Steven Cousins

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Steven Cousins
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Steven Cousins performs in 2004.
Personal information
Country represented Great Britain
Born (1972-05-24) 24 May 1972 (age 52)
Chester, England
Former coach Doug Leigh, Donna Gately, Stephen Pickavance, Karen Barber
Former training locations Barrie, Ontario
Deeside
Began skating 1978/1979
Retired 1998

Steven Cousins (born 24 May 1972) is a British figure skater. He is the 1993 Skate Canada International bronze medalist and an eight-time British national champion. He finished as high as 6th at the Olympics (1998), 7th at the World Championships (1998), and 4th at the European Championships (1996).

Career

Cousins began skating at age six, spurred on by sibling rivalry with his elder brother.[1] He is the youngest skater to win the British National Championships.[2] 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.[2] He also worked with Stephen Pickavance and Karen Barber in the UK.[1]

Cousins competed at three Winter Olympics, nine World Championships, and nine European Championships during his career. He became the first Briton to land a triple axel in competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.[2] He was the British national champion for seven consecutive years before his streak was interrupted by Neil Wilson in the 1996–97 season.[3] Cousins finished higher at the 1997 European Championships and was sent to the 1997 World Championships. He reclaimed his national title in the 1997–98 season and went on to compete at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, where he placed sixth.

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.[2] He is the event manager for the 2012–13 Disson skating shows.[4]

Personal life

Cousins 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,[2] 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.[5]

Cousins has a home in Chester but lives more than half the year in Ontario, Canada.[5]

Programmes

Season Short programme Free skating
1997–1998
1996–1997
1995–1996
1994–1995
1993–1994
[1]
1992–1993
1991–1992

Competitive highlights

International
Event 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Olympics 12th 9th 6th
Worlds 18th 16th 16th 18th 10th 8th 15th 11th 7th
Europeans 15th 8th 7th 9th 11th 8th 4th 11th 6th
CS Skate America 12th 7th
CS Skate Canada 5th 3rd 5th 4th
CS Int. de Paris 7th
CS Cup of Russia 8th
CS NHK Trophy 5th
CS Nations Cup 8th 6th 9th
Piruetten 10th
National
British Champ. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st
Events marked CS became part of the
Champions Series (Grand Prix) in 1995.

References

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