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{{short description|Canadian pair skater|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox figure skater
{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Katherine Bobak
|name= Katherine Bobak
|image=Rsz 12011 grand prix final pairs juniors.jpg
|image= Rsz 12011 grand prix final pairs juniors.jpg
|caption= Bobak and Beharry in 2011
|caption= Bobak and Beharry in 2011
|fullname = Katherine Bobak
|fullname=
|country= {{CAN}}
|country= [[Canada]]
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1994|8|8|mf=y}}
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1994|8|8|mf=y}}
|birth_place = [[Guelph]], [[Ontario]]
|birth_place = [[Guelph]], [[Ontario]]
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|residence=
|residence=
|height= {{height|m=1.56}}
|height= {{height|m=1.56}}
|partner = '''[[Ian Beharry]]'''
|partner =
|formerpartner = Matthew Penasse
|formerpartner = [[Ian Beharry]], Matthew Penasse
|coach= Lee Barkell, Doug Leigh, Kevin Wheeler
|coach= [[Kris Wirtz]] <br> [[Kristy Sargeant|Kristy Wirtz]]
|formercoach=
|formercoach= [[Kris Wirtz]] <br> [[Kristy Sargeant|Kristy Wirtz]]
|choreographer= Susie McGrigor <br> Mark Pillay
|choreographer= Michelle Wheeler, Kelly Johnson
|formerchoreographer=
|formerchoreographer= Susie McGrigor <br> Mark Pillay
|skating club= Kitchener Waterloo SC
|skating club= Preston Figure Skating Club
|former skating club =
|former skating club = Kitchener Waterloo SC
|beganskating = 1997
|beganskating = 1997
|retired=
|retired=
|currenttraininglocations = [[Waterloo, Ontario]]
|currenttraininglocations = Mariposa Skating Club, Barrie, Ontario & Preston Figure Skating Club, Cambridge, Ontario
|formertraininglocations =
|formertraininglocations = [[Waterloo, Ontario]]
|worldranking= '''51''' (''{{As of|2011|9|30}}'')<ref name=isuworldrank/>
|worldranking=
|pbrankings =
|pbrankings = '''TBD''' (''[[2011–2012 figure skating season|2011–2012]]'')<ref name=1112ts/> <br> '''62''' (''[[2009–2010 figure skating season|2009–2010]]'')<ref name=0910ts/>
|combined total= 152.65
|combined total= 152.65
|combined date= [[ISU Junior Grand Prix Final|Junior Grand Prix Final]] 2011/2012
|combined date= [[ISU Junior Grand Prix Final|Junior Grand Prix Final]] 2011/2012
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|FS score= 99.88
|FS score= 99.88
|FS date= [[ISU Junior Grand Prix Final|Junior Grand Prix Final]] 2011/2012
|FS date= [[ISU Junior Grand Prix Final|Junior Grand Prix Final]] 2011/2012
|show-medals= yes
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{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}
{{MedalSport | [[Figure skating]]: [[Pair skating|Pairs]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[ISU Junior Grand Prix Final|Junior Grand Prix Final]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011–12 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2011–12 Quebec]]|Pairs}}
}}
}}


'''Katherine Bobak''' (born August 8, 1994 in [[Guelph]], [[Ontario]]) is a Canadian [[Pair skating|pair skater]]. With partner [[Ian Beharry]], she is the [[2011–2012 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2011 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist]], [[2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2011 JGP Estonia]] champion, and 2012 [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Junior champion]].
'''Katherine Bobak''' (born August 8, 1994) is a Canadian [[Pair skating|pair skater]]. With [[Ian Beharry]], she is the 2011 [[ISU Junior Grand Prix Final|JGP Final]] silver medalist and the 2012 [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian national]] junior champion. With Matthew Penasse, she is the 2009 Canadian national novice champion and two-time (2010–2011) Canadian junior bronze medalist.


== Career ==
Early in her career, Bobak competed with Matthew Penasse.<ref name=isubobpen/> She teamed up with Ian Beharry in February 2011.<ref name=isubobbeh/><ref name=guemer/>
Early in her career, Bobak competed with Matthew Penasse.<ref name=ISU-0910/> They competed once on the [[ISU Junior Grand Prix|JGP]] series, are the 2009 Canadian National Novice Pair Champions and won two national bronze medals on the junior level.

Bobak teamed up with Ian Beharry on February 12, 2011.<ref name=GS120415/><ref name=GM111224/> In the 2011–12 season, they won silver at their first [[2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]] event in Poland and gold at their second event in Estonia, earning a berth to the [[2011–12 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final]]. They won the silver medal at the event and set a new Canadian junior pair record with their score of 152.65 points. Bobak and Beharry then won the [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|2012 Canadian Junior Championships]]. They finished 7th at the [[2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|2012 World Junior Championships]]. In April 2012, Bobak and Beharry ended their partnership.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}


== Programs ==
== Programs ==
(with Beharry)
=== With Beharry ===
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! Season
! Season
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! Exhibition
! Exhibition
|-
|-
! 2011–2012
! 2011–2012 <br> <ref name=ISU-1112/>
|
| I Had a Farm in Africa <br><small>(main theme from ''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]'') <br> by [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia <br><small> by [[Aram Khachaturian]] </small>
* I Had a Farm in Africa <br><small> (from ''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]'') <br> by [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] </small>
|
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| Who Wants To Live Forever <br><small> by [[Queen (band)|Queen]] </small>
* Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia <br><small> by [[Aram Khachaturian]] </small>
|
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* Who Wants To Live Forever <br><small> by [[Queen (band)|Queen]] </small>
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|}

=== With Penasse ===
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! Season
! [[Short program (figure skating)|Short program]]
! [[Free skating]]
|-
! 2009–2010 <br> <ref name=ISU-0910/>
|
* [[Molitva]] <br><small> by [[Vladimir Graić]] </small>
|
* [[Dracula (1992 film)|Bram Stoker's Dracula]] <br><small> by [[Wojciech Kilar]] </small>
|}
|}


== Competitive highlights ==
== Competitive highlights ==
[[Image:2011 Grand Prix Final Juniors Katherine Bobak Ian Beharry.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Bobak and Beharry in 2011]]

=== With Beharry ===
=== With Beharry ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=2 align=center | '''International'''<ref name=ISU-KBIB/>
|-
|-
! Event
! Event
! 2011–12
! [[2011–12 figure skating season|2011–2012]]
|-
|-
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] || 7th
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Championships]] || 7th
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Championships]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st J.
| align=left | [[ISU Junior Grand Prix Final]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
|-
| align=left | [[ISU Junior Grand Prix Final|Junior Grand Prix Final]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| align=left | [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Estonia]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
|-
| align=left | [[2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Estonia]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st
| align=left | [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Poland]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=2 align=center | '''National'''<ref name=ISU-KBIB/>
| align=left | [[2011–12 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, Poland]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
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| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Championships]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st J.
|-
|-
| colspan=2 align=center | <small> J. = Junior level </small>
| colspan=2 align=center | <small> J. = Junior level </small>
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=== With Penasse ===
=== With Penasse ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | '''International'''<ref name=ISU-KBMP/>
|-
|-
! Event
! Event
! [[2008–09 figure skating season|2008–09]]
! 2009–10
! [[2009–10 figure skating season|2009–10]]
! 2010–11
! [[2010–11 figure skating season|2010–11]]
|-
|-
| align=left | {{tooltip|<small>JGP</small>|Junior Grand Prix}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States|United States]] || || 8th ||
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| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Championships]] || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J. || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J.
|-
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | '''National'''<ref name=ISU-KBMP/>
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| align=left | [[2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix, U.S.]] || 8th ||
|-
|-
| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Championships]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st N. || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J. || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J.
⚫
| colspan=3 align=center | <small> J. = Junior level </small>
|-
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| colspan=4 align=center | <small> Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior </small>
|}
|}


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{{Reflist|refs=
{{Reflist|refs=


<ref name=isuworldrank>{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wspairs.htm | title = ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Pairs | publisher = International Skating Union | date = | accessdate = }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-KBMP>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00012160.htm |title=Competition Results: Katherine BOBAK / Matthew PENASSE at the International Skating Union |accessdate=2012-12-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217032916/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00012160.htm |archivedate=February 17, 2011 }}</ref>


<ref name=1112ts>{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2011-12/sbtspto.htm | title = ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2011/2012 : Pairs | publisher = International Skating Union | date = | accessdate = }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-0910>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012160.htm |title=Katherine BOBAK / Matthew PENASSE: 2009/2010 at the International Skating Union |accessdate=2013-08-05 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215163852/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012160.htm |archivedate=February 15, 2011 }}</ref>


<ref name=0910ts>{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2009-10/sbtspto.htm | title = ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Pairs | publisher = International Skating Union | date = March 24, 2010 | accessdate = June 17, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-KBIB>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00013483.htm |title=Competition Results: Katherine BOBAK / Ian BEHARRY at the International Skating Union |accessdate=2012-12-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805032026/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00013483.htm |archivedate=August 5, 2013 }}</ref>


<ref name=ISU-1112>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013483.htm |title=Katherine BOBAK / Ian BEHARRY: 2011/2012 at the International Skating Union |accessdate=2014-05-02 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419144655/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013483.htm |archivedate=April 19, 2012 }}</ref>
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<ref name=isubobpen>{{isu name | id= 00012160 | name= Katherine Bobak & Matthew Penasse}}</ref>


<ref name=GM111224>{{cite news | url = http://www.guelphmercury.com/sports/local/article/644573--beharry-and-bobak-one-hot-junior-pair | title = Beharry and Bobak, one hot junior pair | first = Rob | last = Massey | work = Guelph Mercury | date = 2011-12-24 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120525040255/http://www.guelphmercury.com/sports/local/article/644573--beharry-and-bobak-one-hot-junior-pair | archivedate = May 25, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref>
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<ref name=isubobbeh>{{isu name | id= 00013483 | name= Katherine Bobak & Ian Beharry}}</ref>


<ref name=guemer>{{cite news | url = http://www.guelphmercury.com/sports/local/article/644573--beharry-and-bobak-one-hot-junior-pair | title = Beharry and Bobak, one hot junior pair | first = Rob | last = Massey | work = Guelph Mercury | date = December 24, 2011 | archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/64B7eOkf9 | archivedate = December 24, 2011 }}</ref>
<ref name=GS120415>{{cite news | url = http://www.goldenskate.com/2012/04/bobak-and-beharry-look-forward-to-sophomore-season/ | title = Bobak and Beharry look forward to sophomore season | first = Elvin | last = Walker | work = Golden Skate | date = April 15, 2012 }}</ref>


}}
}}


== External links ==
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{{Commons category-inline|Katherine Bobak}}
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* {{isu name | id= 00013483 | name= Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry }}
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* {{isu name | id= 00012160 | name= Katherine Bobak / Matthew Penasse }}


{{Persondata
| NAME = Bobak, Katherine
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian pair skater
| DATE OF BIRTH = August 8, 1994
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Guelph]]
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
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}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bobak, Katherine}}
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[[Category:Canadian pair skaters]]
[[Category:Canadian female pair skaters]]
[[Category:Living people]]
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[[Category:People from Guelph]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Guelph]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen]]

Latest revision as of 06:05, 13 December 2024

Katherine Bobak
Bobak and Beharry in 2011
Born (1994-08-08) August 8, 1994 (age 30)
Guelph, Ontario
HometownGuelph, Ontario
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryCanada
CoachLee Barkell, Doug Leigh, Kevin Wheeler
Skating clubPreston Figure Skating Club
Began skating1997
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Figure skating: Pairs
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2011–12 Quebec Pairs

Katherine Bobak (born August 8, 1994) is a Canadian pair skater. With Ian Beharry, she is the 2011 JGP Final silver medalist and the 2012 Canadian national junior champion. With Matthew Penasse, she is the 2009 Canadian national novice champion and two-time (2010–2011) Canadian junior bronze medalist.

Career

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Early in her career, Bobak competed with Matthew Penasse.[1] They competed once on the JGP series, are the 2009 Canadian National Novice Pair Champions and won two national bronze medals on the junior level.

Bobak teamed up with Ian Beharry on February 12, 2011.[2][3] In the 2011–12 season, they won silver at their first Junior Grand Prix event in Poland and gold at their second event in Estonia, earning a berth to the 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final. They won the silver medal at the event and set a new Canadian junior pair record with their score of 152.65 points. Bobak and Beharry then won the 2012 Canadian Junior Championships. They finished 7th at the 2012 World Junior Championships. In April 2012, Bobak and Beharry ended their partnership.[citation needed]

Programs

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With Beharry

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2011–2012
[4]
  • Who Wants To Live Forever
    by Queen

With Penasse

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Season Short program Free skating
2009–2010
[1]

Competitive highlights

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Bobak and Beharry in 2011

With Beharry

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International[5]
Event 2011–2012
World Junior Championships 7th
ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd
ISU Junior Grand Prix in Estonia 1st
ISU Junior Grand Prix in Poland 2nd
National[5]
Canadian Championships 1st J.
J. = Junior level

With Penasse

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International[6]
Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
JGP United States 8th
National[6]
Canadian Championships 1st N. 3rd J. 3rd J.
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

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  1. ^ a b "Katherine BOBAK / Matthew PENASSE: 2009/2010 at the International Skating Union". Archived from the original on February 15, 2011. Retrieved 2013-08-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Walker, Elvin (April 15, 2012). "Bobak and Beharry look forward to sophomore season". Golden Skate.
  3. ^ Massey, Rob (2011-12-24). "Beharry and Bobak, one hot junior pair". Guelph Mercury. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "Katherine BOBAK / Ian BEHARRY: 2011/2012 at the International Skating Union". Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ a b "Competition Results: Katherine BOBAK / Ian BEHARRY at the International Skating Union". Archived from the original on August 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ a b "Competition Results: Katherine BOBAK / Matthew PENASSE at the International Skating Union". Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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