- Derek Trent
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Derek Trent 
Vise & Trent in 2006.Personal information Country represented 
United StatesBorn March 21, 1980
Knoxville, TennesseeHeight 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Former partner Tiffany Vise
Brandi Sandoval
Stacey Pensgen
Katie GadkowskiFormer coach Doug Ladret
Irina VorobievaFormer choreographer Doug Ladret
Catarina Lindgreen
Julie PattersonSkating club Broadmoor SC Retired April 30, 2009 ISU personal best scores Combined total 165.76
2007 Trophée Eric BompardShort program 56.06
2007 Trophée Eric BompardFree skate 109.70
2007 Trophée Eric BompardDerek Trent (born March 21, 1980) is an American retired competitive skater pair skater. He competed for most of his career with Tiffany Vise. On November 17, 2007, Vise and Trent landed the first clean throw quadruple salchow jump in international competition.[1] They officially became the first team to perform that element in international competition.[2][3]
Because Vise spun and jumped in the clockwise direction and Trent in the counter-clockwise direction, they were a mirror pair.
On April 30, 2009, Trent announced his retirement from competitive figure skating.[4]
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Personal life
Derek Trent was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He began skating at age eight and moved to Colorado Springs at age ten in order to train.
Trent graduated from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2002 with a degree in business with a minor in Spanish. He currently attends the MBA program at that university. Trent works as a coach. He is certified as a judge on the national level.
Trent speaks fluent Spanish.
Career
He originally competed in ice dancing with Eve Chalom, with whom he competed on the Intermediate level and won the bronze medal at Junior Nationals in 1993. He also competed at Junior Nationals with his sister Kelli Trent, also in ice dancing. Derek Trent also briefly competed as a single skater.
Trent began pair skating as a teenager and was coached by Irina Vorobieva. He competed on the novice and junior levels with Katie Gadkowski, winning the Novice pewter in 1998 and the Junior pewter in 1999. He then competed with Brandilyn Sandoval, with whom he won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2001 Nationals. When that partnership broke up, he skated with former-singles skater Stacey Pensgen. They placed 14th at the 2003 U.S. Championships and split shortly thereafter.
Trent teamed up with Tiffany Vise in the summer of 2003.[5] They had skated for years at the same rink and her partnership had ended at the same time. Because they were both partnerless, they tried out together, despite the fact that they rotate in opposite directions, which is usually a partnership-killer. Very few teams at the highest level rotate in opposite directions because it makes elements like pair spins and twists much more difficult, due to the fact that one partner will have to "force" him- or herself to rotate in the "wrong" direction in order to complete the element (Vise spinned his way on twist lifts). They represented the Broadmoor Skating Club.
Vise and Trent won the bronze medal at their first major event together, the Golden Spin of Zagreb. Beginning in the 2006/2007 season, Vise and Trent began attempting the throw quadruple salchow in competition. They were credited for the element at the 2006 Skate Canada International, but not with landing it, because it was fully rotated but not landed successfully.[6]
They began the 2007–2008 season at Skate Canada, where they placed 5th. They went on to the 2007 Trophée Eric Bompard, where they successfully landed a throw quadruple salchow in their free skate, becoming the first pair team to ever perform that element in international competition.
Programs
Season Short program Free skating 2007 - 2008 Harem
by Sarah BrightmanLes Misérables 2006 - 2007 Shall We Dance?
Dance with Me soundtracksLes Misérables 2005 - 2006 Shall We Dance?
Dance with Me soundtracksQuidam
from Cirque du Soleil2004 - 2005 The Italian Job soundtrack Quidam
from Cirque du Soleil2003 - 2004 The Italian Job soundtrack Nights in White Satin
by Moody BluesCompetitive highlights
Pairs career
(with Vise)
Event 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008-09 Four Continents Championships 8th U.S. Championships 13th 9th 6th 5th 4th 8th Trophée Eric Bompard 4th 5th Skate Canada International 5th 5th 5th Skate America 6th Nebelhorn Trophy 5th Karl Schafer Memorial 3rd Golden Spin of Zagreb 3rd Midwestern Sectionals 2nd 1st 1st (with Pensgen)
Event 2002–2003 U.S. Championships 14th (with Sandoval)
Event 2000–2001 U.S. Championships 3rd J. Junior Grand Prix, China 5th (with Gadkowski)
Event 1997–1998 1998–1999 U.S. Championships 4th N. 4th J. Junior Grand Prix, Hungary 10th Singles career
Event 1995–1996 U.S. Championships 11th N. References
- ^ 2007 Trophee Eric Bompard Pairs Free Skating ProtocolPDF (72.4 KB)
- ^ ISU : Full Story
- ^ International Skating Union Media AdvisoryPDF
- ^ icenetwork.com, April 30, 2009: "Vise and Trent end competitive partnership"
- ^ Mittan, Barry (December 12, 2005). "Vise and Trent Start Strong in 2006". SkateToday. http://www.skatetoday.com/2005/12/12/vise-and-trent-start-strong-in-2006/. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ 2006 Skate Canada ProtocolPDF (77.0 KB)
External links
- Official Site
- Derek Trent at the United States Figure Skating Association
- Derek Trent at the International Skating Union
Categories:- Living people
- American pair skaters
- 1980 births
- People from Knoxville, Tennessee
- People from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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