Mark Hanretty
| Mark Hanretty | |
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Chitwood/Hanretty at the 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Mark Hanretty |
| Country represented | United Kingdom |
| Born |
21 March 1985 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Former partner |
Christina Chitwood Lauren Bradshaw |
| Former coach | Jimmy Young Sandy Hess |
| Former choreographer |
Tom Dickson Philip Askew |
| Skating club | iceSheffield |
| Began skating | 1995 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 134.98 2009 Europeans |
| Comp. dance | 23.75 2009 Europeans |
| Original dance | 44.56 2009 Europeans |
| Free dance | 66.67 2009 Europeans |
Mark Hanretty (born 21 March 1985 in Erskine, near Glasgow in Scotland) is a Scottish ice dancer who represented the United Kingdom with Christina Chitwood. They are two-time (2008, 2010) British bronze medalists and competed at the 2009 European Championships, placing 18th.
Hanretty began figure skating in 1995. As a single skater, he was coached by John Christie and Diane C. Dewar in Edinburgh and East Kilbride. He switched to ice dancing in 2004. He competed briefly with Lauren Bradshaw.
Hanretty and American ice dancer Christina Chitwood decided to team up on 31 December 2005 and began training together properly in May 2006. Their training was disrupted by Chitwood's contraction of mononucleosis (glandular fever). They made their debut in January 2007 at the British Championships at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, England, finishing in 7th place.
Chitwood/Hanretty won bronze at the 2008 British Championships at IceSheffield in Sheffield in January 2008. In the summer of 2008, they were selected by the National Ice Skating Association (NISA) to join the Great Britain Squad (also known as Team Skate G.B.). This enabled them to represent Great Britain in elite international competitions. In September 2008, Chitwood/Hanretty made their international debut at the 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany, where they placed 10th. In November of that same year, they won the bronze medal in their second international competition, the Pavel Roman Memorial in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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