Tamara Heggen

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Tamara Heggen
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Country represented Australia
Born1976
Retired1990s

Tamara Heggen (born in 1976) is an Australian former competitive figure skater who won three Australian national titles in the early 1990s. [1] She competed at three World Championships, reaching the free skate in 1992 (Oakland, California), and three World Junior Championships. She represented New South Wales through the 1990–1991 season and then Queensland. [2] After retiring from competition, she remained in Queensland. [1]

Competitive highlights

International
Event88–8989–9090–9191–9292–93
Worlds 30th23rd27th
Prague Skate 12th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 18th22nd
Grand Prize SNP 3rd J
National [2]
Australian Champ. 1st1st1st
J = Junior level

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References

  1. 1 2 "Annual General Meeting" (PDF). Ice Skating Queensland Inc. 25 June 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Ice Skating Australia Incorporated National Champions 1931–2004" (PDF). Ice Skating Australia. 9 August 2005. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)