Jaimee Nobbs (born 10 March 1995) is an

Australian Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Au ...

former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She is a three-time (2011, 2013, 2014) Australian ladies' bronze medallist.

Early life

Jaimee Nobbs was born in South Perth,

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. She is the daughter of Australian field hockey players

Michael Nobbs Michael Jack Nobbs (born 4 January 1954) is a former international level field hockey player who has represented Australia as a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also coached the India m ...

and

Lee Capes Lee Capes (born 3 October 1961) is an Australian former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal. Her husband Michael Nobbs, daughter Kaitlin Nobbs Kaitlin Nobbs (born 24 September 1997) is ...

. Her father played in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

and her mother won a gold medal in field hockey at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. Nobbs' younger sister is also a field hockey player, playing for Australia's women's national field hockey team. Nobbs began skating in 2000.

Career

Nobbs was coached by Irina Stavrovskaia and Valentin Kadzevitch. She formerly lived and trained in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

before moving to

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

Competitive highlights

''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 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nobbs, Jaimee 1995 births Living people People from Western Australia Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade