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Denney and Coughlin in 2011
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Full name | Caydee Christine Denney | ||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||
Born |
Ocala, Florida |
June 22, 1993 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
Partner | John Coughlin | ||||||||||||
Former partner | Jeremy Barrett | ||||||||||||
Coach | Dalilah Sappenfield | ||||||||||||
Former coach | Jim Peterson, Alison Smith, Lyndon Johnston, John Zimmerman, Sylvia Fontana | ||||||||||||
Choreographer | Julie Marcotte, Christopher Dean | ||||||||||||
Former choreographer | David Wilson, Jim Peterson | ||||||||||||
Skating club | Broadmoor SC | ||||||||||||
Former skating club | Southwest Florida FSC | ||||||||||||
Training locations | Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 2001 | ||||||||||||
Retired | July 29, 2015 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total | 185.42 2012 Four Continents |
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Short program | 63.52 2013 Trophée Eric Bompard |
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Free skate | 122.07 2012 Four Continents |
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Medal record
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Caydee Christine Denney (born June 22, 1993) is an American pair skater. With John Coughlin, she is the 2012 Four Continents silver medalist and 2012 U.S. national champion. With former partner Jeremy Barrett, Denney is the 2010 U.S. national champion.
Caydee Denney was born in Ocala, Florida. She is the elder sister of American pair skater Haven Denney. Their parents, DeeDee and Bryan Denney, both competed in artistic roller skating.
Denney also competed as a single skater until 2009.
Denney and Barrett first began skating together in 2006, but the partnership did not last. They teamed up again in 2008 and began competing in the 2008-09 season. Based on their good performance during the summer non-qualifying competitions, Denney and Barrett were assigned to the 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy, where they placed 4th. They won the 2009 Eastern Sectionals to qualify for the national championships.
Denney/Barrett won the silver medal at the 2009 U.S. Nationals. They placed sixth at the 2009 Four Continents. The following season they won the U.S. national title and the right to compete at the Olympics, where they finished 13th. They placed 7th at the 2010 World Championships.