Cheltzie Lee (born 21 April 1993) is an Australian former competitive

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. She is the 2010 national champion and represented Australia at the

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. She also competed at seven ISU Championships, achieving her best result, tenth, at the 2011 Four Continents.

Personal life

Cheltzie Lee was born 21 April 1993 in

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. Her

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mother, Renita, is from

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, and her Chinese father was born in

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. She practiced gymnastics from age six to twelve. She was left with a permanent spinal defect after a car accident in 2007. Lee attended Mt Carmel Catholic High School. She then decided to pursue a Bachelor of Inclusive/Primary Education and Disability Studies. In 2017, she married Australian freestyle skier and 2014 Winter Olympian Sam Hall.

Career

Lee began learning to skate as a five-year-old, at Canterbury Ice Rink. She debuted on the

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international figure skating competition, junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded ...

series in 2007 and placed 23rd at the 2008 World Championships. Lee began the 2009–2010 season at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, competing to earn a spot for Australia in the ladies' event at the

. She finished as the first alternate. After Israel decided not to send Tamar Katz, Lee was named to the Australian Olympic team. At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, she placed 18th in the short program with a score of 52.16 points (a personal best) to qualify for the free skate. She finished 20th overall at the Olympics and 17th at the 2010 World Championships. Kylie Fennell, Gloria Pracey, and Andrei Filippov coached her at the Sydney Figure Skating Club. During the 2010–2011 season, Lee placed tenth at the

2011 Four Continents Championships The 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2010–11 figure skating season, 2010–11 season. It was held at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan on February 15–20. Medals were aw ...

and 21st at the 2011 World Championships. Lee decided to take a year off to concentrate on her university studies and to "live a little". She returned to competition in June 2012, winning the Hollins Trophy at her home rink of Canterbury and the 2012 WinterSun in Boondall, Queensland. Lee hoped to qualify for the

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but injuries hindered her training in later years; she tore her posterior cruciate ligament and was also diagnosed with

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Programs

Competitive highlights

''JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Cheltzie 1993 births Living people Australian female single skaters Sportswomen from New South Wales Australian people of Chinese descent Australian people of African-American descent Olympic figure skaters for Australia Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics People educated at Sydney Distance Education High School Figure skaters from Sydney 21st-century Australian sportswomen