Tippy Packard
American professional figure skater and choreographer
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Tiffany Packard Yu (born June 29, 1995), known as Tippy Packard[1] (Chinese: 余佩詩; Jyutping: jyu4 pui3 si1), is a figure skater who represented Hong Kong and United States.[2] Packard is an American professional ice skater and choreographer. She first gained attention in 2013, when the 18-year-old won her third Hong Kong Championship and began her career in show biz with Happiness is…Snoopy. Packard continued her professional skating career in mid 2013 as a female principle in Royal Caribbean Ice Shows and CNE-Canadian National Exhibition. She toured over 40 countries as a show skater after retiring from the competitive sport. In 2018, she joined a part of ice skating history by becoming the female principal for the 75th Anniversary of Holiday on Ice.[3]
Packard performing at Holiday on Ice 75th Anniversary | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tiffany Packard Yu June 29, 1995 |
| Home town | Hong Kong |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Hong Kong |
| Discipline | Women's singles & adagio pairs |
| Coach | Alex Chang Sondra Holmes Jere Michael |
| Began skating | 1996 |
She was announced as a professional skater in Dancing on Ice Series 14.[4]
She is a three time Hong Kong National Champion and Worlds Competitor. In 2022, Packard became a professional skater on the ITV skating series Dancing on Ice. In her first season, she was paired with Olympic BMX racer Kye Whyte.[5] In Season 14, Packard and her partner Kye had an extremely successful first year: they were eliminated in the semi-final stage.
Tippy was partnered with former ski jumper Eddie (the Eagle) Edwards in Series 16: however a knee injury in training forced her to withdraw from the programme. In Series 17, she was partnered with Josh Jones, but the couple later withdrew from the competition after the third week (after Jones sustained an ankle injury).
Skating Results
| International[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-2011 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
| World Championships | 31st | ||||
| Four Continents Championship | 28th | 25th | |||
| Ice Challenge | 23rd | ||||
| Merano Cup | 25th | ||||
| New Year's Cup | 18th | ||||
| U.S. Classic | 10th | ||||
| Volvo Open | 18th | ||||
| National[7] | |||||
| Hong Kong Championship | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
