Katherine Bobak | |||||||||||||
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Bobak and Beharry in 2011
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Country represented | Canada | ||||||||||||
Born |
Guelph, Ontario |
August 8, 1994 ||||||||||||
Home town | Guelph, Ontario | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
Former partner | Ian Beharry, Matthew Penasse | ||||||||||||
Coach | Lee Barkell, Doug Leigh, Kevin Wheeler | ||||||||||||
Former coach |
Kris Wirtz Kristy Wirtz |
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Choreographer | Michelle Wheeler, Kelly Johnson | ||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Susie McGrigor Mark Pillay |
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Skating club | Preston Figure Skating Club | ||||||||||||
Former skating club | Kitchener Waterloo SC | ||||||||||||
Training locations | Mariposa Skating Club, Barrie, Ontario & Preston Figure Skating Club, Cambridge, Ontario | ||||||||||||
Former training locations | Waterloo, Ontario | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 1997 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total | 152.65 Junior Grand Prix Final 2011/2012 |
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Short program | 52.77 Junior Grand Prix Final 2011/2012 |
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Free skate | 99.88 Junior Grand Prix Final 2011/2012 |
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Medal record
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Katherine Bobak (born August 8, 1994) is a Canadian pair skater. With Ian Beharry, she is the 2011 JGP Final silver medalist and the 2012 Canadian national junior champion. With Matthew Penasse, she is the 2009 Canadian national novice champion and two-time (2010–2011) Canadian junior bronze medalist.
Early in her career, Bobak competed with Matthew Penasse. They competed once on the JGP series, are the 2009 Canadian National Novice Pair Champions and won two national bronze medals on the junior level.
Bobak teamed up with Ian Beharry on February 12, 2011. In the 2011–12 season, they won silver at their first Junior Grand Prix event in Poland and gold at their second event in Estonia, earning a berth to the 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final. They won the silver medal at the event and set a new Canadian junior pair record with their score of 152.65 points. Bobak and Beharry then won the 2012 Canadian Junior Championships. They finished 7th at the 2012 World Junior Championships. In April 2012, Bobak and Beharry ended their partnership.