Harley Windsor
| Harley Windsor | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Australia |
| Born |
22 October 1996 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia |
| Residence | Rooty Hill, New South Wales |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Partner | Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya |
| Coach | Andrei Pachin, Galina Pachin, Andrei Hekalo, Nina Mozer |
| Choreographer | Andrei Pachin, Alla Kapranova, Danielle O'Brien |
| Skating club | Sydney FSC |
| Training locations |
Sydney, Australia Moscow, Russia |
| Began skating | 2005 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total |
159.26 2016 JGP Estonia |
| Short program |
56.98 2016 JGP Estonia |
| Free skate |
102.28 2016 JGP Estonia |
Harley Windsor (born 22 October 1996) is an Australian pair skater. With partner Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, he is the 2016 JGP Estonia champion.
Personal life
Windsor was born on 22 October 1996 in Penrith, New South Wales,[1] and was raised in Rooty Hill.[2] He has Australian Aboriginal ancestry and has six siblings.[2] His mother Josie is from the Weilwyn and Gamilaraay people, and his father Peter is of Gamilaraay and Ngarrable descent.[3]
Career
Early years
Windsor began skating in 2005 after an ice rink in Blacktown caught his interest.[1][3] Galina and Andrei Pachin began coaching him in Canterbury in late 2006.[2][4] After competing in singles, he began learning pairs and passing qualifying tests with partners from New South Wales and Queensland.[3]
Partnership with Alexandrovskaya
Responding to a query from the Pachins, Russia-based coach Nina Mozer suggested a tryout between Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Windsor, who arrived in Moscow around January 2016.[4] Alexandrovskaya was released by Russia after a request from the Australian skating association, with help from Mozer.[3] The pair is coached by the Pachins in Sydney and by Andrei Hekalo and Nina Mozer in Moscow.[1]
Alexandrovskaya/Windsor's international debut came in early September 2016 at the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Ranked 6th in the short program and 9th in the free skate, the pair finished 8th overall.[2] Later that month, the two competed at a JGP event in Tallinn, Estonia. They were awarded the gold medal ahead of three Russian pairs after placing third in the short and first in the free.[4][5] They finished as the first substitutes for the JGP Final.[6]
Alexandrovskaya/Windsor made their senior debut at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy; they finished sixth and obtained the minimum technical scores to compete at senior-level ISU Championships.
Programs
(with Alexandrovskaya)
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 [1] |
Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Alexandrovskaya
| International[7] | |
|---|---|
| Event | 2016–17 |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 6th |
| CS Warsaw Cup | WD |
| International: Junior[7] | |
| JGP Final | TBD |
| JGP Czech Republic | 8th |
| JGP Estonia | 1st |
| National[7] | |
| Australian Championships | 1st |
| WD = Withdrew | |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Braithwaite, Alyssa (12 September 2016). "Meet the Indigenous figure skater who has his sights set on the Olympics". Special Broadcasting Service.
- 1 2 3 4 Noonan, Belinda (3 September 2016). "Aboriginal figure skater and his unlikely partner take on the world". Burwood Scene.
- 1 2 3 Noonan, Belinda (1 October 2016). "Historic gold medal for indigenous figure skater". Burwood Scene.
- ↑ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Tallinn Cup 2016: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016 / 2017 Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR". International Skating Union.