Audrey Freyja Clarke

Audrey Freyja Clarke
Audrey Freyja Clarke, National Champion 2008
Full name	Audrey Freyja Clarke
Born	(1987-12-13) December 13, 1987 (age 36)
Hometown	Akureyri, Iceland
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Iceland
Coach	Iveta Reitmeyerova, Helga Margrét Clarke
Skating club	Akureyri Skating Club
Began skating	1997
Retired	2011

Audrey Freyja Clarke is a retired

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^[1] 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^[2] 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.^[3]

In 2011 she graduated as a physical therapist from the University of Iceland.^[4]

She was the national Curling champion in 2004 with Ísmeistarar from Akureyri.^[5]

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.^[6] 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

She represented Iceland at five Nordic Championships in junior from 2003-2007 with her best placement being 16th in 2007.[8]

She was the first senior skater in 2009 to represent Iceland at the Reykjavík International Games where she earned silver.^[9]

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

Season	Short program	Free skating
2003–2004	Supernatural´ by Santana	Piano Concerto no.2 op18 by Rachmaninoff
2004–2006	October Sky by Mark Isham Schindler´s List by John Williams
2006–2008	Clair de Lune by Debussy
2008–2009	Toccata Performed by Vanessa Mae	Performed by Yanni

Competitive highlights

International
Event	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09
International
Reykjavík International Games								2nd
International: Junior
JGP Poland					35th
the Nordics		20th	21st	20th	19th	16th
National
Icelandic Champ.	1st N	1st J	1st J	1st J	1st J	DNC	1st J	1st S.
N. = Novice level, J. = Junior level, S. = Senior level DNC = did not compete

Gallery

• 
  Audrey Freyja Clarke Skater of the year 2007

References

Citations

Sources

External links

• Fjórði Íslandsmeistaratitillinn from www.mbl.is
• Íslandsmeistari 2001
• Þriðji Íslandsmeistaratitill Audreyjar
• Nordics 2003