Charlotte Aiken | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Charlotte Aiken |
Country represented | Great Britain |
Born | Plymouth, Devon, England | 23 January 1992
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Partner | Josh Whidborne |
Coach | John Dunn |
Choreographer | John Dunn, Kevin Adams |
Skating club | Lee Valley London |
Training locations | London |
Began skating | 1995 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 101.42 2011 World Junior |
Short dance | 41.83 2013 Europeans |
Free dance | 60.46 2011 World Junior |
Charlotte Aiken (born 23 January 1992 in Plymouth, Devon) is an English ice dancer who represents Great Britain. With her partner Josh Whidborne, she is the 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial bronze medalist and 2012 British national silver medalist.
Aiken teamed up with Whidborne in 2008. They are coached by John Dunn at Lee Valley in London. In 2009, they made the decision to relocate to Deeside in North Wales to train with coach Joan Slater and with the 2002 Olympian Marika Humphreys-Baranova as their choreographer. In January 2011, they relocated to Madrid, Spain, to train with John Dunn. In 2012, Dunn relocated with his students back to the UK.
In the 2012–2013 season, Aiken and Whidborne won their first senior international medal, bronze at the 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. They then won the silver medal at the 2012 British Championships. [1]
Aiken has a younger brother, Henry, who also competes in ice dancing. [1]
(with Whidborne)
Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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2012–2013 [2] |
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2010–2011 [3] |
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Original dance | ||
2009–2010 [4] | Scottish folk:
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(with Whidborne)
Results [5] | |||||
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International | |||||
Event | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
Europeans | 22nd | ||||
Cup of Nice | 8th | ||||
Nebelhorn | 11th | ||||
NRW Trophy | 5th | ||||
Ondrej Nepela | 3rd | ||||
International: Junior | |||||
Junior Worlds | 15th | 18th | |||
JGP Germany | 11th | 11th | |||
JGP Great Britain | 9th | ||||
JGP Hungary | 11th | ||||
Bavarian Open | 4th J. | ||||
Santa Claus Cup | 1st J. | ||||
National | |||||
British Champ. | 4th J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 2nd | WD |
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix Did not compete in the 2011–2012 season. |
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