Alice Sue Claeys(born February 24, 1975) is a former competitivefigure skater.Representing Belgium, she won silver at the1992 Skate Canada Internationaland finished in the top ten at three ISU Championships — the1992 World Junior Championships(4th), the1992 World Championships(7th), and the1993 European Championships(8th).
| Alice Sue Claeys | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 February 1975 Atlanta,Georgia,United States |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Belgium United States |
| Retired | 1999 |
Personal life
editClaeys was born inAtlanta,Georgia.At age 11, she moved with her family toMinnesotaand became a student at Burnsville High School.[1]She began studying at theUniversity of Minnesotaat age 14.[2]
Skating career
editClaeys trained in Atlanta andJanesville, Wisconsinuntil she was 11 and then trained in Minnesota.[1][3]She won the junior ladies' title at the1990 U.S. Championships.[1]
Claeys began representing Belgium in the 1991–92 season. After placing fourth behindChen Luat theWorld Junior ChampionshipsinHull, Quebec,she was named in the Belgian team to the1992 European Championships.Making her senior ISU Championship debut, she finished 11th at the event inLausanne,Switzerland. She then placed seventh, betweenTonya HardingandYuka Sato,at the1992 World ChampionshipsinOakland, California.
In the 1992–93 season, Claeys won silver at the1992 Skate Canada International,placed sixth at the1992 NHK Trophyand fifth at the1992 Grand Prix International de Paris.She ranked eighth at the1993 European ChampionshipsinHelsinki.At the1993 World ChampionshipsinPrague,she placed 21st in the short program and withdrew from the competition.
The 1993–94 season was less successful for Claeys. She finished 16th at the1994 European Championshipsand 19th at the1994 World Championships.
Claeys represented the United States at the1997 Winter Universiade,where she finished sixth.
Competitive highlights
edit| International | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 (BEL) |
92–93 (BEL) |
93–94 (BEL) |
94–95 | 95–96 (USA) |
96–97 (USA) |
97–98 (USA) |
98–99 (USA) |
| Worlds | 7th | WD | 19th | |||||||
| Europeans | 11th | 8th | 16th | |||||||
| Int. de Paris | 5th | 12th | ||||||||
| NHK Trophy | 6th | |||||||||
| Skate Canada | 2nd | |||||||||
| Universiade | 6th | |||||||||
| International: Junior | ||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 4th | |||||||||
| National | ||||||||||
| Belgian Champ. | ||||||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 1st J | 10th | WD | 17th | ||||||
| Eastern Sect. | 2nd | 4th | ||||||||
| Midwestern Sect. | 3rd | |||||||||
| J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^abcHersh, Phil (February 18, 1990)."New Junior Champion Shows Balance Off The Ice, Too".Chicago Tribune.
- ^Harvey, Randy (February 11, 1990)."FIGURE SKATING NOTEBOOK: Bowman Still in Pain, May Miss Freestyle".Los Angeles Times.
- ^Hamilton, Linda (February 11, 1990)."Practice makes perfect as Claeys wins Juniors".Deseret News.Archived fromthe originalon April 26, 2014.