Tammy Sear

Tamsin "Tammy" Sear (born 22 January 1977) is a British former competitive figure skater.

Tamsin Sear
Personal information
Alternative namesTamsin Sear-Watkins
Country representedUnited Kingdom
Born (1977-01-22) 22 January 1977
Oxford, England
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Former coachEvelyn Kramer
Frank Carrol
Tony Barron
Alexandr Verkovitch
Former choreographerLorna Brown
Former training locationsOxford. Milton Keynes. Bracknell and Ice Castles Lake Arrowhead U.S.A
Retired2002

Sears is the first British female figure skater to land a triple lutz (completed at the 1998 British championships) and the first to land a triple-triple jump combination at another event.

She is the 2000 British national champion in ladies' singles and was named in the British team to the 2000 European Championships in Vienna, Austria, finishing 23rd after advancing to the free skate. At the 2000 World Championships in Nice, France, Sears finished 37th.

Sear began skating in 1986 at the Oxford ice rink.[1] Her coaches included Tony Barron, Evelyn Kramer.[1] and Frank Carrol.

After retiring from competitive skating, Tamsin performed in many professional shows around the world as a principle soloist.

She coaches in the UK as Tamsin Sear-Watkins and is a level 4 performance coach and choreographer. Tamsin has had British champions in free and ice Dance.[2]

Tamsin is married with two children

Competitive highlights
International[3]
Event 93–94 94–95 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02
World Champ.37th
European Champ.23rd
Czech Skate9th
Nepela Memorial7th
International: Junior[3]
Blue Swords16th J
Gardena12th J
National[3]
British Champ.3rd2nd1st3rd4th
J = Junior level

References
  1. "Tamsin SEAR: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2002.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. "L3 Licensed Coaches (valid from 1 March 2014 - 28 February 2015" (PDF). National Ice Skating Association. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2015.
  3. "Tamsin SEAR". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016.
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