximately 600 synchro teams in the United States alone.

Canada Country in North America

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States is the world's longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, many near the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.

The ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships (WSSC) are the world championships for the sport of synchronized skating. Held since 2000, the World Synchronized Skating Championships is an annual event organized by the International Skating Union and attracts the most elite senior-level synchronized skating teams from around the world to compete for the World Championship.

Competitive results

National
Event 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Canadian Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd
Source [2] [2] [2] [2] [2] [3] [2] [4] [2] [5] [2] [6] [2] [7]
International
Event 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
World Championships 2nd 3rd 3rd 6th 6th 5th 4th
Source [2] [2] [8] [2] [9] [2] [10] [2] [11] [2] [12] [2] [13]
Finlandia Cup 1st
Source [14]
Prague Cup 4th
Source [15]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships / Championnats du monde de patinage synchronisé de l'UIP" (PDF). Skate Canada. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  3. ↑ "2006 BMO Financial Group Skate Canada Synchronized Championships". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  4. ↑ The first PDF shows the short program results, the latter shows those of the free skating:
  5. ↑ The first PDF shows the short program results, the latter shows those of the free skating:
  6. ↑ "Senior Synchro" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  7. ↑ "Senior Synchro" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  8. ↑ "World Synchronized Skating ChampionshipS". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  9. ↑ "2002 World Synchronized Skating Championships". Tino Eberl. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
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  11. ↑ "Senior Synchronized". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  12. ↑ "Senior Synchronized". International Skating Union. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  13. ↑ "Senior Synchronized". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  14. ↑ "Senior Teams". The Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  15. ↑ "Prague Cup 2008" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
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