Clara Peters Explained

Clara Peters (born 19 July 1991) is an Irish figure skater. She is the first figure skater to represent Ireland in ISU competition.

Personal life

Peters was born in Germany because her parents were working there at the time. She moved to Ireland when she was 18 months old and was raised in Dublin.

Career

Peters began skating in Dublin around the age of seven. After her rink closed in 2000, she travelled two and a half hours to one in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In January 2006, Peters moved to Florida to be coached by Kerry Leitch. After Leitch retired in 2008, she moved to Delaware to train with Ronald Ludington and his wife Karen. The Republic of Ireland has no permanent rink.

Peters initially competed in domestic events in Great Britain, placing ninth at the 2007 British novice championships. She began competing internationally for Ireland beginning in the 2008–09 season, when Ireland became a provisional member of the International Skating Union.

Peters placed 38th at the 2009 European Championships. At the event, she became the first skater to represent Ireland at an ISU Championships. Peters placed 52nd at the 2009 World Championships, and 47th at the 2010 World Championships. She improved to 27th at the 2011 Europeans, but did not advance beyond the preliminary round at the 2011 World Championships. In 2012, Peters finished 28th at her fourth Europeans and improved significantly upon her past results by coming in 29th at Worlds; Peters stated that qualifying for the short program was "a huge deal" and meant that all her hard work had paid off.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2015–16	The King's Speech	Blood Diamond
2014–15	unknown	Downton Abbey
2013–14	Life Is Beautiful	Downton Abbey
2012–13	La Vie en rose	Moonlight Sonata
2011–12	The Notebook	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
2010–11	The Giving	Rhapsody on Theme of Paganini
2009–10	The Last Rose of Summer	Battle of the Smithsonian Madagascar
2008–09	O Mio Babbino Caro	Fantasia 2000

Results

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16
align=left		52nd	47th	21st P	29th
align=left		38th	36th	27th	28th
align=left							10th
align=left				22nd	22nd	28th
align=left						8th	10th
align=left						20th
align=left								bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left					9th
align=left		19th		24th
align=left			32nd		19th		33rd
align=left									11th
align=left								29th
align=left	Skate Down Under						bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left							7th
align=left						9th	12th
align=left							6th
align=left						14th	12th
International: Junior
align=left		31st
align=left		33rd
National
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st		bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st
P = Preliminary round

External links

• • Clara Peters at Tracings.net
• Documentary: At the top of my game