Cathy Reed

Infobox Figure skater
title= Cathy Reed


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country= JPN
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1987|6|5
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height= 167 cm
partner= Chris Reed
coach= Nikolai Morozov,
formercoach= Shae-Lynn Bourne, Valter Rizzo, Andrew Stroukoff, Susan Kelley
choreographer=Nikolai Morozov
skating club= Kawagoe Figure Skating Club
retired=
dance score= 158.47
dance date= 2008 Four Continents
CD score= 27.42
CD date= 2007 Four Continents
OD score= 49.64
OD date= 2008 Four Continents
FD score= 81.77
FD date= 2008 Four ContinentsChinese
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kana= キャシー・リード
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Cathy Reed (born June 5, 1987 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) is an American-Japanese ice dancer who currently represents Japan. She competes with her brother Chris Reed. They are the 2008 Japanese national champions.

Personal life

Cathy Reed was born in 1987 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her mother is Japanese and her father is American. Cathy Reed hold dual American and Japanese citizenship. Reed has two skating siblings. She competes in ice dancing with her younger brother Chris Reed. Her younger sister Allison Reed competes for Estonia in ice dancing with Taavi Rand.

Career

The Reeds are the 2006 U.S. Novice Dance Champions, but chose to represent Japan beginning in the 2006-2007 season. [ [http://www.skatetoday.com/articles0506/122706.htm U.S. Novice Champs to Compete for Japan] ] While Novice national champions are usually given a chance to compete on the Junior Grand Prix, Cathy Reed was too old at the time of their win to compete as a junior internationally. The Reeds were offered a chance to compete for Japan and they took it. They advanced immediately to the senior level, skipping Juniors entirely.

After advancing to the senior level, they placed fourth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb and second at the 2007 Japan Figure Skating Championships. At the 2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, they showed they belong as seniors, placing ahead of several teams who have been competing a seniors much longer than the Reeds have.

At their Grand Prix debut, the 2007 Skate America, they placed 9th. They placed 8th at their second Grand Prix event, the 2007 NHK Trophy. They won the 2007-2008 Japan Figure Skating Championships. They repeated their 7th place finish at the Four Continents, and then placed 16th at the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships.

Competitive highlights

(with Reed)

(for Japan)

(for the U.S.)

* N = Novice level

References

External links

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* [http://www.skatetoday.com/articles0506/122706.htm SkateToday article]
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