Asher Hill (born March 19, 1991) is a Canadian retired
ice dancer
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
. With previous partner
Kharis Ralph
Kharis Ralph (born April 22, 1992) is a Canadian former Ice dancing, ice dancer. With Asher Hill, she is the 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, 2008 Canadian national junior champion and 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist.
Personal ...
, he is the
2008 Canadian national junior champion and
2011 Nebelhorn Trophy
The 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy took place on September 21–24, 2011 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf. It is held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany and is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.
It was one of the first international senior competi ...
bronze medalist. He teamed up with
Nicole Orford
Nicole Orford (born October 10, 1992) is a Canadian former ice dancer. With former partner Thomas Williams, she placed fifth at the 2014 Four Continents Championships. She teamed up with Asher Hill in 2015.
Personal life
Nicole Orford was b ...
in 2015.
He has since also collaborated with
Dylan Moscovitch
Dylan David Moscovitch (born 23 September 1984) is a retired Canadian pair skater. He competed with Liubov Ilyushechkina from 2014 to 2018. They were the 2017 Four Continents bronze medalists, two-time bronze medalists on the Grand Prix series ...
, in the program ''That Figure Skating Show'', interviewing figure skaters and commenting on seasonal competitions.
Personal life
Hill attended
Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), studying occupational health and safety.
[ He has a twin sister, Acacia.][ Residing in Pickering, he has worked as a coach and choreographer.][
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Career
Asher Hill began skating at age four and took up ice dancing at ten.[ He skated as a solo dancer before finding a partner.][ He also competed as a ]single skater
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested ...
at the national level until 2009.
Partnership with Kharis Ralph
Hill teamed up with Kharis Ralph
Kharis Ralph (born April 22, 1992) is a Canadian former Ice dancing, ice dancer. With Asher Hill, she is the 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, 2008 Canadian national junior champion and 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist.
Personal ...
in 2002.[ The two won the Canadian pre-novice title in 2006 and the Canadian novice title in 2007. In 2007–08, they debuted on the ]ISU Junior Grand Prix
The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...
series and became the 2008 Canadian junior champions.
Ralph/Hill were 8th at the 2008 World Junior Championships. The following season, they won two silver medals on the 2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit and rose to 5th at the World Junior Championships.
Ralph/Hill took another pair of silver medals on the 2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2009–10 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 13th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–10 ISU Grand ...
series and placed 4th on the senior level at the 2010 Canadian Championships. They were assigned to their first senior ISU Championships, the 2010 Four Continents, where they placed 6th.
In 2011–12, Ralph/Hill won the bronze medal at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy
The 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy took place on September 21–24, 2011 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf. It is held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany and is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.
It was one of the first international senior competi ...
.[ They were fourth at the 2012 Canadian Championships and were assigned to the 2012 World Championships.][ Ralph/Hill finished 13th at Worlds. Their partnership ended when Ralph retired from competition at the end of the 2013–14 season.][
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Partnership with Nicole Orford
Hill teamed up with Nicole Orford
Nicole Orford (born October 10, 1992) is a Canadian former ice dancer. With former partner Thomas Williams, she placed fifth at the 2014 Four Continents Championships. She teamed up with Asher Hill in 2015.
Personal life
Nicole Orford was b ...
following a tryout held in April 2015.[ At the end of the 2015-2016 season, they announced their retirement on Hill's Instagram page.
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Programs
With Nicole Orford
With Kharis Ralph
Competitive highlights
''GP: Grand Prix
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Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
Arts and entertainment ...
; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...
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With Orford
With Ralph
Single skating
References
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1991 births
Canadian male ice dancers
Living people
People from Pickering, Ontario
Sportspeople from Scarborough, Toronto
21st-century Canadian people