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 2014–15unknown Downton Abbey 2013–14 Life Is Beautiful 2012–13 La Vie en rose Moonlight Sonata 2011–12 The Notebook Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 2010–11 The Giving 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 Worlds 52nd 47th 21st P 29th Europeans 38th 36th 27th 28th Crystal Skate 10th Cup of Nice 22nd 22nd 28th DS Cup 8th 10th Challenge Cup 20th FBMA Trophy 3rd Istanbul Cup 9th Merano Cup 19th 24th Nebelhorn 32nd 19th 33rd Printemps 11th Seibt Memorial 29th Skate Down Under 3rd Toruń Cup 7th Triglav Trophy 9th 12th Ukrainian Open 6th US Classic 14th 12th International: Junior Czech Rep. 31st Spain 33rd National Irish Champ. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st P = Preliminary round
References
External links
Clara Peters at Tracings Documentary: At the top of my game