Victor Kraatz
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 Victor Kraatz with Shae-Lynn Bourne. |
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| Full name | Victor Kraatz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Canada |
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| Born | April 7, 1971 West Berlin, West Germany |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Shae-Lynn Bourne Taryn O'Neill |
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| Former coach | Nikolai Morozov Uschi Keszler Natalia Dubova Tatiana Tarasova Josee Picard Eric Gilles |
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| Retired | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Victor Kraatz, MSC (born April 7, 1971 in West Berlin, West Germany) is a Canadian figure skater. He and his partner, Shae-Lynn Bourne became the first North American team to win a World Championship in ice dancing in 2003.
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[edit] Career
Victor Kraatz began to skate at the age of 9. Born in West Berlin, he grew up in Switzerland and later moved with his mother to Canada. In Switzerland he became an ice dancer and skated with Analisa Beltrami (Switzerland). After having moved to Canada, he teamed up with Taryn O'Neill. On April 20, 1991, Victor Kraatz began skating with Shae-Lynn Bourne, who had been a pair skater until that time, and remained with her until his retirement from competition.
The team had quite a few coaches. Among others they were coached by Josée Picard and Eric Gillies, Tatiana Tarasova, Natalia Dubova, Uschi Keszler, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko and finally by Nikolai Morozov.
Victor Kraatz was skating for the club of Boucherville while Shae-Lynn represented Brossard FSC, in the Quebec section. The final training location was Newington, Connecticut.
Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz are the first World champions in ice dancing representing Canada. They were the first ice dancers to include hydroblading elements in their routines.
[edit] Personal life
On June 19, 2004, Victor Kraatz and Finnish ice dancer Maikki Uotila were married in Helsinki, Finland. Their first son, Oliver, was born September 14, 2006, in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Their second son was born on July 10, 2010.[1]
[edit] Results
(with Shae-Lynn Bourne)
| 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
- ^ Barden, Brett (July 14, 2010). "Victor and Maikki Kraatz welcome second son". Skate Today. http://www.skatetoday.com/2010/07/14/victor-and-maikki-kraatz-welcome-second-son/. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
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