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Matthew Parr (figure skater)

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Began skating
  
1997

Retired
  
April 2014

Name
  
Matthew Parr

Role
  
Figure skater

Height
  
1.80 m


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Born
  
1 March 1990 (age 34) (
1990-03-01
)
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Former coach
  
Debi Briggs, Simon Briggs, Joy Sutcliffe

Former skating club
  
Dundee Ice Skating Club

Combined total
  
154.522009 Nebelhorn Trophy

Short program
  
57.402014 Winter Olympics (Team event)

Free skate
  
105.362009 Nebelhorn Trophy

Profiles


Former choreographer
  
Country represented
  
United Kingdom

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Matthew Parr (born 1 March 1990) is an English figure skater. He is a four-time British national champion (2009–10, 2013–14).

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Parr began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2004. He made his senior international debut at the 2008 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

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Following the 2009 European Championships, Parr was named as the British entry for the 2009 World Championships, replacing Elliot Hilton, but Hilton won a lawsuit against the National Ice Skating Association and was restored to the team.

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Parr competed at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Sofia, the 2010 European Championships in Tallinn, and 2010 World Championships in Turin but was cut after the short program at all three events. The Nebelhorn Trophy in September 2013 was the final qualification opportunity for countries which had not yet earned spots in individual Olympic figure skating events. Placing 25th, Parr was unsuccessful in his bid for an individual berth. In January 2014, he placed 27th in the short program at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest and did not advance further.

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Parr was selected to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics, held in February in Sochi, Russia, due to the United Kingdom's qualification for the team figure skating event. On the first day of the Olympics, he placed ninth out of ten skaters in the men's short program, earning two points for the UK. His country did not advance further.

Parr retired from competition in April 2014.

References

Matthew Parr (figure skater) Wikipedia