Steven Adcock

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Steven Adcock
Born (1995-04-26) 26 April 1995 (age 28)
Chelmsford, United Kingdom
HometownWaterloo
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Coach Andrew Evans, Alexander Sheldrik-Male, Dima Savin
Skating clubKitchener Waterloo Skating Club
Began skating2001
Retired2023
Medal record
Figure skating: Pairs
Representing Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
World Team Trophy
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Tokyo Team

Steven Adcock (born 26 April 1995) is a British former pair skater who represented South Korea. With his former skating partner, Cho Hye-jin, he is the 2023 South Korean champion.

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Personal life

Adcock was born on 26 April 1995 in Chelmsford, United Kingdom. He works as a coach. [1]

Career

Early years

Adcock started skating in 2001, first training in singles.

Adcock competed as a single skater until 2010 when he switched to pair skating, first partnering with Amber Ferguson and competing at the novice level for two years. He teamed up with Robynne Tweedale in 2012 and competed at the junior level, winning the 2013 British Championships and placing 10th at the 2013 JGP Slovakia. [2]

Adcock teamed up with Annie Royapen in 2014 and split in the same season. He then partnered with Chloe Curtin for the 2015–16 season. [3]

2015–16 season

Curtin and Adcock made their Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2015 JGP Poland. The team placed eighth in both short and free program. After winning the 2016 British Championships, they were selected for the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, where they finished in 12th place. [3]

They ended their partnership in the same season. Adcock moved to Canada in 2016 to team up with Mariah McCaw for Canada. [4]

2017–18 season

McCaw and Adcock made their debut in 2018 Canadian Championships representing Ontario, where they finished in fourth place.

2018–19 season

McCaw/Adcock competed as senior skaters at the 2019 Canadian Championships, finishing last. Their partnership ended in 2019 and a year later Adcock teamed up with Patricia Andrew, also for Canada. [4]

2021–22 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Andrew/Adcock made their debut only in 2021–22 season. Competing at the 2022 Skate Canada Challenge, a domestic competition in Canada, they won the bronze medal. [5] A month later, they finished in fifth place at the 2022 Canadian Championships. Andrew and Adcock partnership ended in the same year.

2022–23 season

In 2022 September, coach Andrew Evans announced Cho Hye-jin and Adcock as a new pair team for South Korea. [6]

Cho and Adcock debuted at the 2023 South Korean Championships and won, as they were the only pair team. After South Korea qualified to the 2023 World Team Trophy, the first time the nation had reached the event in its history, Cho/Adcock were named to the team as the pairs entry. [7] They finished sixth in both segments of the competition, while Team South Korea won the silver medal. [8] [9] This made Korea only the fifth country to reach the podium at the event. [7] Adcock said that the team's priority over the summer was working to add a second triple throw to their free program. [9]

Cho and Adcock ended their partnership two weeks later after 2023 World Team Trophy. [10] Adcock retired due to a back injury. [11]

Programs

With Cho

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
[1]
  • Nero
    by Nick Phoenix
    choreo. by Mary Angela Larmer

With Curtin

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[3]

With Tweedale

Season Short program Free skating
2013–2014
[2]
  • Roxanne
    by Max Olsen
    choreo. by Daniel Thomas

Competitive highlights

With Cho for South Korea

National
Event 22–23
South Korean Champ. 1st
Team events
World Team Trophy 2nd T
6th P
T = Team Result; P = Personal result.
Medals awarded for team result only.

With Andrew for Canada

National
Event 2021–22
Canadian Champ. 5th
SC Challenge3rd

With McCaw for Canada

National
Event 2017–18 2018–19
Canadian Champ. 4th J6th
Levels: J = Junior

With Curtin for United Kingdom

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior [12]
Event 2015–16
Junior Worlds 12th
JGP Poland 8th
Bavarian Open 4th
National
British Champ. 1st J
J = Junior level

With Royapen for United Kingdom

National
Event 2014–15
British Champ. 1st J
J = Junior level

With Tweedale for United Kingdom

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior [13]
Event 2012–13 2013–14
JGP Slovakia 10th
National [13]
British Championships 1st J
J = Junior level

With Ferguson for United Kingdom

National
Event 2010–11 2011–12
British Champ. 2nd N1st N
N = Novice level

Men's singles

International
Event 2009–10 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
Ice Challenge 4th N14th J
National
British Championships 5th N8th J4th J8th
N = Novice level; J = Junior level

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

With Cho

2022–23 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
April 13–16, 2023 2023 World Team Trophy 6
60.55		6
102.27		2T / 6P
162.82
January 5–8, 2023 2023 South Korean Championships 1
52.64		1
104.66		1
157.30

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hyejin CHO / Steven ADCOCK: 2022/2023". International Skating Union.
  2. 1 2 "Robynne TWEEDALE / Steven ADCOCK: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Chloe CURTIN / Steven ADCOCK: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 Smiley, Brian (17 December 2020). "New skating team gets 'faster' and 'better'". Brantford Expositor .
  5. ↑ "2022 Skate Canada Challenge Results". Skate Canada. December 2021.
  6. ↑ @AnythingGOE (29 September 2022). "Coach Andrew Evans confirms the team will represent South Korea" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. 1 2 "Korean figure skaters take silver at World Team Trophy". Korea JoongAng Daily . 16 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Mitsuoka, Maria-Lauria (14 April 2023). "Team USA maintains lead in Tokyo; Korea and Japan follow". Golden Skate.
  9. 1 2 Mitsuoka, Maria-Lauria (16 April 2023). "Team USA takes fifth World Team Trophy". Golden Skate.
  10. ↑ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (6 May 2023). "🇰🇷 Hyejin Cho / Steven Adcock have ended their partnership. Cho is searching for a new partner" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOE] (7 May 2023). "🇰🇷 Steven Adcock has announced his retirement from competitive skating due to his back injury" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ "Chloe CURTIN / Steven ADCOCK: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
  13. 1 2 "Competition Results: Robynne TWEEDALE / Steven ADCOCK". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017.
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