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Biography
Louise Walden (born 19 August 1983 in Preston, England) is a British ice dancer. With partner Owen Edwards, she is the 2011 British and Welsh ice dancing champion.
Walden and Edwards began skating together in June 2006. They made their international debut in October 2008 at the 2008 Karl Schaefer Memorial in Vienna, Austria, where they placed 8th. Between April 2008 and September 2012, they were based at CSG Lyon International Skating Academy, France where they were coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer and Olivier Schoenfelder. In September 2012, the couple moved to Hackensack, New Jersey to train with Galit Chait. In May 2013, the couple took to their official website to announce their retirement from competitive skating.
Walden and Edwards were ranked 5th in the 2009/2010 UK national rankings and 2nd in 2010/2011. They competed at their first World Championships in 2011.
Programs
(with Edwards)
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–2012 |
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Burlesque:
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| 2010–2011 |
| Good Bye Lenin!:
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Competitive highlights
(with Edwards)
| Results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | |||||||
| Event | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 |
| Worlds | 20th | ||||||
| Europeans | 13th | ||||||
| Coupe de Nice | 5th | 5th | |||||
| Ice Challenge | 11th | 1st | 6th | 11th | |||
| Karl Schäfer | 8th | ||||||
| Nebelhorn | 12th | 10th | |||||
| NRW Trophy | 7th | 6th | 7th | ||||
| Ondrej Nepela | 7th | 8th | 8th | ||||
| Pavel Roman | 7th | ||||||
| Trophy of Lyon | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| Universiade | 13th | 5th | |||||
| National | |||||||
| British Champ. | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Welsh Champ. | 1st | ||||||
| GP = Grand Prix | |||||||