Melanie Cole

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Melanie Cole
Other namesMelanie Cole Moffatt
Born (1968-07-27) July 27, 1968 (age 56)
Newmarket, Ontario
Figure skating career
Country Canada
Partner Michael Farrington
Martin Smith
Donald Godfrey
Skating clubUpper Canada Skating Club
Newmarket Figure Skating Club
Retired1989

Melanie Cole Moffatt (born July 27, 1968) is a Canadian former competitive ice dancer. With Michael Farrington, she is the 1988 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, 1988 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, and 1988 Canadian national bronze medalist. The two competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, finishing 16th.

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Career

As a child, Cole trained at the Newmarket Figure Skating Club. [1]

Skating with Donald Godfrey, she became the Canadian national novice champion in 1984. [2] The two finished seventh at the 1985 World Junior Championships, which took place in December 1984 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Cole and her next partner, Martin Smith, placed fourth at the 1986 World Junior Championships in December 1985 in Sarajevo and won the Canadian national junior title the same season. [2] The following season, they competed on the senior level, placing 8th at the 1986 Skate America.

In 1987, Cole teamed up with Michael Farrington at the Upper Canada Skating Club. [1] In their first season together, they won bronze at the Canadian Championships and were named in Canada's Olympic team. They finished 16th at the 1988 Winter Olympics, which took place in February in Calgary, Alberta. [3] In March, they placed 15th at the 1988 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Cole/Farrington competed one more season together, winning gold at the 1988 Golden Spin of Zagreb [4] and bronze at the 1988 Skate Canada International. [5] Cole decided to retire from competition in 1989, saying in a 2011 interview that skating was "too expensive" and "I was done and ready to move on. I had no hard feelings or regrets." [1]

Cole Moffatt joined the York Regional Police in 1990. [6]

In 2011, she was inducted into the Newmarket Sports Hall of Fame. [1]

Results

With Farrington

International [4]
Event1987–881988–89
Winter Olympics 16th
World Championships 15th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 1st
Skate Canada International 3rd
National [2]
Canadian Championships 3rd5th

With Smith

International [4]
Event1985–861986–87
Skate America 8th
International: Junior [7] [4]
World Junior Championships 4th
Merano Autumn Trophy 1st
National [2]
Canadian Championships 1st J

With Godfrey

International: Junior [4]
Event1984–85
World Junior Championships 7th

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Calgary Olympics ices Hall berth for Cole Moffatt". yorkregion.com. November 4, 2011. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Canadian Championships / Championnats Canadiens" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Melanie Cole". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009.
  5. ↑ "Skate Canada International" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Police Appreciation Night 2017" (PDF). York Regional Police. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Results Book, Volume 1: 1896–1973" (PDF). Skate Canada. pp. 22–28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2010.
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