Terra Findlay

Terra Findlay
Personal information
Full name Terra Findlay
Former country(ies) represented  France
 Canada
Born (1990-05-03) May 3, 1990
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Former partner Benoît Richaud (FRA)
Liam Dougherty (CAN)
John Mattatall (CAN, in pairs)
Former coach Muriel Zazoui,
Romain Haguenauer,
Diana Ribas
Former choreographer Romain Haguenauer
Jack Herror
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 150.14
2008 JGP Belarus
Comp. dance 29.64
2008 JGP Belarus
Original dance 48.57
2008 JGP Belarus
Free dance 71.93
2008 JGP Belarus

Terra Findlay (born May 3, 1990) is a Canadian ice dancer who has also competed for France.

Personal life

Findlay was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Her mother is a figure skating coach and her father and brother are hockey players.[1] She moved to Barrie, Ontario at a young age to pursue pairs skating for Canada. Then after switching to Ice Dance, Findlay moved to France to compete with Richaud and lived in Lyon during their competitive career.

Findlay is now a graduate of the College of Sports Media in Toronto, Ontario and a broadcast journalist for Skate Canada.

Career

Through 2005, Findlay competed as a single skater. She competed on the international level in singles for Canada, placing 6th on the novice level at the 2003 Triglav Trophy.[2]

From 2003 through 2005, Findlay competed for Canada as a pair skater with partner John Mattatall.[1] They were the 2004 Canadian junior silver medalists and placed 10th at the 2004 World Junior Championships. They were coached by Doug Leigh and Lee Barkell at the Mariposa School of Skating.[3]

After that partnership ended in 2005, Findlay switched to ice dancing because she was growing too tall for pairs and teamed up with Liam Dougherty.[4] They competed on the national level through 2007.

In November 2007, she teamed up with partner Benoît Richaud to compete for France.[5] That season they were the 2008 Junior French silver medalists. In 2009, they became the French Junior Champions and the French bronze medalists. Their partnership ended following the 2008-2009 season.[6]

Competitive highlights

Ice dancing with Richaud for France

International
Event 2008–09
European Championships 19th
International: Junior
World Junior Championships 10th
JGP Belarus 3rd
JGP France 4th
National
French Championships 3rd
JGP = Junior Grand Prix

Ice dancing with Dougherty for Canada

National
Event 2005–06 2006–07
Canadian Championships 8th 7th

Pairs with Mattatall for Canada

International
Event 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
Nebelhorn Trophy 4th
International: Junior
World Junior Championships 10th
JGP Slovenia 3rd
JGP Slovakia 4th
National
Canadian Championships 4th J. 2nd J. 7th
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

Single skating for Canada

International
Event 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
Triglav Trophy 6th N.
National
Canadian Championships 3rd N. 12th J. 13th J.
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 Mittan, Barry (March 2, 2004). "Findlay Achieves Junior Worlds Goal". Golden Skate.
  2. ↑ 2003 Triglav Trophy
  3. ↑ Skate Canada: Young Canadian Team to Set to Compete in International Development Event
  4. ↑ Mittan, Barry (May 20, 2006). "Future Looks Bright for Findlay and Dougherty". SkateToday.
  5. ↑ Mittan, Barry (July 5, 2009). "Findlay Finds Fresh Start in France". Golden Skate.
  6. ↑ Ruicci, Peter (October 1, 2009). "Looking for Mr. Right — Skater Tera Findlay needs a partner". Sault Star. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
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