Elizabeth Putnam (figure skater)

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= Elizabeth Putnam

|image= Putnam wirtz.jpg

|caption= Elizabeth Putnam / Sean Wirtz in 2004.

|fullname=Elizabeth Gale Putnam

|country= Canada

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1984|11|28|mf=yes}}

|birth_place= Toronto, Ontario

|hometown= Vancouver, British Columbia

|height=

|formerpartner= Sean Wirtz
Mark Batka

|formercoach= Peter Tchernyshev
Paul Wirtz

|formerchoreographer=

|skating club= Kerrisdale FSC

|beganskating= 1989

|retired= August 28, 2007

|combined total= 160.46

|combined date= 2003 Skate Canada

|SP score= 56.04

|SP date= 2003 Skate Canada

|FS score= 107.22

|FS date= 2005 Skate America

}}

Elizabeth Gale Putnam (born November 28, 1984) is a Canadian former competitive pair skater. With Sean Wirtz, she is the 2006 Four Continents bronze medalist and a two-time (2003–04) Canadian national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Elizabeth Gale Putnam was born on November 28, 1984, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her father died in October 2006.

Putnam is married to Canadian skater Patrick Chan.{{cite web |url=https://www.vavel.com/en-us/more-sports/2019/05/14/981630-exclusive-patrick-chan-reflects-on-post-retirement-life-uncertain-future-of-figure-skating.html |title = Exclusive: Patrick Chan reflects on post-retirement life, uncertain future of figure skating - VAVEL USA}} The pair skated in a 2020 free-skate in Vancouver on an untouched plot of glaciered water.{{Cite news|last=Narciso|first=Gerald|date=2020-11-29|title=For One Day, the N.H.L. Arena Moved to the Mountains|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/29/sports/hockey/29-nhl-lake-hockey-elias-pettersson.html|access-date=2020-11-29|issn=0362-4331}}

Career

Putnam started skating in 1989. In addition to singles, she began training in pairs at age 15. She finished 9th with Mark Batka at the 2002 Canadian Championships.

=Partnership with Wirtz=

Putnam began training with Sean Wirtz in July 2002, following tryouts at the Toronto Cricket and Curling Club. The pair won bronze at the 2003 Canadian Championships and placed ninth at their first ISU Championship, the 2003 Four Continents in Beijing.

Putnam/Wirtz made their Grand Prix debut in the 2003–04 season, having received two assignments. After placing sixth at the 2003 Skate America and fifth at the 2003 Skate Canada International, they won bronze at a regular international, the 2003 Bofrost Cup on Ice. For the second season in a row, they took bronze at the Canadian Championships and finished 9th at the Four Continents Championships.

In the 2004–05 Grand Prix series, Putnam/Wirtz placed fifth at the 2004 Skate America and 8th at the 2004 Cup of Russia. They were fourth at both the 2005 Canadian Championships and 2005 Four Continents Championships.

Competing in the 2005–06 Grand Prix series, Putnam/Wirtz placed fourth at the 2005 Skate America and fifth at the 2005 Cup of Russia. After finishing fifth at the 2006 Canadian Championships, they won the bronze medal at the 2006 Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Their training for the following season was delayed by a visa problem, which prevented Wirtz from returning to New Jersey for a month. Competing in the 2006–07 Grand Prix series, Putnam/Wirtz finished fourth at the 2006 Skate Canada International, two weeks after the death of Putnam's father, and then fourth at the 2006 Trophee Eric Bompard. They were sixth at the 2007 Canadian Nationals.

Their preparations for the 2007–08 season were hampered by injuries. After Wirtz recovered from a broken rib, sustained while skiing in spring 2007, he injured his foot and then the other foot, causing them to withdraw from both of their Grand Prix assignments. Tchernyshev's availability also decreased due to his show commitments. on August 28, 2007, Putnam/Wirtz announced the end of their partnership.

=Later career=

Putnam decided to return to single skating, training in Vancouver under Jill Marie Harvey and Joanne McLeod.

She later skated on cruise ships with adagio pairs partner Jonathan Poitras. In 2015, she appeared in a video skating on Widgeon Lake, near Coquitlam, at an altitude of 2,500 feet.

Programs

(with Wirtz)

2006–2007 \| Sing, Sing, Sing {{small\| by Louis Prima }} \| rowspan=2 \| Piano Concerto No. 1 {{small\| by Pyotr Tchaikovsky }} \|
class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short program ! Free skating ! Exhibition
2005–2006 \| Incantation {{small\| (from Quidam) by Cirque du Soleil }} \|
2004–2005 \| My Sweet and Tender Beast {{small\| by Eugen Doga }} \| Moonlight Sonata {{small\| by Ludwig van Beethoven }} \|
2003–2004 \| Ave Maria {{small\| by Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod }} \| Variations on a Theme of Paganini {{small\| by Sergei Rachmaninov }} \| rowspan=2 \| To Where You Are {{small\| by Josh Groban }}
2002–2003 \| Meditation {{small\| (from Thaïs) by Jules Massenet London Symphonic Orchestra }} \| Violin Fantasie on Puccini's Turandot {{small\| performed by Vanessa-Mae and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra }} Nessun Dorma {{small\| (from Turandot) by Giacomo Puccini performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra }}

Results

GP: Grand Prix

=With Wirtz=

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center \| International
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! 2002–03 ! 2003–04 ! 2004–05 ! 2005–06 ! 2006–07
align=left \| Four Continents	9th	9th	4th	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Bompard					4th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Cup of Russia				5th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate America		6th	5th	4th
align=left \| {{small\|GP}} Skate Canada		5th			4th
align=left \| Bofrost Cup		bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center \| National
align=left \| Canadian Champ.	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd	4th	5th	6th
colspan=6 align=center \| WD: Withdrew

=With Batka=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=2 align=center \| National
Event ! 2001–02
align=left \| Canadian Championships	9th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=2 align=center | National

Event

! 2001–02

align=left | Canadian Championships

9th

=Single skating=

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center \| National
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Event ! 2002–03 ! 2003–04
align=left \| Canadian Championships	bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd J.	WD
colspan=3 align=center \| J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

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{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00005993.htm |title= Elizabeth PUTNAM / Mark BATKA |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160321054920/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00005993.htm |archivedate= March 21, 2016 |url-status= live }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00006799.htm |title= Elizabeth PUTNAM / Sean WIRTZ: 2002/2003 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20030618203330/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00006799.htm |archivedate= June 18, 2003 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006799.htm |title= Elizabeth PUTNAM / Sean WIRTZ: 2003/2004 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20040603085204/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006799.htm |archivedate= June 3, 2004 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006799.htm |title= Elizabeth PUTNAM / Sean WIRTZ: 2004/2005 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050207120035/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006799.htm |archivedate= February 7, 2005 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006799.htm |title= Elizabeth PUTNAM / Sean WIRTZ: 2005/2006 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060507035315/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006799.htm |archivedate= May 7, 2006 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006799.htm |title= Elizabeth PUTNAM / Sean WIRTZ: 2006/2007 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070715215542/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00006799.htm |archivedate= July 15, 2007 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/athletes/national_teams/team_profiles/profile.cfm?strregid=1784308&strcategory=pair |title= Athletes: Elizabeth Putnam / Sean Wirtz |publisher= Skate Canada |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030101/http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/athletes/national_teams/team_profiles/profile.cfm?strregid=1784308&strcategory=pair |archivedate= September 27, 2007 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.putnamwirtz.com/profile.htm |title= Profile |publisher= Official website of Putnam and Wirtz |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070617172838/http://www.putnamwirtz.com/profile.htm |archivedate= June 17, 2007 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite news |url= http://www.goldenskate.com/2003/05/putnam-and-wirtz-canadas-hot-new-pairs-couple/ |title=Putnam and Wirtz: Canada's Hot New Pairs Couple |first= Barry |last= Mittan |work= Golden Skate |date= May 14, 2003 }}

{{cite web |url= http://eislauf-union.de/results/bofrost2003/CAT003RS.HTM |title= BOFROST CUP on ICE 2003: Pairs Result |publisher= Deutsche Eislauf-Union |date= 9 November 2003 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101028133927/http://eislauf-union.de/results/bofrost2003/CAT003RS.HTM |archivedate= October 28, 2010 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite news |url= http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/news_views/press_room/news_releases/2007/aug28.cfm |title= Putnam and Wirtz announce end of partnership |work= Skate Canada |date= August 28, 2007 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101025205139/http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/news_views/press_room/news_releases/2007/aug28.cfm |archivedate= October 25, 2010 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite news |url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/putnam-and-wirtz-end-partnership/article1081327/ |title=Putnam and Wirtz end partnership |first= Beverley |last= Smith |work= The Globe and Mail |date= August 29, 2007 }}

{{cite news |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120723&content_id=35417430&vkey=ice_news |title= Putnam navigates seas of a new partnership |first= Lois |last= Elfman |work= IceNetwork.com |date= July 26, 2012 |access-date= March 21, 2016 |archive-date= January 3, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170103191643/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120723&content_id=35417430&vkey=ice_news |url-status= dead }}

{{cite news |url= http://globalnews.ca/news/2354774/stunning-video-shows-figure-skaters-dance-routine-atop-widgeon-lake-near-coquitlam/ |title=Stunning video shows figure skater's dance routine atop Widgeon Lake near Coquitlam |first= Jon |last= Azpiri |work= Global News |date= November 21, 2015 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151227195647/http://globalnews.ca/news/2354774/stunning-video-shows-figure-skaters-dance-routine-atop-widgeon-lake-near-coquitlam/ |archivedate= December 27, 2015 |url-status= live }}

}}

External links

{{isu name | id=00006799 | name=Elizabeth Putnam / Sean Wirtz }}
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706082116/http://www.putnamwirtz.com/ |date=July 6, 2007 |title=Official site of Putnam and Wirtz }}

Category:1984 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian female pair skaters

Category:Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists

Category:Figure skaters from Toronto

Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen