Andrew Place

{{short description|English ice dancer}}

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Melanie Bruce
Lynn Burton

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Andrew Place (born 18 December 1970) is an English former ice dancer who represented Great Britain. Skating with Lynn Burton and then Melanie Bruce, he became a two-time British national champion and competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics. He now coaches at Planet Ice Silverdome Arena in Basingstoke.{{Cite web|title =Planet Ice Basingstoke NEW COACH|url = https://www.facebook.com/PIBasingstoke/posts/new-coach-!!!-andrew-place/10153596643008251/|website = Facebook Planet Ice Basingstoke|access-date = 9 July 2018}}

Career

Together with Lynn Burton, Place placed sixth at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Brisbane, Australia, and fourth at the 1989 World Junior Championships in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The following season, they moved up to the senior ranks and won the British national title. They went on to finish 12th at the 1990 European Championships in Leningrad, Soviet Union, and 17th at the 1990 World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They parted ways at the end of the season.

Later in 1990, Place teamed with Melanie Bruce. The duo won the national title in their second season together. They finished 17th at the 1992 European Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland; 17th at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France; and 19th at the 1992 World Championships in Oakland, California, United States.

Place later joined forces with Clair Wileman. They won a pair of silver medals at the British Championships and finished 19th at the 1995 European Championships in Dortmund, Germany.

Results

= With Wileman =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International
Event

! 1994–95

! 1995–96

align=left | European Championships19th
align=left | Karl Schäfer Memorial6th
align=left | Nebelhorn Trophy5th
align=left | Skate Israel7th
align=left | Trophée de France9th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National
align=left | British Championshipsbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=silver | 2nd

= With Bruce =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International
Event

! 1990–91

! 1991–92

align=left | Winter Olympics17th
align=left | World Championships19th
align=left | European Championships17th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National
align=left | British Championshipsbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rdbgcolor=gold | 1st

= With Burton =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | International
Event

! 1987–88

! 1988–89

! 1989–90

align=left | World Championships17th
align=left | European Championships12th
align=left | NHK Trophy5th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | International: Junior
align=left | World Junior Championships6th4th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | National
align=left | British Championshipsbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rdbgcolor=gold | 1st

References

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{{cite web |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/andrew-place-1.html |title= Andrew Place |publisher= Sports Reference |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170611023732/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/andrew-place-1.html |archivedate= 11 June 2017 |url-status= dead }}

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Category:English male ice dancers

Category:1970 births

Category:Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain

Category:Figure skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Leeds

Category:Living people