Humberto Contreras | |
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Born | Mexico City, Mexico | August 21, 1983
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Mexico |
Coach | Elvis Stojko Rocio Salas Julie Graham Wendy Boyland Alesandro Chavez Alexei Muratov Darin Carlton |
Skating club | Asociacion Jalisco |
Began skating | 1997 |
Retired | November 2010 |
Humberto Contreras (born August 21, 1983) is a Mexican figure skater. He is a four-time Mexican national champion ('02, '03, '05, '09) and competed in the final segment at six Four Continents Championships.
Contreras began learning to skate in 1997. [1] Early in his career, he was coached by Darin Carlton, Alexei Muratov (2001–02), [2] Alesandro Chavez (2002–03), [3] and Wendy Boyland (2003–04) in Mexico City. [4] At the 2004 Four Continents Championships, he became the first Mexican skater to perform a triple Salchow triple Loop combination in competition.
In May 2004, Contreras began training under Julie Graham and Rocio Salas in Marlborough, Massachusetts. [5] By the 2008–09 season, his coach was Elvis Stojko in Guadalajara, Jalisco. [6]
Contreras retired from competition in 2010.
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2009–2010 2008–2009 [1] [6] |
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2007–2008 2005–2006 [7] [8] |
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2004–2005 [5] [9] |
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2003–2004 [4] |
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2002–2003 [3] |
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2001–2002 [2] |
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Event | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 |
Worlds | 43rd | 44th | |||||||||||
Four Continents | 21st | 19th | 18th | 19th | 21st | 23rd | 23rd | ||||||
International: Junior [10] | |||||||||||||
JGP France | 15th | ||||||||||||
JGP Mexico | 12th | 14th | |||||||||||
JGP Netherlands | 19th | 23rd | |||||||||||
JGP Sweden | 18th | ||||||||||||
JGP United States | 15th | ||||||||||||
National [10] | |||||||||||||
Mexican Champ. | 2nd J | 2nd J | 2nd J | 2nd J | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | ||
J = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix |
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