Christopher Mabee
| Christopher Mabee | |
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Mabee competes in 2006.
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Christopher Mabee |
| Country represented |
 Canada
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| Born |
August 26, 1985 Tillsonburg, Ontario |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Former coach |
Lee Barkell Doug Leigh Doug Haw H. Hayward S. Ball Paul Wirtz |
| Former choreographer |
David Wilson Lori Nichol |
| Skating club | Tillsonburg SC |
| Retired | December 10, 2008 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 198.69 2006 4CC |
| Short program | 71.33 2007 Worlds |
| Free skate | 130.56 2006 4CC |
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Christopher Mabee (born August 26, 1985 in Tillsonburg, Ontario) is a Canadian retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2007 Canadian national silver medalist. He announced his retirement from competitive skating in December, 2008.
Christopher Mabee was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario. He began skating at age seven. Mabee was coached by Paul Wirtz for a year in Montreal but, after being injured in 1998, he moved back home to be closer to his family. Mabee then trained at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario, under Lee Barkell and Doug Leigh.
Mabee won the silver medal on the novice level at nationals in 1998. He was sent to the Triglav Trophy that year and placed 5th on the novice level. Mabee went junior the next season and placed 4th at nationals in 1999. In the 1999-2000 season, he made his debut on the Junior Grand Prix, placing 11th in Canada and 9th in Norway. He dropped down to ninth at Nationals as a junior. At the 2002 Nationals, he won the bronze medal on the junior level behind Shawn Sawyer and Keegan Murphy.
The 2002-2003 season was Mabee's senior national debut. Mabee competed at two Junior Grand Prix events, placing 6th and 11th. He then went on to place 9 at Nationals, his first senior competition. The following season, Mabee won his first international junior event and became the second Canadian man after Fedor Andreev to win a medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final. He moved up to sixth at Nationals and earned a spot to the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where he placed 5th.
The next season, Mabee won a gold and a silver on the Junior Grand Prix, but had a bad skate at the final and placed eighth. He moved up a spot at Nationals, but dropped to 10th at Junior Worlds. It was Mabee's final junior competition.
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