Sean Rice
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Sean Rice is a Canadian
pair skater. With partner and wife Jodeyne Higgins
, he is the 1993 & 1995 Canadian bronze medalist
. They also competed in the fours discipline
, winning the fours title at the 1993 Canadian Figure Skating Championships with Jodi Barnes and Rob Williams and the 1994, 1995, and 1996 titles with Scott MacDonald and Alison Purkiss. They won the 1992 bronze medal with Janice Yeck and Scott MacDonald and the 1997 silver medal with Melissa Shields and Trevor Buttenham.
After retiring from competitive skating, they toured professionally on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
In 2011, he participated in the UK pro-celebrity ice skating show Dancing on Ice
on ITV1
, in which he was paired with British TV presenter Angela Rippon
.
(with Sherry Ball
)
(with Kimberly Thomson)
(with Higgins, Jodi Barnes, and Rob Williams)
(with Higgins, Alison Purkiss, and MacDonald)
(with Higgins, Melissa Shields, and Trevor Buttenham)
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
pair skater. With partner and wife Jodeyne Higgins
Jodeyne Higgins
Jodeyne Higgins is a Canadian pair skater. With skating partner and husband Sean Rice, she is the 1993 & 1995 Canadian bronze medalist. They also competed in the fours discipline, winning the fours title at the 1993 Canadian Figure Skating Championships with Jodi Barnes and Rob Williams and the...
, he is the 1993 & 1995 Canadian bronze medalist
Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has...
. They also competed in the fours discipline
Four skating
Four skating is an unusual figure skating and roller skating discipline.Fours teams consist of two ladies and two men. The sport is similar to pair skating, and the disciplines including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals, and throw jumps...
, winning the fours title at the 1993 Canadian Figure Skating Championships with Jodi Barnes and Rob Williams and the 1994, 1995, and 1996 titles with Scott MacDonald and Alison Purkiss. They won the 1992 bronze medal with Janice Yeck and Scott MacDonald and the 1997 silver medal with Melissa Shields and Trevor Buttenham.
After retiring from competitive skating, they toured professionally on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
In 2011, he participated in the UK pro-celebrity ice skating show Dancing on Ice
Dancing on Ice
Dancing on Ice is a British television show co-hosted by Christine Bleakley and Philip Schofield, in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT and Granada Television, has been a prime-time hit in eight different...
on ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
, in which he was paired with British TV presenter Angela Rippon
Angela Rippon
Angela M. Rippon, OBE, born 12 October 1944, Plymouth, Devon, England, is an English television journalist, newsreader, writer and presenter. Rippon presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One's Nine O'Clock News, becoming a regular presenter in 1975...
.
Pairs highlights
(with Higgins)Event | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 |
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World Championships World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion... |
10th | 14th | ||||||
Canadian Championships Canadian Figure Skating Championships The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has... |
3rd J. | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 7th | 5th |
Skate Canada International Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: Ladies' singles, Men's... |
3rd | 6th | ||||||
Skate America Skate America Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. The location changes yearly... |
5th | |||||||
Trophée Lalique | 6th | |||||||
Nations Cup | 4th | 8th | ||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.... |
3rd | |||||||
- J = Junior level
(with Sherry Ball
Sherry Ball
Sherry Ball was a Canadian pair skater. With partner Kris Wirtz, she won the bronze medal at the 1992 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and competed in the Winter Olympics that year.-Results:...
)
Event | 1989–90 |
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World Junior Championships World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion... |
5th |
(with Kimberly Thomson)
Event | 1988–89 |
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Canadian Championships Canadian Figure Skating Championships The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has... |
2nd N. |
- N = Novice level
Fours highlights
(with Higgins, Janice Yeck, and Scott MacDonald)Event | 1991–1992 |
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Canadian Championships Canadian Figure Skating Championships The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has... |
3rd |
(with Higgins, Jodi Barnes, and Rob Williams)
Event | 1992–1993 |
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Canadian Championships Canadian Figure Skating Championships The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has... |
1st |
(with Higgins, Alison Purkiss, and MacDonald)
Event | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 |
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Canadian Championships Canadian Figure Skating Championships The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has... |
1st | 1st | 1st |
(with Higgins, Melissa Shields, and Trevor Buttenham)
Event | 1996–97 |
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Canadian Championships Canadian Figure Skating Championships The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has... |
2nd |