Clara Peters

Clara Peters (born 19 July 1991) is an Irish figure skater. She is the first figure skater to represent Ireland in ISU competition.[1]

Not to be confused with Clara Peeters.

Clara Peters
Peters at the 2012 World Championships
Personal information
Country represented Ireland
Born (1991-07-19) 19 July 1991
Essen, Germany
Home townDublin, Ireland
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
CoachKaren Ludington, Jeff DiGregorio
Former coachRon Ludington, Kerry Leitch
ChoreographerKaren Ludington
Skating clubDundalk Ice Skating Club
Training locationsNewark, Delaware
Began skating1999
ISU personal best scores
Combined total125.98
Ukrainian Open 2013
Short program39.51
Toruń Cup 2014
Free skate86.61
Ukrainian Open 2013

Personal life

Peters was born in Germany because her parents were working there at the time.[2] She moved to Ireland when she was 18 months old and was raised in Dublin.[2]

Career

Peters began skating in Dublin around the age of seven.[3] After her rink closed in 2000, she travelled two and a half hours to one in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[4][5] In January 2006, Peters moved to Florida to be coached by Kerry Leitch.[5] After Leitch retired in 2008, she moved to Delaware to train with Ronald Ludington and his wife Karen.[2][5] The Republic of Ireland has no permanent rink.[6]

Peters initially competed in domestic events in Great Britain, placing ninth at the 2007 British novice championships. She began competing internationally for Ireland beginning in the 2008–09 season, when Ireland became a provisional member of the International Skating Union.

Peters placed 38th at the 2009 European Championships. At the event, she became the first skater to represent Ireland at an ISU Championships.[4] Peters placed 52nd at the 2009 World Championships, and 47th at the 2010 World Championships. She improved to 27th at the 2011 Europeans, but did not advance beyond the preliminary round at the 2011 World Championships. In 2012, Peters finished 28th at her fourth Europeans and improved significantly upon her past results by coming in 29th at Worlds; Peters stated that qualifying for the short program was "a huge deal" and meant that all her hard work had paid off.[7][8]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2013–14
[9]
2012–13
2011–12
[10]
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
2010–11
[11]
  • Rhapsody on Theme of Paganini
    by Sergei Rachmaninov
2009–10
[2]
  • The Last Rose of Summer
    by Erich Künzel, Timothy Lees
2008–09
[12]
  • Fantasia 2000

Results

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[13]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Worlds52nd47th21st P29th
Europeans38th36th27th28th
Crystal Skate10th
Cup of Nice22nd22nd28th
DS Cup8th10th
Challenge Cup20th
FBMA Trophy3rd
Istanbul Cup9th
Merano Cup19th24th
Nebelhorn32nd19th33rd
Printemps11th
Seibt Memorial29th
Skate Down Under3rd
Toruń Cup7th
Triglav Trophy9th12th
Ukrainian Open6th
US Classic14th12th
International: Junior[13]
JGP Czech Rep.31st
JGP Spain33rd
National[13]
Irish Champ.1st1st1st1st1st1st
P = Preliminary round

References
  1. Bőd, Titanilla (2009). "A long week in Helsinki". Absolute Skating.
  2. "Clara PETERS: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  3. Russell, Chrissie (6 May 2010). "True Life: Meet Ireland's rising figure skating star". Independent.ie.
  4. Mittan, Barry (9 March 2009). "Irish Lass Sur Le Glace". SkateToday. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  5. Gillis, Sean (11 July 2012). "Clara Peters: On the Edge of a Dream". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
  6. McGill, Kelly (22 September 2014). "Clara Peters: Little Feet Making A Big Mark". Womens Sports Journal.
  7. "2012 Worlds: Ladies Short Program".
  8. O'Connor, Colm (29 March 2012). "Success costly for Irish ice queen Clara". Irish Examiner.
  9. "Clara PETERS: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  10. "Clara PETERS: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  11. "Clara PETERS: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  12. "Clara PETERS: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  13. "Competition Results: Clara PETERS". International Skating Union.
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