Daniel Whiston

Daniel Whiston

Whiston and Hayley Tamaddon on the Dancing on Ice tour in 2010
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Country represented	England
Born	21 November 1976 (1976-11-21) (age 34)
Residence	Blackpool

Daniel Whiston (born 21 November 1976 in Blackpool) is an English ice skater. He appeared in Strictly Ice Dancing on BBC One and all series of ITV show Dancing on Ice. He won the first series of Dancing on Ice while partnering actress Gaynor Faye, and the fifth series with former Emmerdale actress Hayley Tamaddon.

Background

Whiston started ice skating at the age of seven at the Pleasure Beach Ice Arena in Blackpool. He worked in the Arena and took part in his first show there when he was 18 years old. He also appeared in a tour of Grease on Ice in North America,^[1] and appeared in the Hot Ice show at the Arena until 2006.^[2] He appears in the DVDs of the Hot Ice shows Quixotic, Xylatomia, H2O, Amarin and Chill.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Whiston appeared in the one-off Strictly Ice Dancing broadcast on BBC 1 on 26 December 2004. He won the first series of Dancing on Ice in 2006 with partner, actress Gaynor Faye. ^[3] He was also a presenter at the British Soap Awards on 24 May 2006.^[4] In the second series of Dancing on Ice in 2007 he reached the semi-finals, finishing fourth, with actress Emily Symons, before being eliminated in a skate-off against singer Duncan James and his partner, Maria Filippov. With Symons also appearing in the soap opera, Emmerdale set in and filmed in West Yorkshire, they initially trained at Bradford Ice Arena in Bradford each week before travelling down to London for dress rehearsals.

In the third Dancing on Ice series in 2008, Whiston was partnered with another Emmerdale actress, Linda Lusardi and again they initially trained in Bradford. Following Lusardi's departure from the soap, and subsequent return to her family home in the south of England, it was revealed that Whiston had temporarily moved in with her family, to enable them to practise without the need for excessive travelling.^[5] Initial training was problematic as Lusardi broke her foot. They were voted out in week seven, finishing sixth, in a skate-off with actress Zaraah Abrahams and her partner Fred Palascak. Both Whiston and Lusardi appeared in the Dancing on Ice Tour 2008.^[5] Daniel competed in the 4th series along with Roxanne Pallett another former Emmerdale actress. In week 8 Daniel and Roxanne were in the skate off against Zöe Salmon and Matt Evers and were eliminated 5-0. Whiston won the fifth series of Dancing on Ice on ITV with former Emmerdale actress and childhood friend Hayley Tamaddon.^[6]

He is famous for his cheeky wink at the start of each performance.

Whiston performed at the 2010 Royal Variety Show, performing a combination of roller-blading and acrobatic.^[7]

Daniel was partnered with former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona in Dancing on Ice Series 6. They were eliminated in week 5, in a skate off against Jeff Brazier & partner Isabelle Gauthier.

Personal life

In May 2008 it was revealed that Whiston would be working in his father's carpet fitting business on the Fylde coast over the summer with Whiston saying, "I've got a bit of time now before the next series, so I am taking a break and working for my dad for a bit. We just finished the tour of Dancing On Ice and it was absolutely fantastic, everywhere was sold out and I really enjoyed it. I will be carpet-fitting as well as going into people's houses delivering!" ^[8]

In February 2010 it was revealed that Whiston recently undertook a basic first aid course with the British Red Cross. He said: "As a coach as well as a skater, it’s really important that I’m able to help people if they hurt themselves. I really enjoyed the course and will definitely be renewing my certificate when it expires."^[9]

References

1. ^ Ritchie, Mark (2006-05-04). "Daniel Whiston". The Stage. http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/showpeople/feature.php/12506/daniel-whiston. Retrieved 2008-05-30. 
2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series9/week_nine.shtml
3. ^ "Cool guy Dan still in shock at TV triumph". Blackpool Gazette. 2006-03-07. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Cool-guy-Dan-still-in.1376874.jp. Retrieved 2008-05-30. 
4. ^ "The British Soap Awards 2006". Internet Movie Database. 2006. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808181. Retrieved 2008-05-30. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Ice stars' Dan and Linda jet off to US". Blackpool Gazette. 2008-03-14. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Ice-stars39-Dan-and-Linda.3878058.jp. Retrieved 2008-05-30. 
6. ^ Harris, Emma (8 January 2010). "Local duo favourites for TV crown". Blackpool Gazette. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Local-duo-favourites-for-TV.5966210.jp. Retrieved 26 January 2010. 
7. ^ http://www.eabf.org.uk/royal-variety-performance/variety-news;news/id/47
8. ^ Harris, Emma (2008-05-30). "Fylde's Dancing on Ice star back to the floor". Blackpool Gazette. http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Fylde39s-Dancing-on-Ice-star.4135966.jp. Retrieved 2008-05-30. 
9. ^ Miller, Alix (2009-02-03). "Daniel’s a Dancing on ice first aider". Red Cross Blogs. http://blogs.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/2010/02/daniels-a-dancing-on-ice-first-aider/. Retrieved 2010-02-04. 

External links

• Official website
• Daniel Whiston at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by None	Dancing on Ice Champion (with partner Gaynor Faye) Series 1 (2006)	Succeeded by Kyran Bracken and Melanie Lambert
Preceded by Ray Quinn and Maria Filippov	Dancing on Ice Champion (with partner Hayley Tamaddon) Series 5 (2010)	Succeeded by Sam Attwater and Brianne Delcourt

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