Brooklee Han

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Brooklee Han
Brooklee Han at the 2018 Four Continents Championships
Born (1995-07-06) July 6, 1995 (age 28)
Beverly, Massachusetts, United States
HometownRedding, Connecticut, United States
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country Australia (2010–2019)
 United States (until 2009)
CoachPeter Cain, Darlene Cain
Skating clubStars FSC of Texas
Ice House FSC
Melbourne IFSC
Began skating2000
Retired1 July 2019

Brooklee Han (born July 6, 1995) is an American-Australian retired figure skater who represented Australia in ladies' singles. She is the 2018 CS Alpen Trophy bronze medalist, the 2013 Volvo Open Cup champion, the 2013 Australian national champion, and a five-time Australian national silver medalist (2012, 2014–2018).

She placed 20th at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Personal life[edit]

Brooklee Han was born in Beverly, Massachusetts.[1][2] In 2013, she graduated from Joel Barlow High School in Redding, Connecticut.[2][3] Later that year, she became a part-time student at Wesleyan University.[4] She studied international relations and German before taking a leave of absence in 2016 in order to train in Texas.[5] Her father is Australian.[6]

Born to parents who were both equestrians, Han has also competed in dressage and eventing.[7] She began playing the violin at age five.[7] She started a community orchestra in her town and volunteers teaching violin to grade school students.

Skating career[edit]

Brooklee Han began skating at age five in Brewster, New York.[6] Serhii Vaypan became her coach in 2007.[6] Han has trained at the Newington Arena in Newington, Connecticut, the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury, Connecticut, and Medibank Icehouse in Melbourne, Victoria.[7]

The 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy was the qualifying competition for the 2014 Winter Olympics for countries which had not qualified an entry in a figure skating discipline at the 2013 Worlds. In August 2013, Australian skater Chantelle Kerry argued before the Australian Court of Arbitration for Sport that Han should not compete at Nebelhorn Trophy because she did not compete at the inaugural Skate Down Under competition, which was used as the Australian qualification event to select skaters for the Nebelhorn Trophy. That claim was rejected and Han was selected to compete.[8][9] Han finished fifth at the Nebelhorn Trophy and, as a result of her placement, Australia received one of the six remaining ladies' spots to the Olympics.[10]

The dispute over the Olympic berth continued with claims that Han became ineligible after competing at a club event in America without the approval of the national federation. The Court of Arbitration for Sport heard the case in December 2013.[8][9] Despite the court ruling that Han's participation could have led to her becoming ineligible, previous communications between the skater and Ice Skating Australia (ISA) showed that ISA had no objections to her competing in the event. The claim was ultimately rejected and Han was confirmed as Australia's ladies' representative at the Olympics.[11] Han later finished 20th at the Olympics and 19th at the 2014 World Championships.

On June 27, 2014, Han was selected to compete at the 2014 Skate America, the first of six competitions in the 2014–15 Grand Prix series. After another skater withdrew, she was given a spot to the 2014 Skate Canada International. Han finished in 10th and 8th place, respectively.

In August 2016, Han relocated to Euless, Texas, to be coached by Peter Cain and Darlene Cain.[5]

She announced her retirement from competitive skating on July 1, 2019.[12][13][14]

Programs[edit]

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[15]
2017–2018
[16][5]
  • I Dreamed a Dream
    (from Les Misérables)
    by Claude-Michel Schönberg
    performed by Susan Boyle
2016–2017
[1][5]
  • Por una Cabeza
    by Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera
    choreo. by Evgeni Nemirovski
  • Day of Wrath
    by Bogdan Ota
2015–2016
[17][18]
  • Dans la maison
    by Philippe Rombi
    choreo. by Serhii Vaypan
2014–2015
[19]
2013–2014
[20][21]
  • Secret
    by Jay Chou
2012–2013
[22]
  • Freedom
    by Michael Smith
  • Titanic Symphony
    by Richard Clayderman
2011–2012
[23]
2010–2011
[24]
  • Take Five
    by Dave Brubeck
  • Unsquare Dance
    by Dave Brubeck
  • When My Mother Sings
    by Richard Clayderman, James Last

Competitive highlights[edit]

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[25]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
Olympics 20th
Worlds 21st 19th 35th
Four Continents 12th 14th 17th 17th 14th 14th WD
GP France 10th
GP Skate Canada 8th
GP Skate America 10th
CS Alpen Trophy 3rd
CS Autumn Classic 7th 10th
CS Denkova-Staviski 6th
CS Finlandia 8th
CS Nebelhorn 4th 7th 11th 9th
CS U.S. Classic 6th 10th 7th
Bavarian Open WD
Merano Cup 3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy 8th 5th
Reykjavík Int. Games 2nd
Triglav Trophy 6th
Volvo Open Cup 1st
International: Junior[25]
Junior Worlds 21st 30th 16th
JGP Australia 8th
JGP Czech Republic 11th
JGP Germany 17th
JGP Italy 13th
JGP Mexico 8th
JGP Turkey 12th
JGP U.K. 10th
JGP U.S. 8th
Bavarian Open 2nd
National[25]
Australian Champ. 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Brooklee HAN: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Brooklee Han". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Redding's Brooklee Han Skates Closer To Olympic Dream". Daily Voice. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013.
  4. ^ Renner, Tom (29 November 2013). "Redding Skater Awaits Word On Olympic Bid From Australia". Daily Voice. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d Capellazzi, Gina (17 May 2017). "Brooklee Han and Aimee Buchanan settle in Texas with the Cains as coaches". Figure Skaters Online.
  6. ^ a b c Renner, Tom (4 February 2013). "Redding's Brooklee Han Aims To Skate In Sochi Olympics". The Daily Voice. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013.
  7. ^ a b c Han, Brooklee (17 April 2013). "Brooklee Han takes flight: Blog". Olympics.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013.
  8. ^ a b Cullen, Glenn (3 December 2013). "Aust figure skating Olympic berth appeal". Australian Associated Press. Yahoo. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
  9. ^ a b Jeffery, Nicole (5 December 2013). "Bittersweet result for Sochi skate selection". The Australian.
  10. ^ Wheeler, Alice (28 September 2013). "Brooklee Han secures Olympic quota place". Official Site of the 2014 Australian Olympic Team. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013.
  11. ^ Cullen, Glenn (19 December 2013). "Australian skater loses Olympic appeal". NineMsn. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  12. ^ Capellazzi, Gina (6 July 2019). "Brooklee Han looks back on her figure skating career (part 1 of 2)". figureskatersonline.com.
  13. ^ Capellazzi, Gina (17 July 2019). "Brooklee Han looks back on her figure skating career (part 2 of 2)". figureskatersonline.com.
  14. ^ "In Conversation with Brooklee Han". edgesofglory.com. 19 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Brooklee HAN: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Brooklee HAN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  17. ^ Polansky, Jay (25 August 2015). "Redding Figure Skater Keeps Sights Set On College, Olympics". Daily Voice. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015.
  18. ^ "Brooklee HAN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  19. ^ "Brooklee HAN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.
  20. ^ "Brooklee HAN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  21. ^ "Brooklee HAN". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014.
  22. ^ "Brooklee HAN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013.
  23. ^ "Brooklee HAN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013.
  24. ^ "Brooklee HAN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
  25. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Brooklee HAN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019.

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