Natasha MCKAY
Events and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
Figure Skating |
Women Single Skating | 28 |
Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| World Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 21 | Women Single Skating | 2019 | Saitama, JPN |
| 23 | Women Single Skating | 2021 | Stockholm, SWE |
| 32 | Women Single Skating | 2018 | Milan, ITA |
| 32 | Women Single Skating | 2017 | Helsinki, FIN |
| FNR | Women Single Skating | 2017 | Helsinki, FIN |
| European Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 17 | Women Single Skating | 2022 | Tallinn, EST |
| 18 | Women Single Skating | 2017 | Ostrava, CZE |
| 20 | Women Single Skating | 2019 | Minsk, BLR |
| 23 | Women Single Skating | 2020 | Graz, AUT |
| 27 | Women Single Skating | 2018 | Moscow, RUS |
Short Programme: Sealion by Feist
Free Skating: Ocean's 8 (soundtrack) by Daniel Pemberton; Best Friend by Sofi Tukker
Running, fitness, music. (isuresults.com)
Athlete
English
Dundee Ice Skating Club
Simon Briggs (GBR)
Debi Briggs (GBR)
Uncle Les Barr (Football): Played in the Scottish Football League for Dundee FC and Montrose FC.
Her mother was a runner at the county level, and her father played football. (Athlete, 13 Oct 21)
She did gymnastics before figure skating but only competed locally and stopped when figure skating started to take up more of her time. (Athlete, 13 Oct 2021)
Open d'Andorra 2016 (Single skating - 1st)
Mark Pillay (CAN)
2010
2002 in Dundee
When she was seven years old she begged her mom for a whole year to get her skates until her mother finally gave in. (John Wilson Blades YouTube, 2 Mar 2020)
To compete at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and later to become a figure skating coach. (Athlete, 13 Oct 2021)
Trains in Dundee, Scotland with fellow skater Karly Robertson (GBR).
Becoming British champion 2017-20.
Qualifying an Olympic spot for Great Britain at the 2021 World Championships. (Athlete, 13 Oct 2021)
Figure skater Sasha Cohen (USA), 2006 Olympic silver singles medallist, three-time World Championships medallist (two silver, one bronze).
Figure skater Jenna McCorkell (GBR), two-time Olympian (2010, 2014), British champion. (Athlete, 13 Oct 2021)
Her coaches Debi and Simon Briggs. "At one point in my career I almost quit skating because I thought I couldn’t be any better. Instead of just letting me give up they believed in me and inspired my passion for the sport again." (Athlete, 13 Oct 2021)
She always puts on her left skate first. (Athlete, 13 Oct 2021)
"I prefer just to perform my best and let everything else take care of itself. You can only control what you do and not what others do or think." (Athlete, 13 Oct 2021)
Dundee Sportsperson of the Year (2016, 2017, 2019). (leisureandculturedundee.com, Feb 2019)
Great Britain
Figure Skating