Sasha Fear

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Sasha Fear
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Fear/Waddell at 2019 JGP United States
Born (2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 22)
London, England, United Kingdom
HometownLondon, England
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Coach Romain Haguenauer
Karen Quinn
Skating clubAlexandra Palace London
Began skating2004

Sasha Fear (born 23 May 2002) is a British ice dancer. With her former skating partner, George Waddell, she is the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist and the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy bronze medalist. On the junior level, she is a two-time British junior national champion (2018, 2019) and has competed in the final segment at the 2019 World Junior Championships.

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Personal life

Fear was born on 23 May 2002 in London, England to Canadian parents. Her mother Kirsten was a skater and ran at the collegiate level at the University of Western Ontario. [1] Fear's eldest sister, Georgia, was a competitive cross country and track athlete at Dartmouth College and the University of Virginia. [1] Her second oldest sister, Lilah, is also a competitive ice dancer for Great Britain with Lewis Gibson. [2] Fear's uncle, Xavier Majic, competed in the NHL and for the Canadian national hockey team. [2]

Fear studied at South Hampstead High School in London, until beginning online school via the Laurel Springs School in 2019. [3] [2] She ran cross country competitively up through high school. [4] She holds British, Canadian, and American citizenship. [5] [6]

Career

Early career

Fear began skating in 2004 in London. [7] She competed in ladies' singles and ice dance simultaneously throughout her youth; she also has experience competing in solo dance. [2] Fear trains under Karen Quinn and Alan Abretti at the Alexandria Palace Ice Rink in London during the school year; she splits the remainder of her training time with Romain Haguenauer in Montreal, Canada. She spends summers at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club in Toronto, Canada. [2]

Fear competed four seasons with Jack Osman beginning in 2013–14. [8] Fear/Osman split following the 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix, and she teamed up with Elliot Verburg later that season. Fear/Verburg won the 2017 British junior national title three months into their partnership. [3] They finished 15th at the 2017 World Junior Championships. Fear/Verburg split after one season together, after she began outgrowing him. [5] [2]

Fear teamed up with Canadian skater George Waddell in May 2017; their families were already acquainted and the partnership tryout was initiated by coach Romain Haguenauer. [5]

2017–2018 season

Fear/Waddell made their international debut at the 2017 Lake Placid Ice Dance International, finishing sixth. They finished seventh and tenth at their Junior Grand Prix assignments in Brisbane, Australia and Minsk, Belarus, respectively. Fear/Waddell won their first international title at the 2017 Leo Scheu Memorial. [9]

Fear/Waddell won the 2018 British junior national title by over 20 points ahead of Emily Rose Brown / James Hernandez and Natalia Paillu Neves / Frank Roselli. At the 2020 World Junior Championships, they finished twenty-first, narrowly missing qualification to the free dance segment. [9]

2018–2019 season

Fear/Waddell again opened the season at the 2018 Lake Placid Ice Dance International, finishing eighth. On the 2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix, they finished eleventh in Kaunas, Lithuania and ninth in Ostrava, Czech Republic. [9]

Fear/Waddell defended their national title at the 2019 British Championships, winning by over 40 points ahead of Lucy Hancock / Billy Wilson French and Paillu Neves / Roselli. They finished eighteenth at the 2019 World Junior Championships. [9]

2019–2020 season

Fear/Waddell opened the season with a pair of eighth-place finishes on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Lake Placid, New York, United States and Gdańsk, Poland. They won the junior titles at the Mezzaluna Cup and the Pavel Roman Memorial. [9]

Fear/Waddell won silver at the 2020 British Championships, finishing around four points behind Brown / Hernandez. As a result, they missed the World Junior Championships for the first time in their partnership. [9]

2020–2021 season

Fear/Waddell made their senior international debut at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, which, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, was attended only by European skaters. [10] They won the silver medal. [11] Attending a second Challenger, the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, they won the bronze medal. [12] With the British Championships cancelled as a result of the pandemic, Fear/Waddell were named to the British team for the 2021 European Championships. [13] The competition was cancelled on 10 December 2020. [14]

2021–2022 season

Fear/Waddell began the season at the Skating Club of Boston-hosted Lake Placid Ice Dance International, where they placed tenth. They next competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, seeking to qualify a second berth for a British dance team at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They finished eleventh at the event, outside of qualification. They competed at a number of other minor internationals in the fall, finishing fifth at the Budapest Trophy and second at the Viktor Petrenko Cup. [9]

After winning the silver medal at the British championships again, Fear/Waddell were assigned to make their European Championship debut in Tallinn. Qualifying for the free dance, they finished in fifteenth place. [15]

Fear/Waddell concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, held in Montpellier. Russian dance teams were not allowed to participate as the International Skating Union banned all Russian athletes following their country's invasion of Ukraine. [16] Qualifying to the free dance in their World Championship debut, Fear/Waddell finished seventeenth. [9]

Fear and Waddell ended their partnership on April 25, 2022. [17]

Programs

With Waddell

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2021–2022
[18]
2020–2021
[19]
2019–2020
[7]
2018–2019
[20]
Short dance
2017–2018
[21]

With Verburg

Season Short dance Free dance
2016–2017
[22]

With Osman

Season Short dance Free dance
2016–2017
[23]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Waddell

International [9]
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Worlds 17th
Europeans C15th
CS Budapest 3rd
CS Nebelhorn 2nd11th
Budapest Trophy5th
Lake Placid IDI 10th
Victor Petrenko Cup2nd
International: Junior [9]
Junior Worlds 21st18th
JGP Australia 7th
JGP Belarus 10th
JGP Czech Rep. 9th
JGP Lithuania 11th
JGP Poland 8th
JGP USA 8th
Egna Trophy 4th3rd
Golden Spin WD
GP Bratislava4th
Ice Star 6th2nd
Leo Scheu 1st
Mezzaluna Cup 1st
Open d'Andorra 5th
Pavel Roman 3rd1st
National [9]
British Champ. 1st J1st J2nd JC2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
Levels: J = Junior

With Verburg

International: Junior [24]
Event 2016–17
Junior Worlds 15th
Bavarian Open 5th
NRW Trophy 8th
Open d'Andorra 4th
Santa Claus Cup 3rd
National [24]
British Champ. 1st J
Levels: J = Junior

With Osman

International: Junior [8] [25]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
JGP France 12th
NRW Trophy 14th
Open d'Andorra 3rd
International: Advanced novice
NRW Trophy 13th
National [8] [25]
British Champ. 3rd N2nd N4th J
WD = Withdrew
Levels: J = Junior; N = Novice

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