Thea Rabe (born 2 January 1995) is a Norwegian

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 ...

. Competing in ice dancing with American Timothy Koleto, she won the bronze medal at the 2015

Volvo Open Cup Volvo Open Cup is a figure skating competition held in Riga, Latvia. It was part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season. The competition may include men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing at various levels. ...

. As a single skater, she is a two-time Norwegian national junior champion (

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and

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Personal life

Thea Rabe was born on 2 January 1995 in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...

, Norway. She is the younger sister of Norwegian figure skater Anine Rabe.

Career

Single skating

Rabe began learning to skate at the age of seven in 2002. Competing in ladies' singles, she won the Norwegian national junior title in the 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 seasons.

Ice dancing

Rabe had tryouts with American ice dancer Timothy Koleto in November 2014 in

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, France, and the following month in

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, where he trained. They agreed to skate together for Norway. In May 2015, Rabe moved to the United States to train with Koleto.

Igor Shpilband Igor Yuryevich Shpilband (russian: Игорь Юрьевич Шпильбанд, born July 14, 1964) is an American ice dancing coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. He is the 1983 World Junior champion with former partner Tatiana G ...

, Adrienne Lenda,

Fabian Bourzat Fabian Bourzat (born 19 December 1980) is a French retired ice dancer. With partner Nathalie Péchalat, he is a two-time World bronze medalist (2012, 2014), a two-time European champion ( 2011–2012), and a five-time French national champion ( ...

, and Greg Zuerlein coached the team in Novi, Michigan. After being released by South Korea and sitting out one year, as required by the

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, Koleto became eligible to compete for Norway beginning October 20, 2015. Making their international debut, Rabe/Koleto won the bronze medal at the

in November 2015. They placed 8th at the

Open d'Andorra The Open d'Andorra is an international figure skating competition held annually in Canillo, Andorra, usually in November. Medals may be awarded in Single skating, men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, and novice leve ...

and CS Warsaw Cup. Despite qualifying to the 2016 European Championships, they decided to end their partnership a few weeks before the event. They were Norway's first-ever ice dancing team.

Programs

With Koleto

Single skating

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series''

Ice dancing with Koleto

Ladies' singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rabe, Thea 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Tønsberg Norwegian female single skaters 21st-century Norwegian women