Portia Duval-Rigby

{{short description|Australian ice dancer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2011}}

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= Portia Duval-Rigby

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|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|9|3}}

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|height= 155 cm

|partner= Francis Rigby

|formerpartner= Andrejs Liepinieks

|coach=

|formercoach= Helen (Hui) Ma, Svetlana Liapina,
W. Bankowski, T. Berresford

|choreographer=

|formerchoreographer=

|skating club= Iceworld Skating Club

|retired= 2001

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Portia Duval-Rigby (born 3 September 1970 in Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian retired ice dancer. With her husband Francis Rigby, she is a two time Australian Champion. They were married in 1997. The Rigbys were coached by Helen Ma and Svetlana Liapina. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 12th at the 1999 and 2001 Four Continents Championships.

Rigby previously skated with Andrejs Liepinieks, with whom she competed at the 1989 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. She is a civil engineer.[http://www.iht.com/articles/2000/03/28/skate.2.t.php A Long Way From Home, Australians Keep Skating - International Herald Tribune]

Competitive highlights

(with Rigby)

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Event

! 1996–97

! 1997–98

! 1998–99

! 1999–00

! 2000–01

World Championshipsalign="center" | 32ndalign="center" | 32nd
Four Continents Championshipsalign="center" | 12thalign="center" | 13thalign="center" | 12th
Australian Championshipsalign="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2ndalign="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2ndalign="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1stalign="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st
Golden Spin of Zagrebalign="center" | 9thalign="center" | 9th
Karl Schäfer Memorialalign="center" | 9th
Nebelhorn Trophyalign="center" | 12th
Ondrej Nepela Memorialalign="center" | 7th

References