Shae-Lynn Bourne
 Shae-Lynn Bourne with Victor Kraatz. |
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| Full name | Shae-Lynn Bourne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Canada |
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| Born | January 24, 1976 Chatham, Ontario |
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| Residence | Toronto/ South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Victor Kraatz Andrew Bertleff (Pairs) |
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| Former coach | Nikolai Morozov Uschi Keszler Natalia Dubova Tatiana Tarasova Josee Picard Eric Gilles Paul Wirtz |
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| Skating club | Represented Brossard, Que. / Granite Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shae-Lynn Bourne, MSC (born January 24, 1976) is a Canadian ice dancer. She and partner Victor Kraatz became the first North American ice dancing world champions in 2003. They competed at three Winter Olympic Games, placing 10th at the 1994 Winter Olympics, 4th at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and 4th at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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[edit] Career
Bourne began skating at age seven. She first competed in pair skating events with partner Andrew Bertleff. She later changed to ice dancing and found a partner in Victor Kraatz. During their career, they were coached at various times by Tatiana Tarasova, Natalia Dubova, Uschi Keszler, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, and Nikolai Morozov.
Bourne and Kraatz became known for their deep edges and soft knees, but later became famous for fast and difficult footwork sequences. They were credited with perfecting and popularizing the hydroblading technique.
After her retirement from competition, Bourne has skated solo in shows and tours around the world, such as Stars On Ice, Champions on Ice in North America and Japan, Art On Ice in Switzerland, the 2009 Ice All Stars and the 2010 Festa On Ice, held in Seoul, South Korea.
She has also competed on figure skating reality shows like Battle of the Blades (paired with former NHL star player Claude Lemieux, finished 2nd overall) on CBC and Thin Ice on ABC (paired with American pair skater John Zimmerman, finished 2nd overall).
[edit] Personal life
Bourne was born in Chatham, Ontario. She has a little sister, Kylie.[1] She married her skating coach Nikolai Morozov on August 12, 2005, but the marriage was short-lived, and their divorce was finalized in summer 2007.[2] She married Bohdan Turok on September 17th, 2011.
[edit] Coach and choreographer
She is currently the coach of Canadian ice dancing team Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje. She has previously coached Cathy Reed & Chris Reed.
Bourne also works as a choreographer. She has choreographed programs for:
- Jeremy Abbott
- Kate Charbonneau
- Vaughn Chipeur
- Kiira Korpi: Bourne choreographed her 2010-2011 season short program.
- Annabelle Langlois & Cody Hay
- Alexandra Najarro
- Kevin Reynolds
- Joannie Rochette: Bourne has choreographed her 2008-2009 short program,[3] her 2009-2010 season short program and exhibition programs.
- Andrei Rogozine
- Pang Qing & Tong Jian
- Akiko Suzuki
- Daisuke Takahashi
- Yun Yea-Ji
[edit] Show choreography
- Shizuka Arakawa: Bourne has choreographed for Arakawa's show Friends on Ice in 2009.[4]
- Kurt Browning
- Sasha Cohen
- Ekaterina Gordeeva
[edit] Advocacy
Bourne has used her celebrity to speak out against child abuse. She and Kraatz skated in numerous charity shows such as "Dreams On Ice". Bourne was the honorary chairperson for the "Every Life Counts" campaign for Chatham-Kent. Bourne and Kraatz received the Canadian Governor General's Meritorious Service Crosses for speaking out about unfair judging practices so that the sport could be improved for all competitors.
[edit] Results
(with Victor Kraatz)
| Event | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 10th | 4th | 4th | ||||||||
| World Championships | 14th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | |
| Four Continents Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||||||
| Canadian Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Grand Prix Final | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 1st | ||||||
| Skate America | 3rd | 1st | |||||||||
| Skate Canada International | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
| Trophée Eric Bompard | 2nd | ||||||||||
| Cup of Russia | 2nd | ||||||||||
| NHK Trophy | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | ||||||||
| Bofrost Cup on Ice | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | |||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 1st |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRnaqpEg5hg&feature=BFa&list=WL03AE7EFE611A649F&lf=autoplay
- ^ Kraatz and Bourne Square Off
- ^ Rochette earn fifth consecutive national title accessed May 4, 2009
- ^ Shizuka Arakawa's Friends on Ice accessed Aug 31, 2010
[edit] External links
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- Canadian ice dancers
- Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Canadian figure skating coaches
- Recipients of the Meritorious Service Decoration
- Olympic figure skaters of Canada
- People from Chatham–Kent
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Battle of the Blades participants
