Steven Cousins
Steven Cousins | |
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Born | Chester, England | 24 May 1972
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Great Britain |
Began skating | 1978 |
Retired | 1998 |
Steven Cousins (born 24 May 1972) is a British former competitive men's singles
Career
Cousins began skating in 1978[1] after he and his brother pushed their parents to take them to an ice rink.[2] Although he had a negative reaction at first ("We ended up going to the rink, and I hated it"), he eventually grew interested in figuring out how to jump and spin.[2] He was also spurred on by sibling rivalry with his elder brother.[3]
Cousins is the youngest skater to win the British National Championships.[4] He trained with Donna Gately at Deeside Ice Rink in the United Kingdom and then moved to the United States where he spent a number of years. In 1993, he moved to Canada and was coached by Doug Leigh at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario.[4] He also worked with Stephen Pickavance and Karen Barber in the UK.[3]
Cousins competed at three
Cousins reclaimed his national title in the 1997–98 season. After finishing ninth at the 1997 Nations Cup, he withdrew from the 1997 Trophée Lalique.[6] He placed sixth at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He was coached by Doug Leigh and Robert Tebby.[1]
Cousins retired from eligible competition in 1998 but continued to skate in shows, including touring with Stars on Ice until 2007. He has worked as a choreographer. In May 2010, he joined the International Skating School at Planet Ice, Coventry, and Silver Blades, Altrincham.[4] He was the event manager for the 2012–13 Disson skating shows.[7]
Personal life
Cousins was born on 24 May 1972 in Chester, England.[1] He married Canadian ice dancer Kristina Lenko in June 2003. They formally separated in the summer of 2006 and subsequently divorced. With former wife Elena Berezhnaya,[4] he has two children, a son Trystan, born on 6 October 2007, and daughter Sofia Diana, born on 21 June 2009. The couple's separation was confirmed in August 2013.[8]
Cousins has a home in Chester but lives more than half the year in Ontario, Canada.[8]
Programmes
Season | Short programme | Free skating |
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1997–98 [1] |
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1996–97 |
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1995–96 |
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1994–95 |
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1993–94 [3] |
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1992–93 |
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1991–92 |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)
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Event | 86–87 | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 |
Olympics | 12th | 9th | 6th | ||||||||
Worlds | 18th | 16th | 16th | 18th | 10th | 8th | 15th | 11th | 7th | ||
Europeans | 15th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 11th | 8th | 4th | 11th | 6th | ||
GP Cup of Russia |
8th | ||||||||||
GP Lalique |
WD | ||||||||||
GP Nations Cup | 9th | ||||||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 5th | ||||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 5th | 4th | |||||||||
Goodwill Games | 9th | ||||||||||
Int. de Paris |
7th | ||||||||||
Nations Cup | 8th | 6th | |||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 10th | ||||||||||
Piruetten | 10th | ||||||||||
Skate America | 12th | 7th | |||||||||
Skate Canada | 5th | 3rd | |||||||||
Skate Electric |
7th | 7th | |||||||||
St. Gervais | 10th | ||||||||||
International: Junior[1] | |||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 19th | 12th | 9th | ||||||||
PFSA Trophy | 5th J | ||||||||||
National[1] | |||||||||||
British Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | ||
J: Junior level; WD: Withdrew |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Steven COUSINS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016.
- ^ a b Jones, Maggie (11 February 2016). "British figure skater Steven Cousins to perform for cancer research". Knoxville News Sentinel. Archived from the original on 12 February 2016.
- ^ a b c O'Hagan, Simon (12 December 1993). "Ice Skating: Cousins adds fire to the ice". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ National Ice Skating Association. 28 May 2010. Archived from the originalon 20 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Burton, Mark (16 November 1996). "Ice Skating: Hard acts for Cousins to follow". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
- ^ Buhman, Fran (November 1997). "Reviews & Reports: Trophee Lalique - Paris, France, 11/11-11/16/97". toddeldridge.net.
- ^ Brodie, Rob (20 October 2012). "New Moves for Steven Cousins". IFS Magazine.
- ^ a b "Road ban for drink-driving Olympic skater". Blackpool Gazette. 10 August 2013.