Tristan Cousins

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Tristan Cousins
Born (1982-08-01) 1 August 1982 (age 41)
London, England
Hometown Nottingham
Figure skating career
Country United Kingdom
Began skating1990
Retired2008

Tristan Cousins (born 1 August 1982) is a British former competitive figure skater. Competing in men's singles, he won a junior national gold medal at the 2000 British Championships at the age of eighteen, a senior international bronze medal at the 2004 Ondrej Nepela Memorial at the age of twenty-two, and a senior national bronze medal at the 2008 British Championships at the age of twenty-five. [1] He is the nephew of former Olympic gold medalist Robin Cousins.

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Early life

Tristan was born on 1 August 1982 in London, England. His parents are June and Martin Cousins. His father is a financial adviser and the older brother of Robin Cousins. He has one older brother, also called Robin. Tristan began skating in 1990 at the age of eight.

Skating career

In July 2000, after successfully completing his A levels, Tristan joined the skating academy at Centrum Arena in Prestwick on the west coast of Scotland, under Canadian coach Kevin Bursey. [2] In November 2000, the British Figure Skating Championships were held at the Centrum Arena, where Tristan won a gold medal in the Junior Men singles category. [1]

In March 2002, he qualified for the free skate at the 2002 World Junior Championships at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre (now CC Amfi) in Hamar, Norway. [1]

He won an international bronze medal at the 12th Ondrej Nepela Memorial competition in September 2004 in Bratislava. [1]

In January 2008, he won a senior national bronze medal at the 2008 British Championships in Sheffield, England. [1] He retired from competitive skating the same year.

Tristan worked for a number of years as a figure skating coach (NCCP Level 2 Performance) at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham. He was a member of the coaching staff in the NIC Figure Skating Academy, working alongside his former coach Joy Suttcliffe and the Director of Skating Gurgen Vardanjan. One notable former pupil is figure skater Josh Brown. Tristan left the NIC at the end of 2014 to concentrate on his archaeological studies.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

On 10 March 2012, Tristan appeared in an episode of All Star Family Fortunes with his uncle Robin Cousins, his brother Robin and his two cousins Oliver and James. Their opponents were the family of actress Dawn Steele. The Cousins family made it through to the Big Money round, where Tristan and uncle Robin took part, but they failed to win the top cash prize. [3]

He studied archaeology at the University of Nottingham, where he obtained a BA in Archaeology and History. [4]

Tristan has performed in a number of ice shows, for example in December 2004 he took part in an ice show in Glasgow which was produced by his uncle Robin Cousins.[ citation needed ]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2001–02
[5]
  • Give It One
    by Maynard Ferguson
  • Ninkou Latora
    (from Cirque du Soleil)
  • Eclipse
    (from Cirque du Soleil)
  • Alexander the Great
    by Bond Girls

Competitive highlights

International [1]
Event97–9898–9999–0001–0203–0404–0507–08
Nepela Memorial 3rd
Schäfer Memorial 19th
International: Junior or novice [1]
Junior Worlds 22nd
JGP Italy 9th
JGP Sweden 10th
National [1]
British Champ. 6th J5th J1st J4th4th4th3rd

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Competition Results: Tristan COUSINS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014.
  2. ↑ The Herald Scotland, 6 January 2001: Tristan moves north in pursuit of a Cousins' family tradition
  3. ↑ Dawn Steele - Family Fortunes - March 2012
  4. ↑ University of Nottingham, History brochure, June 2017 - page 12
  5. ↑ "Tristan COUSINS: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 January 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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