Kristen Spours

Kristen Spours
Spours in 2017
Personal information
Country represented United Kingdom
Born (2000-04-11) 11 April 2000
Kingston upon Thames, England
Home town Guildford, England
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Coach Christian Newberry
Former coach Ruth Woodstock, Veronika Bogomolova
Choreographer Florent Amodio
Former choreographer Mark Naylor
Skating club Sapphire Ice, Leisure/Guilford
Former skating club Lee Valley, London
Training locations Romford
Began skating 2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 131.09
2018 JGP Slovakia
Short program 50.61
2018 JGP Slovakia
Free skate 80.48
2018 JGP Slovakia

Kristen Spours (born 11 April 2000) is an English figure skater. She has won four senior international medals and competed in the final segment at two World Junior Championships (2017, 2018).

Personal life

Spours was born on 11 April 2000 in Kingston upon Thames, England.[1] She attended Howard of Effingham School.[2]

Career

Early years

Spours began learning to skate in 2006,[3] having become interested after watching Dancing on Ice.[4] In the 2012–2013 season, she won the novice bronze medal at the British Championships.

2015–2016 season

Making her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) appearance, Spours placed 21st in Bratislava, Slovakia. At the British Championships, she finished fourth in the junior ladies' category. Her senior debut came in February 2016, at the Jégvirág Cup; she obtained the gold medal and the minimum technical scores to compete at the 2016 World Championships in Boston. As a result, she was named in the British team to senior Worlds,[5] despite not having appeared on the senior level nationally. She placed 36th in Boston. She was coached by Ruth Woodstock at Guildford Spectrum and Christian Newberry at the Lee Valley Ice Centre.[2]

2016–2017 season

Competing on the senior level, Spours won silver at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in October 2016 and bronze at the Merano Cup in November. In December 2016, she won the junior ladies' title and placed 5th on the senior level at the British Championships. In January 2017, she was awarded silver in the senior ladies' category at Skate Helena. In March, she placed 16th in the short program, 14th in the free skate, and 15th overall at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[6]
2016–2017
[3]
2015–2016
[7]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Worlds36th
CS Finlandia15th
CS Lombardia12th18th
CS Ondrej NepelaWD
Challenge Cup10th
Denkova-Staviski2nd
Golden Bear5th
Jégvirág Cup1st
Merano Cup3rd4th
Skate Helena2nd
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds15th21st
JGP Austria13th
JGP France13th
JGP Italy14th
JGP Slovakia21st13th
Avas Cup1st
GP of Bratislava1st
Jégvirág Cup2nd
Lombardia Trophy12th
Merano Cup14th
MNNT Cup3rd12th
Seibt Memorial12th25th
International: Novice[9]
Ice Challenge20th
National[8][9]
British Champ.5th3rd
British Jr. Champ.24th N13th N3rd N6th J5th J4th J1st J1st J
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 "Kristen SPOURS: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Gliddon, Mark (16 March 2016). "Kristen Spours selected to represent Great Britain at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston". GLL Sport Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Kristen SPOURS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Discover Kristen Spours, with 4 weeks until the British Championships". National Ice Skating Association. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Guildford teenager through to figure skating world championships". Eagle Radio. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kristen SPOURS: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Kristen SPOURS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Kristen SPOURS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Kristen Spours". tracings.net. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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