Britney Simpson (born May 5, 1996) is an American
pair skater
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
. With current partner
Matthew Blackmer
Matthew Blackmer (born December 12, 1991 in Findlay, Ohio) is a retired American pair skater turned ice dancer. With former pairs partner Britney Simpson, he is the 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2012 U.S. Junior silver medali ...
, she is the 2011
Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2012
U.S. Junior silver medalist and the
2013 U.S. Junior Champion. With former partner
Nathan Miller, she is the 2010
U.S. junior silver medalist.
Career
Simpson was born in
Denver, Colorado
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
, and teamed up with
Nathan Miller in April 2008.
[ Their partnership ended in 2011.
Simpson teamed up with Blackmer in February 2011 after Miller's retirement.][ They train in Colorado Springs under coach Dalilah Sappenfield.][
In the 2011–2012 season, Simpson and Blackmer won gold at their first Junior Grand Prix event, 2011 JGP Poland,][ and silver at their second event, 2011 JGP Estonia. They won the bronze medal at the 2011–2012 Junior Grand Prix Final. They competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships and finished 10th.
]
Programs
With Blackmer
Competitive highlights
With Blackmer
With Miller
References
External links
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Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer
at Icenetwork
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1996 births
Living people
American female pair skaters
Figure skaters from Colorado Springs, Colorado
21st-century American women
21st-century American people
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