ICE DANCE
Date of birth: 30.08.1978 Sinead KERR
GBR
Place of birth: Dundee, Scotland
Height: 168 cm
Home town: Edinburgh, Scotland
Profession: athlete
Hobbies: fashion, shopping, dancing
Start sk. / Club: 1986 / Murrayfield ISC
Former Partners Jamie Ferguson
Date of birth: 02.06.1980 John KERR
GBR
Place of birth: Broxburn, Scotland
Height: 174 cm
Home town: Edinburgh, Scotland
Profession: athlete
Hobbies: football, golf, tennis, dancing
Start sk. / Club: 1989 / Murrayfield ISC
Former Partners Anna Syrett
Coach: Evgeni Platov
Choreographer: Evgeni Platov, Robert Royston (OD)
Former Coach: Joan Slater
Practice low season: 34 h / week at Princeton/USA
Practice high season: 28 h / week at Princeton/USA
Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2008/2009
Lindy Hop (40s): The Boogie Bumper by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
West Coast Swing (40s): Minnie The Moocher by Cab Calloway and Irving Mills
Lindy Hop (40s): The Boogie Bumper by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2008/2009
Ruled by Secrecy by Muse
Personal Best Total Score186.9421.03.2008 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance35.3024.03.2009 World Championships 2009
Personal Best Score Original Dance60.1326.03.2009 World Championships 2009
Personal Best Score Free Dance93.6021.03.2008 World Championships 2008
 
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International CompetitionSeasonPlace
Nebelhorn Trophy 2006 Oberstdorf 2006/2007 1.
Skate America 2006 Hartford, CT 2006/2007 5.
Cup of Russia - Bosco Sport 2006 Moscow 2006/2007 4.
Cup of China 2007 Beijing 2007/2008 5.
Internation CompetitionSeasonPlace
NHK Trophy 2007 Sendai 2007/2008 4.
Finlandia Trophy 2008 Vantaa 2008/2009 1.
Skate America 2008 Everett 2008/2009 3.
Trophee Bompard 2008 Paris 2008/2009 3.
Kerr/Kerr are brother and sister. They teamed up in 2000. They are the first skaters from Great Britain to medal at an ISU Championship in 15 years when they took the bronze at the 2009 European Championships. Both have been taking jobs as actors and models to finance their skating. John Kerr was a double for the footballer Ally McCoist in a movie and appeared in various TV series. Sinead Kerr has worked as a part-time model for designer Alexander McQueen. Kerr/Kerr moved to the USA for training in 2006. Coach Evgeni Platov is a two-time Olympic Ice Dance Champion (1994 and 1998 with Oksana Grishuk).
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