Brooklee Han

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Brooklee Han
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Brooklee Han at the 2018 Four Continents Championships
Born (1995-07-06) July 6, 1995 (age 29)
Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
Hometown Redding, Connecticut, United States
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (2010–2019)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States (until 2009)
Coach Peter Cain, Darlene Cain
Skating clubStars FSC of Texas
Ice House FSC
Melbourne IFSC
Began skating2000
Retired1 July 2019

Brooklee Han (born July 6, 1995) is an American-Australian retired figure skater who represented Australia in ladies' singles. She is the 2018 CS Alpen Trophy bronze medalist, the 2013 Volvo Open Cup champion, the 2013 Australian national champion, and a five-time Australian national silver medalist (2012, 2014–2018).

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She placed 20th at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Brooklee Han was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. [1] [2] In 2013, she graduated from Joel Barlow High School in Redding, Connecticut. [2] [3] Later that year, she became a part-time student at Wesleyan University. [4] She studied international relations and German before taking a leave of absence in 2016 in order to train in Texas. [5] Her father is Australian. [6]

Born to parents who were both equestrians, Han has also competed in dressage and eventing. [7] She began playing the violin at age five. [7] She started a community orchestra in her town and volunteers teaching violin to grade school students.

Skating career

Brooklee Han began skating at age five in Brewster, New York. [6] Serhii Vaypan became her coach in 2007. [6] Han has trained at the Newington Arena in Newington, Connecticut, the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury, Connecticut, and Medibank Icehouse in Melbourne, Victoria. [7]

The 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy was the qualifying competition for the 2014 Winter Olympics for countries which had not qualified an entry in a figure skating discipline at the 2013 Worlds. In August 2013, Australian skater Chantelle Kerry argued before the Australian Court of Arbitration for Sport that Han should not compete at Nebelhorn Trophy because she did not compete at the inaugural Skate Down Under competition, which was used as the Australian qualification event to select skaters for the Nebelhorn Trophy. That claim was rejected and Han was selected to compete. [8] [9] Han finished fifth at the Nebelhorn Trophy and, as a result of her placement, Australia received one of the six remaining ladies' spots to the Olympics. [10]

The dispute over the Olympic berth continued with claims that Han became ineligible after competing at a club event in America without the approval of the national federation. The Court of Arbitration for Sport heard the case in December 2013. [8] [9] Despite the court ruling that Han's participation could have led to her becoming ineligible, previous communications between the skater and Ice Skating Australia (ISA) showed that ISA had no objections to her competing in the event. The claim was ultimately rejected and Han was confirmed as Australia's ladies' representative at the Olympics. [11] Han later finished 20th at the Olympics and 19th at the 2014 World Championships.

On June 27, 2014, Han was selected to compete at the 2014 Skate America, the first of six competitions in the 2014–15 Grand Prix series. After another skater withdrew, she was given a spot to the 2014 Skate Canada International. Han finished in 10th and 8th place, respectively.

In August 2016, Han relocated to Euless, Texas, to be coached by Peter Cain and Darlene Cain. [5]

She announced her retirement from competitive skating on July 1, 2019. [12] [13] [14]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[15]
2017–2018
[16] [5]
  • I Dreamed a Dream
    (from Les Misérables)
    by Claude-Michel Schönberg
    performed by Susan Boyle
2016–2017
[1] [5]
  • Por una Cabeza
    by Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera
    choreo. by Evgeni Nemirovski
  • Day of Wrath
    by Bogdan Ota
2015–2016
[17] [18]
  • Dans la maison
    by Philippe Rombi
    choreo. by Serhii Vaypan
2014–2015
[19]
2013–2014
[20] [21]
  • Secret
    by Jay Chou
2012–2013
[22]
  • Freedom
    by Michael Smith
  • Titanic Symphony
    by Richard Clayderman
2011–2012
[23]
2010–2011
[24]
  • Take Five
    by Dave Brubeck
  • Unsquare Dance
    by Dave Brubeck
  • When My Mother Sings
    by Richard Clayderman, James Last

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International [25]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Olympics 20th
Worlds 21st19th35th
Four Continents 12th14th17th17th14th14thWD
GP France 10th
GP Skate Canada 8th
GP Skate America 10th
CS Alpen Trophy 3rd
CS Autumn Classic 7th10th
CS Denkova-Staviski 6th
CS Finlandia 8th
CS Nebelhorn 4th7th11th9th
CS U.S. Classic 6th10th7th
Bavarian Open WD
Merano Cup 3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy 8th5th
Reykjavík Int. Games 2nd
Triglav Trophy 6th
Volvo Open Cup 1st
International: Junior [25]
Junior Worlds 21st30th16th
JGP Australia 8th
JGP Czech Republic 11th
JGP Germany 17th
JGP Italy 13th
JGP Mexico 8th
JGP Turkey 12th
JGP U.K. 10th
JGP U.S. 8th
Bavarian Open 2nd
National [25]
Australian Champ. 2nd1st2nd2nd2nd2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

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