Tiffany Vise

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Tiffany Vise
Vise & Trent in 2006.
Personal Info
Country: Flag of the United States United States
Date of birth: February 2, 1986 (1986-02-02) (age 22)
Height: 152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Partner: Derek Trent
Former Partner: Ryan Bradley, Laureno Ibarra
Coach: Doug Ladret
Former Coach: Irina Vorobieva
Choreographer: Doug Ladret,
Catarina Lindgren, Julie Patterson
Skating Club: Broadmoor SC
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total: 165.76 2007 Trophee Eric Bompard
Short Program: 56.06 2007 Trophee Eric Bompard
Free Skate: 109.70 2007 Trophee Eric Bompard

Tiffany Vise (born February 2, 1986 in Aurora, Colorado) is an American pair skater. She competes with Derek Trent. On November 17, 2007, Vise & Trent landed the first clean throw quadruple salchow jump in international competition.[1] They are officially the first team to perform that element in international competition.[2]

Unlike most pair teams, Vise is a clockwise spinner while Trent is a counter-clockwise spinner. This leads to them having a different look from other pair teams because they utilize more mirror skating.

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[edit] Personal life

Vise was born in Aurora, Colorado. She currently attends Scottsdale Community College, where she is studying kinesiology. She works parttime as a waitress and skating coach.

Vise's younger sister Brittany Vise is also a pair skater.

Vise is right-handed, but spins "lefty".[3]

[edit] Career

Vise began skating at age four. She competed with Ryan Bradley from 1997-1998. Following that partnership, she teamed up with Laureano Ibarra. She competed with Ibarra at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, placing 6th, and on the Junior Grand Prix.

When that partnership broke up, Vise was left without a partner. She and Trent had skated at the same rink for years. He was partnerless at the same time and so they began to practice 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 spins his way on twist lifts). They teamed up in the summer of 2003 and have been skating together ever since. Vise and Trent represent the Broadmoor Skating Club.

Vise and Trent won the bronze medal at their first major event together, the Golden Spin of Zagreb. Since then they have been steadily moving up the ranks. 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.[4]

They began the 2007-2008 season at Skate Canada, where they placed 5th. They went on to the 2007 Trophee 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.

[edit] Programs

Season Short Program Long Program
2007 - 2008 "Harem" by Sarah Brightman Les Miserables soundtrack
2006 - 2007 Shall We Dance, Dance with Me soundtracks Les Miserables soundtrack
2005 - 2006 Shall We Dance, Dance with Me soundtracks "Quidam" from Cirque du Soleil
2004 - 2005 The Italian Job soundtrack "Quidam" from Cirque du Soleil
2003 - 2004 The Italian Job soundtrack "Nights in White Satin" by Moody Blues

[edit] Competitive highlights

(with Trent)

Event 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
Four Continents Championships 8th
U.S. Championships 13th 9th 6th 5th 4th
Trophee Eric Bompard 4th
Skate Canada International 5th 5th
Skate America 6th
Nebelhorn Trophy 5th
Karl Schafer Memorial 3rd
Golden Spin of Zagreb 3rd
Midwestern Sectionals 2nd 1st 1st


(with Ibarra)

Event 2001-2002 2002-2003
World Junior Championships 6th
U.S. Championships 3rd J. 11th
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia 3rd
Junior Grand Prix, China 2nd
Midwestern Sectionals 1st J. 1st
  • J = Junior level


(with Bradley)

Event 1997-1998 1998-1999
U.S. Championships 6th N. 7th N.
  • N = Novice level

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2007 Trophee Eric Bompard Pairs Free Skating ProtocolPDF (72.4 KiB)
  2. ^ International Skating Union Media AdvisoryPDF
  3. ^ U.S. Figure Skating Bio for Tiffany Vise & Derek Trent
  4. ^ 2006 Skate Canada ProtocolPDF (77.0 KiB)

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