Audrey Freyja Clarke Explained

Audrey Freyja Clarke
Fullname:Audrey Freyja Clarke
Birth Date:13 December 1987
Hometown:Akureyri, Iceland
Residence:Akureyri, Iceland
Coach:Iveta Reitmeyerova, Helga Margrét Clarke
Formercoach:Sanna-Maija Wiksten, Leena-Kaisa Viitanen, Margareth O´Neill
Choreographer:Helga Margrét Clarke, Audrey Freyja Clarke
Formerchoreographer:Sanna Maija Wiksten
Skating Club:Akureyri Skating Club
Beganskating:1997
Retired:2011
Combined Total:52.68
Combined Date:2005 JGP Poland
Sp Score:18.70
Sp Date:2005 JGP Poland
Fs Score:33.98
Fs Date:2005 JGP Poland

Audrey Freyja Clarke is a retired Icelandic figure skater. She is a multiple Icelandic National Champion where her reign lasted eight years only missing out one year where she did not compete.

Personal life

Audrey Freyja Clarke was born December 13, 1987, in Akureyri, Iceland, as the youngest of three sisters. Her sister Helga Margrét Clarke also skated and was the 2001 junior national champion and later coached.

The sisters, Audrey Freyja and Helga Margrét, formed a musical duet called Sister Sister which was active in 2013-2015 and released one CD where Audrey Freyja was the lead singer and Helga Margrét played piano and sang. Audrey Freyja was also a contestant on the Icelandic version of The Voice in 2015.

In 2011 she graduated as a physical therapist from the University of Iceland.

She was the national Curling champion in 2004 with Ísmeistarar from Akureyri.

Career

Audrey Freyja started skating at the age of 10 in Akureyri and was early on coached by Leena-Kaisa Viitanen (Mimmi) and Sanna-Maija Wiksten, and later by Iveta Reitmeyerova. During the summer months she trained in Nottingham, England, and in Belfast, Northern Ireland with Margaret O´Neill.[1] Audrey was also coached for several years by her sister Helga Margrét.

She was the second skater to represent Iceland at ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed 35th at the 2005–2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Gdańsk, Poland.

She represented Iceland at five Nordic Championships in junior from 2003-2007 with her best placement being 16th in 2007.

She was the first senior skater in 2009 to represent Iceland at the Reykjavík International Games where she earned silver.

She was elected skater of the year five times for the years 2003-2007 by the Icelandic Skating Association and is the skater who has earned the title most often.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skating
2003–2004
  • Piano Concerto no.2 op18
    by Rachmaninoff
2004–2006
2006–2008
  • Clair de Lune
    by Debussy
2008–2009
  • Toccata
    Performed by Vanessa Mae

Competitive highlights

International
Event01–0202–0303–0404–0505–0606–0707–0808–09
International
align=left 2nd
International: Junior
align=left 35th
align=left 20th 21st 20th 19th16th
National
align=left 1st N 1st J1st J 1st J 1st J DNC 1st J 1st S.
N. = Novice level, J. = Junior level, S. = Senior level DNC = did not compete

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Coaches.