Josh Whidborne Explained

Josh Whidborne
Fullname:	Josh Whidborne
Country:	Great Britain
Birth Date:	18 September 1989
Birth Place:	Reading, Berkshire, England
Partner:	Charlotte Aiken
Coach:	John Dunn
Choreographer:	John Dunn, Kevin Adams
Skating Club:	Lee Valley London
Currenttraininglocations:	London
Beganskating:	2000
Dance Score:	101.42
Dance Date:	2011 World Junior
Sd Score:	41.83
Sd Date:	2013 Europeans
Fd Score:	60.46
Fd Date:	2011 World Junior

Josh Whidborne (born 18 September 1989) is an English ice dancer who represents Great Britain. With his partner Charlotte Aiken, he is the 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial bronze medalist and 2012 British national silver medalist.

Career

Whidborne teamed up with Charlotte Aiken in 2008, after each won the British solo ice dance championships (what level?). They are coached by John Dunn at Lee Valley in London. They are the 2009/10 and 2010/11 Welsh and British junior ice dance champions. They were members of Deeside Ice Skating Club and Ice Skate Wales. In 2009, they made the decision to relocate to Deeside, North Wales to train with coach Joan Slater MBE and with 2002 Olympian Marika Humphreys-Baranova as their choreographer. In January 2011, they relocated to Madrid, Spain, to train with John Dunn. In 2012, John Dunn relocated with his students back to the UK

In the 2012–2013 season, Aiken and Whidborne won their first senior international medal, bronze at the 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. They then won the silver medal at the 2012 British Championships.

Programs

(with Aiken)

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2012–2013	The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band	Singing in the Rain by Gene Kelly Singing in the Rain remix by Mint Royale
2010–2011	Waltz: Que Sera Sera by Jay Livingstone Tango: Libertango by Astor Piazzolla	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
	Original dance
2009–2010	Scottish folk: Suo Gan Londonderry Hornpipe	Seisouso – Quidam (from Cirque du Soleil)

Results

(with Aiken)

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Results
International
Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2012–13	2013–14
align=left					22nd
align=left					8th
align=left					11th
align=left					5th
align=left					bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
International: Junior
align=left			15th	18th
align=left			11th	11th
align=left				9th
align=left			11th
align=left				4th J.
align=left				bgcolor=gold	1st J.
National
align=left		4th J.	bgcolor=gold	1st J.	bgcolor=gold	1st J.	bgcolor=silver	2nd	WD
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix Did not compete in the 2011–2012 season.