Joey Russell
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BornJune 24, 1988
Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
CountryCanada
Skating clubPolaris Labrador City
 Russell in 2007. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 24, 1988 Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Canada |
| Skating club | Polaris Labrador City |
| Began skating | 1994 |
| Retired | May 31, 2011 |
Joey Russell (born June 24, 1988 in Labrador City) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He competed at four ISU Championships; his best result was 11th, achieved at the 2007 World Junior Championships in Oberstdorf and at the 2010 Four Continents Championships in Jeonju. On the national level, he won the Canadian junior title in 2006 and a senior bronze medal in 2011. Russell trained at the Mariposa School of Skating.[1]
Following his retirement from competitive figure skating in 2011, Russell became a coach and choreographer based at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club.[2][3]
As a coach, Russell's current and former students include:
Natalia Acosta Moisés[4]
Victoria Barakhtina[5]- Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell[6]
Shingo Nishiyama[7]
Javier Raya[8]- Alison Schumacher[9]
Nargiz Süleymanova[10]
Ting Tzu-Han[11]- Amanda Tobin[12]
- Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama[13]
- Terry Yu Tao Jin[14]
As a choreographer, Russell has worked with:
- Natalia Acosta Moisés[4]
- Martina Ariano Kent / Charly Laliberté Laurent[15]
Cha Jun-hwan[16]- Wesley Chiu[17]
Corey Circelli[18]
Michaela Du Toit[19]
Joshi Helgesson[20]
Jin Boyang[21]- Kim Seo-young[22]
- Lee Hae-in[23]
- David Li[24]
- Grayson Long[25]
Pimmpida Lerdpraiwan[26]
Liam Kapeikis[27]
Evgenia Medvedeva[28]- Justine Miclette[29]
- Rio Morita[30]
- Rio Nakata[31]
- Conrad Orzel[32]
- Javier Raya[8]
- Kaiya Ruiter[33]
Sofia Samodelkina[34]- Alison Schumacher[9]
- Rose Théroux[35]
- Ting Tzu-Han[11]
- Amanda Tobin[12]
- Terry Yu Tao Jin[14]
