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'''Jodeyne Higgins''' (born September 26, 1974) is a Canadian former competitive [[pair skater]] who also competed in the [[four skating|fours discipline]]. With [[Sean Rice]], she is the [[1995 Skate Canada International]] bronze medalist, the 1992 [[Nebelhorn Trophy]] bronze medalist, and a two-time (1993, 1995) [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian national]] bronze medallist. She is also a four-time (1993–1996) [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships#Discontinued events|Canadian fours champion]].
'''Jodeyne Higgins''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[pair skater]]. With skating partner and husband [[Sean Rice]], she is the 1993 & 1995 [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian bronze medalist]]. They also competed in the [[four skating|fours discipline]], winning the fours title at the [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships#Discontinued Events|1993 Canadian Figure Skating Championships]] with [[Jodi Barnes]] and [[Rob Williams (figure skater)|Rob Williams]] and the 1994, 1995, and 1996 titles with [[Scott MacDonald (figure skater)|Scott MacDonald]] and [[Alison Purkiss]]. They won the 1992 bronze medal with [[Janice Yeck]] and [[Scott MacDonald (figure skater)|Scott MacDonald]] and the 1997 silver medal with [[Melissa Shields]] and [[Trevor Buttenham]].


== Career ==
They retired from competitive skating and toured professionally on [[Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines]], for whom Higgins works as the ice show director.
Competing in pairs, Higgins and Rice won bronze at the 1992 [[Nebelhorn Trophy]] and at the 1993 Canadian Nationals. They were assigned to the [[1993 World Figure Skating Championships|1993 World Championships]] where they placed 10th. The following season was less successful for the pair. They finished 6th at Nationals and were not sent to Worlds. After winning bronze at the 1995 Canadian Championships, they obtained a second trip to [[1995 World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] and finished 14th. The pair never reached the podium again at Nationals but they won bronze at the [[1995 Skate Canada International]].


Competing in fours at the Canadian Championships, Higgins and Rice won gold medals with Scott MacDonald and Alison Purkiss (1994–1996), and Jodi Barnes and Rob Williams (1993). They also won the 1992 bronze medal with Janice Yeck and Scott MacDonald and the 1997 silver medal with Melissa Shields and Trevor Buttenham.
In 2009, Higgins was a contestant on ''[[Battle of the Blades]]''. She was paired with hockey player [[Ken Daneyko]] and was eliminated in week four. She is now a professional skater on the hit UK series ''[[Dancing On Ice]]''.

Higgins and Rice retired from competitive skating and toured professionally on [[Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines]], for whom Higgins works as the ice show director. In 2009, Higgins was a contestant on ''[[Battle of the Blades]]''. She was paired with hockey player [[Ken Daneyko]] and was eliminated in week four. In 2011, Higgins appeared in [[Dancing on Ice (series 6)|series 6]] of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[Dancing on Ice]]'', with whom she reached the semi-finals. She also performed with Dr. Johnson Beharry VC and husband Sean Rice on the 2011 Dancing On Ice Tour. In 2012, Higgins was partnered with [[Chico Slimani]] for [[Dancing on Ice (series 7)|series 7]] after Chesney Hawkes injured himself in training before the start of the new series. Chico and Jodeyne finished 3rd in the Final of Dancing on Ice Series 7.

== Personal life ==
Higgins and Rice were married until his death in 2022.<ref>{{Cite Instagram|postid=CYxDc_iriaR|title=I'm utterly heartbroken and in disbelief...life is so precious...My darling girl Jodeyne and her gorgeous daughter Signey lost their husband and poppa bear yesterday...|date=January 15, 2022|user=alex_lukasz|accessdate=January 15, 2022|last=Schauman|first=Alexandra}}</ref> They have a daughter, Signey, born in October 2013.<ref name=signey/>


==Competitive highlights==
==Competitive highlights==
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===Pairs highlights===
(with Rice)


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===Pairs with Rice===
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | International<ref name=SCV2/>
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! Event
! Event
! {{tooltip|91–92|1991–1992}}
! 1991–92
! 92–93
! 1992–93
! 93–94
! 1993–94
! 94–95
! 1994–95
! 95–96
! 1995–96
! 96–97
! 1996–97
! 97–98
! 1997–98
! 98–99
! 1998–99
|-
|-
| [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] || || align="center" | 10th || || align="center" | 14th || || || ||
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Champ.]] || || 10th || || 14th || || || ||
|-
|-
| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Skate Canada International|Skate Canada]] || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 6th || ||
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| [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Championships]] || align="center" bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd J. ||align="center" bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd || align="center" | 6th ||align="center" bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd || align="center" | 4th || align="center" | 4th || align="center" | 7th || align="center" | 5th
|-
|-
| [[Skate Canada International]] || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd || align="center" | 6th || ||
| align=left | [[Skate America]] || || || 5th || || || || ||
|-
|-
| [[Skate America]] || || || align="center" | 5th || || || || ||
| align=left | [[Trophée Eric Bompard|Trophée Lalique]] || || || 6th || || || || ||
|-
|-
| [[Trophée Lalique]] || || || align="center" | 6th || || || || ||
| align=left | [[Bofrost Cup|Nations Cup]] || || 4th || || 8th || || || ||
|-
|-
| [[Bofrost Cup|Nations Cup]] || || align="center" | 4th || || align="center" | 8th || || || ||
| align=left | [[Nebelhorn Trophy]] || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || || || ||
|-
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=9 align=center | National<ref name=SCNAT/>
| [[Nebelhorn Trophy]] || || align="center" bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd || || || || || ||
|-
|-
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| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Champ.]] || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 6th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 4th || 4th || 7th || 5th
|-
| colspan=9 align=center | <small> GP = [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Champions Series (Grand Prix)]]; J = Junior level </small>
|}
|}
* J = Junior level


===Dancing on Ice===
===Fours with Rice and others===
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|-
In the 2011 series she was partnered with [[Dr. Johnson Gideon Beharry VC]] and they got all the way through to the semi finals. Johnson & Jodeyne are currently on the Dancing On Ice tour.
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | National
|-
! Event
! 1992
! 1993
! 1994
! 1995
! 1996
! 1997
|-
| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Championships]] || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd<sup>1</sup> || bgcolor=gold | 1st<sup>2</sup> || bgcolor=gold | 1st<sup>3</sup> || bgcolor=gold | 1st<sup>3</sup> || bgcolor=gold | 1st<sup>3</sup> || bgcolor=silver | 2nd<sup>4</sup>
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| colspan=7 align=center | <small> '''Partners in addition to Sean Rice:''' <br> <sup>1</sup> Janice Yeck / Scott MacDonald <br> <sup>2</sup> Jodi Barnes / Rob Williams <br> <sup>3</sup> Alison Purkiss / Scott MacDonald <br> <sup>4</sup> Melissa Shields / Trevor Buttenham </small>
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|}


==References==
==References==
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* {{cite web | url = http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-Volume2-1974-current.pdf | title = Skate Canada Results Book – Volume 2 – 1974 – current |format = PDF | publisher = [[Skate Canada (governing body)|Skate Canada]]}}
* {{cite web | url = http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/championships_results.pdf | title = Canadian National Championships Medallists | format = PDF |publisher = [[Skate Canada (governing body)|Skate Canada]]}}
<ref name=SCV2>{{cite web |url= http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-Volume2-1974-current.pdf |title= Skate Canada Results Book – Volume 2 – 1974 – current |format= PDF |publisher= [[Skate Canada (governing body)|Skate Canada]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080408215222/http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-Volume2-1974-current.pdf |archive-date= April 8, 2008 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

<ref name=SCNAT>{{cite web |url= http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/championships_results.pdf |title= Canadian National Championships Medallists |format= PDF |publisher= [[Skate Canada (governing body)|Skate Canada]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090920093937/http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/championships_results.pdf |archive-date= September 20, 2009 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

<ref name=signey>{{cite news |url= http://serenityphoto.net/serenity-photo-blog-behind-the-lens/shes-here/ |title= She's here |publisher= Serenity Photo |date= October 2013 |access-date= 2013-11-02 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131103131251/http://serenityphoto.net/serenity-photo-blog-behind-the-lens/shes-here/ |archive-date= 2013-11-03 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.cbc.ca/battle/pair4.php Jodeyne Higgins] at ''[[Battle of the Blades]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090923015916/http://www.cbc.ca/battle/pair4.php Jodeyne Higgins] at ''[[Battle of the Blades]]''


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Latest revision as of 02:45, 27 January 2024

Jodeyne Higgins
Jodeyne Higgins and Sean Rice on the Dancing on Ice tour in 2011
Full nameJodeyne Higgins
Born (1974-09-26) September 26, 1974 (age 49)
Figure skating career
CountryCanada
PartnerSean Rice
Skating clubStratford FSC

Jodeyne Higgins (born September 26, 1974) is a Canadian former competitive pair skater who also competed in the fours discipline. With Sean Rice, she is the 1995 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, the 1992 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and a two-time (1993, 1995) Canadian national bronze medallist. She is also a four-time (1993–1996) Canadian fours champion.

Career[edit]

Competing in pairs, Higgins and Rice won bronze at the 1992 Nebelhorn Trophy and at the 1993 Canadian Nationals. They were assigned to the 1993 World Championships where they placed 10th. The following season was less successful for the pair. They finished 6th at Nationals and were not sent to Worlds. After winning bronze at the 1995 Canadian Championships, they obtained a second trip to Worlds and finished 14th. The pair never reached the podium again at Nationals but they won bronze at the 1995 Skate Canada International.

Competing in fours at the Canadian Championships, Higgins and Rice won gold medals with Scott MacDonald and Alison Purkiss (1994–1996), and Jodi Barnes and Rob Williams (1993). They also won the 1992 bronze medal with Janice Yeck and Scott MacDonald and the 1997 silver medal with Melissa Shields and Trevor Buttenham.

Higgins and Rice retired from competitive skating and toured professionally on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, for whom Higgins works as the ice show director. In 2009, Higgins was a contestant on Battle of the Blades. She was paired with hockey player Ken Daneyko and was eliminated in week four. In 2011, Higgins appeared in series 6 of ITV's Dancing on Ice, with whom she reached the semi-finals. She also performed with Dr. Johnson Beharry VC and husband Sean Rice on the 2011 Dancing On Ice Tour. In 2012, Higgins was partnered with Chico Slimani for series 7 after Chesney Hawkes injured himself in training before the start of the new series. Chico and Jodeyne finished 3rd in the Final of Dancing on Ice Series 7.

Personal life[edit]

Higgins and Rice were married until his death in 2022.[1] They have a daughter, Signey, born in October 2013.[2]

Competitive highlights[edit]

Pairs with Rice[edit]

International[3]
Event 91–92 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99
World Champ. 10th 14th
GP Skate Canada 3rd 6th
Skate America 5th
Trophée Lalique 6th
Nations Cup 4th 8th
Nebelhorn Trophy 3rd
National[4]
Canadian Champ. 3rd J 3rd 6th 3rd 4th 4th 7th 5th
GP = Champions Series (Grand Prix); J = Junior level

Fours with Rice and others[edit]

National
Event 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Canadian Championships 3rd1 1st2 1st3 1st3 1st3 2nd4
Partners in addition to Sean Rice:
1 Janice Yeck / Scott MacDonald
2 Jodi Barnes / Rob Williams
3 Alison Purkiss / Scott MacDonald
4 Melissa Shields / Trevor Buttenham

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schauman, Alexandra [@alex_lukasz] (January 15, 2022). "I'm utterly heartbroken and in disbelief...life is so precious...My darling girl Jodeyne and her gorgeous daughter Signey lost their husband and poppa bear yesterday..." Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ "She's here". Serenity Photo. October 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
  3. ^ "Skate Canada Results Book – Volume 2 – 1974 – current" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2008.
  4. ^ "Canadian National Championships Medallists" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2009.

External links[edit]

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