Zoe Jones (figure skater)

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Zoe Jones
Zoe Wilkinson & Christopher Boyadji.jpg
Jones/Boyadji in June 2016
Other namesZoe Wilkinson
Zoe Wood
Born (1980-01-14) 14 January 1980 (age 43)
Swindon, England
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Partner Christopher Boyadji
Skating club Swindon Ice Figure Club
Began skating1986
RetiredMarch 24, 2022

Zoe Jones (formerly Wood and Wilkinson; born 14 January 1980) is a retired British figure skater. She is a two-time British national champion (2000, 2001) in ladies' singles. She reached the free skate at three ISU Championships and qualified for the 1998 Winter Olympics, but could not compete because of injury. As a pairs skater with Christopher Boyadji, she is a four-time national champion (2017–2020).

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Personal life

Zoe Jones was born on 14 January 1980 in Swindon, England. [1] She was raised in Freshbrook. [2]

She was previously married to Dody Wood and then Matthew Wilkinson.

She is the mother of twin girls, Zarah and Zinia, born in 2007, and a boy, Zkai, born c. 2012. [3] She lived in Canada for almost ten years before returning to England. [3] She used the surname Wood until 2015, [4] then Wilkinson [5] before returning to Jones by December 2016. [2]

After becoming a pairs team, Jones and Boyadji began a relationship and welcomed their daughter, Arya, in April of 2023. [6]

Career

Single skating

Jones began skating at age five at the Link Centre in Swindon. [7] Early in her career, she was coached by Lesley Norfolk-Pearce. [8]

In late 1995, Jones represented the U.K. at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, Australia, and reached the final segment by placing 10th in qualifying group A and then 19th in the short program. She finished 22nd in the free skate and overall. In late 1996, she appeared at the 1997 World Junior Championships in Seoul, South Korea. She placed 20th in the short, 17th in the free, and 18th overall. She was less successful at the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, being eliminated after placing 18th in qualifying group B.

In October 1997, Jones competed at the Karl Schäfer Memorial, the final opportunity to qualify for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. By finishing 6th, she earned an Olympic spot for the U.K., however, the British Olympic Association had additional requirements – a certain number of triple jumps at the British Championships. Jones sustained a torn hamstring a week before nationals and spent a year recovering. [3]

In the 2000–01 season, Jones won the first of two national titles and was sent to the European Championships, held in January 2001 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Making the final segment at an ISU Championship for the third time in her career, she placed 7th in qualifying group A, 17th in the short, 19th in the free, and 17th overall. In March 2001, she competed at the World Championships in Vancouver, Canada but was eliminated after placing 16th in her qualifying group. She trained under Joy Sutcliffe in Ayr. [8]

The following season, Jones had four falls at the British Championships. Weak performances from other skaters allowed her to hold on to her title but a NISA official said it was unlikely that they would send her to Europeans or Worlds. [9] Jones retired from competition after that season and became a coach, working in Canada for almost ten years. [3]

In 2014, she competed at the ISU Adult Figure Skating Competition and finished with two first places in Masters (Elite) Ladies I Artistic and Free Skating with the highest ever score in the Free of 71.33 points. In 2015, she repeated her success at the Adult Figure Skating Competition and competed for the last time as Zoe Wood. [4] In December 2015, at age 35, she competed in the British Championships as Zoe Wilkinson; she won the free skate and came in second overall, missing first place by only 0.09, and in fact, had been declared the winner until an error was realized. [10]

Pair skating

Jones and Christopher Boyadji agreed to form a pair skating partnership following a tryout in April 2016. [11] [5] They trained at the Better Link Centre in Swindon. [2] Their first competition was the 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, where they finished 6th. With the beginning of 2017 she competed again under her birth name Jones.

The pair retired after the 2021–22 figure skating season after having a career-best 10th-place finish at the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships.

Coaching career

Following their retirement, Jones and Boyadji began coaching together at the Better Link Centre in Swindon, where they had previously trained.

Their current students include:

Programs

With Boyadji

Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
[14]
  • Fix You
    performed by Cinematic Pop
2020–2021
[15]
2019–2020
[16]
  • The Storm
    by Havasi
2018–2019
[17]
2017–2018
[18]
2016–2017
[19] [20]

Single skating

Season Short program Free skating
2015—16
2001–02
[1]
2000–01
[8]
  • Heart still Beating
    by Ottmar Liebert
  • Barcelona Nights
    by Ottmar Liebert

Results

GP: Grand Prix ; CS: Challenger Series

With Boyadji

International [21]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Worlds 26th27th17thC24th10th
Europeans 14th10th12thWD
GP France 8th
GP Skate America 8th
GP Skate Canada 8th
CS Nebelhorn 14th15th
CS Ondrej Nepela 6thWD
CS Warsaw Cup 12th
Bavarian Open 3rd4th
Cup of Nice 5th4th
Open Ice Mall2nd
Volvo Open Cup 1st
National
British Champ. 1st1st1st1stC2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

Single skating

International [22]
Event93–9494–9595–9696–9797–9898–9999–0000–0101–02 15–16
Worlds 35th31st
Europeans 17th
GP Skate Canada 11th
Finlandia Trophy 13th
Golden Spin 5th11th
Nebelhorn Trophy 20th11th9th
Karl Schäfer 6th
Triglav Trophy 4th
International: Junior [22]
Junior Worlds 22nd18th
EYOF 7th
GP St. Gervais 10th10th
Ukrainian Souvenir5th
National [22]
British Champ. 2nd2nd2nd3rd2nd1st1st2nd
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

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