Jennifer Robinson
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 Robinson skates in 2004. |
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Country represented |  Canada |
| Born | December 2, 1976 |
| Height | 170 cm |
| Former coach | Michelle Leigh |
| Former choreographer | Lori Nichol |
| Skating club | Riverside FSC |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 144.89 2003 Skate Canada |
| Short program | 47.78 2003 Skate Canada |
| Free skate | 97.11 2003 Skate Canada |
Jennifer Robinson (born December 2, 1976 in Goderich, Ontario) is a Canadian figure skater who finished 7th at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She is a six-time national champion.
After she finished her amateur skating career, she skated professionally with Stars on Ice.
Presently living in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, she has been involved with and has done some on-air radio work at CIQB-FM with Darren Stevens as well as hosting a dinner hour news show called First Local for the Simcoe County, Ontario public access Rogers Cable station.
In October 2010, Robinson was elected to Barrie City Council, representing Ward 8 in the south-central area of the city.[1]
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[edit] Results
| Event | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 |
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| Olympic Winter Games | 7th | |||||||||
| World Championships | 19th | 21st | 18th | 8th | 15th | 9th | 9th | 14th | ||
| Four Continents Championships | 7th | 6th | 8th | 4th | 5th | 5th | ||||
| Canadian Championships | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd |
| Skate America | 12th | 8th | 7th | |||||||
| Skate Canada International | 6th | 10th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | |||
| Cup of China | 9th | |||||||||
| Trophée Lalique | 4th | |||||||||
| Cup of Russia | 8th | 5th | ||||||||
| NHK Trophy | 7th | |||||||||
| Nations Cup | 9th | 5th | 4th |
[edit] Trivia
- Robinson appears occasionally on the sports talk show Off the Record with Michael Landsberg
- On July 31 and August 7, 2004, Robinson made her radio-hosting debut by hosting a Saturday night retro show on CIQB-FM in Barrie, Ontario, under the direction of station program director Darren Stevens.
- Robinson was one of five stunt doubles for the main character, Casey (played by Michelle Trachtenberg) in the Disney Channel's 2005 film Ice Princess.
- She is the niece of NHL hockey player Gaston Gingras.
- Robinson and her husband Shane Dennison gave birth to a baby girl named Reese McKenna Dennison, born February 2, 2010, at 6:03 am at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, Ontario.[2]
- Was a commentator at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia for CTV along with Rod Black and Victor Kraatz during the Women's Figure Skating and Ice Dancing competitions.
[edit] References
- ^ Marg Bruineman (2010-10-27). "Emotions, turnouts run high". Barrie Examiner. http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2817811. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
- ^ "Six time Canadian Champion and Olympian Jennifer Robinson welcomes baby girl". Skatecanada.com. http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/news_views/news/2009_2010/10february_5.cfm. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jennifer Robinson |
- Official website
- Her bio from the Rogers Cable access station in Simcoe County
- Jennifer Robinson at the International Skating Union
