Karena Richardson
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Karena Pazdirek |
| Born | 12 October 1959 Kensington, England |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | |
| Retired | 1980 |
Karena Richardson (born 12 October 1959) is a British former figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. She is the 1976 Skate Canada International silver medalist and a four-time British national champion. She competed twice at the Winter Olympics, finishing 15th in 1976 and 12th in 1980. She was coached by Carlo Fassi in Denver, Colorado.[1]
Richardson married Czech figure skater Zdeněk Pazdírek.[2]
Competitive highlights
| International | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 75–76 | 76–77 | 77–78 | 78–79 | 79–80 |
| Winter Olympics | 15th | 12th | |||
| World Champ. | 13th | 15th | 11th | ||
| European Champ. | 10th | 13th | 10th | 12th | 12th |
| Skate Canada | 2nd | ||||
| Richmond Trophy | 3rd | ||||
| National | |||||
| British Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
References
- ↑ "British Team Limbers Up at Lake Placid". The Herald. Glasgow. 9 February 1980.
- ↑ "Karena Richardson". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
Categories:
- British female single skaters
- English female single skaters
- 1959 births
- Olympic figure skaters for Great Britain
- Figure skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- People from Kensington
- Sportspeople from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- 20th-century English sportswomen
- British figure skating biography stubs