Owen Edwards (figure skater)#cite note-bio1112b-9
{{short description|Welsh ice dancer}}
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{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Owen Edwards
|image= Owen Edwards & Louise Walden GBR.png
|caption= Walden and Edwards in 2009.
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|altname=
|country= {{GBR}}
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|7|21}}
|birth_place= Wrexham, Wales
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|residence=
|height= {{height|m=1.80}}
|partner= Louise Walden
Zelda-Aurora Roper
Lindsey Woolstencroft
Naomi Hitchmough
|coach= Galit Chait
Muriel Boucher-Zazoui
Romain Haguenauer
Olivier Schoenfelder
Joan Slater
|choreographer=
|formerchoreographer=
|skating club= Deeside ISC
|former skating club =
|currenttraininglocations = Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.
Lyon, France
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|beganskating = 1995
|retired= 2013
|dance score= 116.52
|dance date= 2011 Worlds
|SD score= 48.36
|SD date= 2012 Europeans
|FD score= 72.75
|FD date= 2012 Europeans (Preliminary Round)
}}
Owen Edwards (born 21 July 1987) is a Welsh retired ice dancer who competed for Great Britain. With Louise Walden, he won gold at the 2010 Ice Challenge, 2010 International Trophy of Lyon, and 2011 British Championships. They competed in the final segment at two ISU Championships – 2011 Worlds, where they finished 20th, and 2012 Europeans, where they placed 13th.
Career
Walden and Edwards began skating together in June 2006. They made their international debut in October 2008 at the 2008 Karl Schaefer Memorial in Vienna, Austria, where they placed 8th. Between April 2008 and September 2012, they were based at CSG Lyon International Skating Academy in France, where they were coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer and Olivier Schoenfelder. They won the British national title in the 2010–2011 season. At the 2011 World Championships in Moscow, they qualified to the final segment and finished 20th overall.
Walden/Edwards placed 13th at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England. In September 2012, the duo moved to Hackensack, New Jersey, to train under Galit Chait. In May 2013, the couple took to their official website to announce their retirement from competitive skating.
Walden and Edwards were ranked 5th in the 2009/2010 UK national rankings and 2nd in 2010/2011.
Programs
(with Walden)
Competitive highlights
(with Walden)
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| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | International | |||||||
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| Event
! {{tooltip|06–07|2006–2007}} ! 07–08 ! 08–09 ! 09–10 ! 10–11 ! 11–12 ! 12–13 | |||||||
| align=left | Worlds | 20th | ||||||
| align=left | Europeans | 13th | ||||||
| align=left | Cup of Nice | 5th | 5th | |||||
| align=left | Ice Challenge | 11th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 6th | 11th | |||
| align=left | Karl Schäfer | 8th | ||||||
| align=left | Nebelhorn | 12th | 10th | |||||
| align=left | NRW Trophy | 7th | 6th | 7th | ||||
| align=left | Ondrej Nepela | 7th | 8th | 8th | ||||
| align=left | Pavel Roman | 7th | ||||||
| align=left | Trophy of Lyon | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | Universiade | 13th | 5th | |||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | National | |||||||
| align=left | British Champ. | 5th | 4th | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 5th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |
| align=left | Welsh Champ. | bgcolor=gold | 1st |
References
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{{cite news |url= http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111005&content_id=25509512&vkey=ice_news |title= The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew – Oct. 5 |first= Sarah S. |last= Brannen |first2= Drew |last2= Meekins |work= IceNetwork.com |date= 5 October 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052724/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111005&content_id=25509512&vkey=ice_news |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |url-status= live }}
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100919165634/http://www.nice-baie-des-anges.fr/nicecup/entriesresults Nice October 2010]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111029233043/http://joomla1.nrw-trophy.de/ Dortmund November 2010]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101114132115/http://www.icechallenge.at/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=94&lang=en Graz November 2010]
- [http://www.csndg.org/Competitions/2010_2011/International/Lyon/html/ Lyon November 2010]
External links
{{commons category|Owen Edwards}}
- {{isu name | id = 00010120 | name = Louise Walden / Owen Edwards}}
- {{official website|http://britishicedancing.com/}}
- [http://louise-owen.ice-dance.com/news.html Walden and Edwards: 2010–2011 schedule]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:British male ice dancers
Category:Sportspeople from Wrexham
Category:Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade