1. Vanessa James Amoros is a Canadian retired pair skater.
17 Facts About Vanessa James
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Vanessa James competed as a ladies' singles skater representing the United States and Great Britain; she is the 2006 British national champion in ladies' singles.
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Vanessa James lived in Bermuda until age 10 when her family moved to Virginia in the United States.
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Vanessa James lived in the US through 2007, holding an American permanent residence card, and then moved to Paris, France.
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Vanessa James's father is from Bermuda, which enabled James to hold British citizenship.
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Vanessa James began skating with her sister after watching the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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Vanessa James originally competed domestically in the United States and represented the Washington Figure Skating Club.
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Vanessa James won gold at the 2006 British Championships and silver in 2007, becoming Britain's first black figure skating champion.
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Vanessa James competed for Britain on the 2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix and at the 2007 World Junior Championships.
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In late 2007, Vanessa James switched to pair skating, partnering briefly with British skater Hamish Gaman.
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Vanessa James teamed up with French skater Yannick Bonheur in December 2007, after a three-day tryout in Paris.
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In May 2010, Vanessa James had a successful tryout with Maximin Coia, and the two agreed to train in Germany with Ingo Steuer, but several weeks later, Coia decided to end his amateur career.
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In September 2010, Vanessa James began a partnership with Morgan Cipres, until then, a singles skater.
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Vanessa James was so funny because he had never done pairs before, so he was really nervous and saying 'oh my gosh, oh my gosh' every time he threw me.
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In March, at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, during the short program warm-up, Vanessa James had a collision with Italy's Matteo Guarise, in which both skaters fell onto the ice.
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On 25 September 2020, it was announced that Vanessa James would be returning to Battle of the Blades for its sixth season, this time partnered with Akim Aliu.
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Vanessa James fell on their throw triple flip in the free skate.