Tammy Sear
Tamsin "Tammy" Sear (born 22 January 1977) is a British former competitive figure skater.
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Alternative names | Tamsin Sear-Watkins |
Country represented | United Kingdom |
Born | Oxford, England | 22 January 1977
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) |
Former coach | Evelyn Kramer Frank Carrol Tony Barron Alexandr Verkovitch |
Former choreographer | Lorna Brown |
Former training locations | Oxford. Milton Keynes. Bracknell and Ice Castles Lake Arrowhead U.S.A |
Retired | 2002 |
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] | |||||||
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Event | 93–94 | 94–95 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 |
World Champ. | 37th | ||||||
European Champ. | 23rd | ||||||
Czech Skate | 9th | ||||||
Nepela Memorial | 7th | ||||||
International: Junior[3] | |||||||
Blue Swords | 16th J | ||||||
Gardena | 12th J | ||||||
National[3] | |||||||
British Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | ||
J = Junior level |
References
- "Tamsin SEAR: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2002.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "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.
- "Tamsin SEAR". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016.