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{{short description|Canadian ice dancer}} |
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|name= Aaron Lowe |
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|country= Canada |
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|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1974|10|12}} |
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1974|10|12}} |
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|birth_place= [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada |
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|residence= [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Ontario]] |
|residence= [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], [[Ontario]], Canada |
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|height= {{height|m=1.78}} |
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|partner= '''[[Megan Wing]]''' |
|partner= '''[[Megan Wing]]''' |
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'''Aaron Lowe''' (born October 12, 1974 |
'''Aaron Lowe''' (born October 12, 1974) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[ice dancing|ice dancer]]. With partner and wife [[Megan Wing]], he is a two-time [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents]] bronze medallist. |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Lowe began in hockey at the age of seven and switched to figure skating when he was nine.<ref name=jbm/><ref name=gs4602/> He began skating with Megan Wing in 1986. They won six bronze medals and four silver medals at the [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships]]. In 2006, the duo competed in the [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]], where they finished 11th overall. On April 25, 2006, Wing and Lowe announced officially their retirement from competitive skating. |
Lowe was born in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. He began in hockey at the age of seven and switched to figure skating when he was nine.<ref name=jbm/><ref name=gs4602/> He began skating with Megan Wing in 1986. They won six bronze medals and four silver medals at the [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships]]. In 2006, the duo competed in the [[Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]], where they finished 11th overall. On April 25, 2006, Wing and Lowe announced officially their retirement from competitive skating. |
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Aaron now competes in Functional Fitness. On April 20, 2024, he won the Festivus Games at Hybrid Athletics. |
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Wing and Lowe coach in British Columbia. Their students include: |
Wing and Lowe coach in British Columbia. Their students include: |
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* [[Miku Makita]] / [[Tyler Gunara]] |
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* [[Madeline Edwards]] / [[Zhao Kai Pang]] |
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* [[Noa Bruser]] / [[Timothy Lum]] |
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* [[Sara Aghai]] / [[Jussiville Partanen]] |
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* Tarrah Harvey/ Keith Gagnon |
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* [[Lee Ho-jung]] / Richard Kang-in Kam |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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==Competitive highlights== |
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''GP: [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|ISU Champions Series / Grand Prix]]'' |
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=12 align=center | '''International''' |
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| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || || || || || 15th || || || 12th || 11th || 10th || 10th |
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|Worlds]] || || || || || 15th || || || 12th || 11th || 10th || 10th |
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| align=left | [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents]] || || || || 4th || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 5th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || |
| align=left | [[Four Continents Figure Skating Championships|Four Continents]] || || || || 4th || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 5th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || |
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| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Cup of China]] || || || || || || || || || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |
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| align=left | {{small|GP}} [[Skate America]] || || 8th || 7th || || || || 6th || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || 4th |
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| align=left | [[Grand Prix International St. Gervais|St. Gervais]] || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || || || || || |
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| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Champ.]] || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Champ.]] || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
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| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Champ.]] || 9th N |
| align=left | [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships|Canadian Champ.]] || 9th N || 4th N || 11th J || 7th J || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J || 6th |
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| align=left | Canada Winter Games || || 4th N |
| align=left | Canada Winter Games || || 4th N || || || || |
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| colspan=7 align=center | <small> Levels: N |
| colspan=7 align=center | <small> Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior </small> |
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<ref name=bio0001>{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2000/2001 | work = International Skating Union | |
<ref name=bio0001>{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2000/2001 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010418145842/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001741.htm | archive-date = April 18, 2001 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=bio0102>{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2001/2002 | work = International Skating Union | |
<ref name=bio0102>{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2001/2002 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020611190752/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001741.htm | archive-date = June 11, 2002 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=bio0203>{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2002/2003 | work = International Skating Union | |
<ref name=bio0203>{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2002/2003 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030217154019/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00001741.htm | archive-date = February 17, 2003 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=bio0304>{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2003/2004 | work = International Skating Union | |
<ref name=bio0304>{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2003/2004 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040603043930/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001741.htm | archive-date = June 3, 2004 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=bio0405>{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2004/2005 | work = International Skating Union | |
<ref name=bio0405>{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2004/2005 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050405225222/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001741.htm | archive-date = April 5, 2005 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=bio0506>{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2005/2006 | work = International Skating Union | |
<ref name=bio0506>{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001741.htm | title = Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2005/2006 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060702200921/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00001741.htm | archive-date = July 2, 2006 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=scbio>{{cite web | url = http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/athletes/national_teams/team_profiles/profile.cfm?strregid=1060727&strcategory=dance | title = Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe | work = Skate Canada | |
<ref name=scbio>{{cite web | url = http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/athletes/national_teams/team_profiles/profile.cfm?strregid=1060727&strcategory=dance | title = Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe | work = Skate Canada | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070310203538/http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/athletes/national_teams/team_profiles/profile.cfm?strregid=1060727&strcategory=dance | archive-date = March 10, 2007 | url-status = dead }}</ref> |
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<ref name=jbm>{{cite web|url=http://www.jbmittan.com/articles/a-wing.htm |title=Waiting for a Chance |first=J. Barry |last=Mittan | |
<ref name=jbm>{{cite web |url=http://www.jbmittan.com/articles/a-wing.htm |title=Waiting for a Chance |first=J. Barry |last=Mittan |orig-year=1997 |year=2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060531130303/http://www.jbmittan.com/articles/a-wing.htm |archive-date=May 31, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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<ref name=gs4602>{{cite news | url = http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2001/040602.shtml | title = Wing and Lowe: Stuck in the Middle | first = Barry | last = Mittan | work = Golden Skate | date = April 6, 2002 | |
<ref name=gs4602>{{cite news | url = http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2001/040602.shtml | title = Wing and Lowe: Stuck in the Middle | first = Barry | last = Mittan | work = Golden Skate | date = April 6, 2002 | access-date = April 10, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080705133530/http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2001/040602.shtml | archive-date = July 5, 2008 }}</ref> |
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<ref name=twins>{{cite news | url = http://www.skatetoday.com/2011/10/08/wing-lowe-welcome-twins/ | title = Wing & Lowe welcome twins! | work = Skate Today | date = October 8, 2011 | |
<ref name=twins>{{cite news | url = http://www.skatetoday.com/2011/10/08/wing-lowe-welcome-twins/ | title = Wing & Lowe welcome twins! | work = Skate Today | date = October 8, 2011 | access-date = October 10, 2011 }}</ref> |
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* [http://www.winglowe.com/ Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe official website] |
* [http://www.winglowe.com/ Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe official website] |
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011418/http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/aalowe |title=Aaron Lowe on Real Champions}} |
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Latest revision as of 20:35, 23 April 2024
Aaron Lowe | |
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Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | October 12, 1974
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Canada |
Partner | Megan Wing |
Skating club | Sunset FSC Vancouver |
Retired | April 25, 2006 |
Medal record |
Aaron Lowe (born October 12, 1974) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner and wife Megan Wing, he is a two-time Four Continents bronze medallist.
Career[edit]
Lowe was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He began in hockey at the age of seven and switched to figure skating when he was nine.[1][2] He began skating with Megan Wing in 1986. They won six bronze medals and four silver medals at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships. In 2006, the duo competed in the Winter Olympics, where they finished 11th overall. On April 25, 2006, Wing and Lowe announced officially their retirement from competitive skating.
Aaron now competes in Functional Fitness. On April 20, 2024, he won the Festivus Games at Hybrid Athletics.
Wing and Lowe coach in British Columbia. Their students include:
Personal life[edit]
Wing / Lowe's twins, a daughter and son named Keauna Auburn Wing Lowe and Tayson Pierce Wing Lowe, were born on October 6, 2011.[3]
Programs[edit]
Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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2005–2006 [4] |
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2004–2005 [5] |
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2003–2004 [6] |
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2002–2003 [7] |
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John Lennon:
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2001–2002 [8] |
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Supreme Beings of Leisure:
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2000–2001 [9] |
Chicago (musical) by Chita Rodriguez:
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Competitive highlights[edit]
GP: ISU Champions Series / Grand Prix
- with Wing
1995–1996 to 2005–2006[edit]
International[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] | |||||||||||
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Event | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 |
Olympics | 11th | ||||||||||
Worlds | 15th | 12th | 11th | 10th | 10th | ||||||
Four Continents | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | |||||
GP Cup of China | 3rd | ||||||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 10th | 6th | |||||||||
GP Lalique | 10th | 9th | 8th | 7th | |||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 6th | 6th | 5th | ||||||||
GP Skate America | 8th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | ||||||
GP Skate Canada | 10th | 9th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | ||||
Bofrost Cup | 4th | ||||||||||
Nebelhorn | 4th | ||||||||||
St. Gervais | 2nd | ||||||||||
National | |||||||||||
Canadian Champ. | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
1989–1990 to 1994–1995[edit]
National[10] | ||||||
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Event | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 |
Canadian Champ. | 9th N | 4th N | 11th J | 7th J | 3rd J | 6th |
Canada Winter Games | 4th N | |||||
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior |
References[edit]
- ^ Mittan, J. Barry (2000) [1997]. "Waiting for a Chance". Archived from the original on May 31, 2006.
- ^ Mittan, Barry (April 6, 2002). "Wing and Lowe: Stuck in the Middle". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ^ "Wing & Lowe welcome twins!". Skate Today. October 8, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
- ^ a b "Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 2, 2006.
- ^ a b "Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 5, 2005.
- ^ a b "Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 3, 2004.
- ^ a b "Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 17, 2003.
- ^ a b "Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 11, 2002.
- ^ a b "Megan WING / Aaron LOWE: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2001.
- ^ a b "Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007.
External links[edit]
- Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe at the International Skating Union
- Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe official website
- Skate Canada profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-10)
- Aaron Lowe on Real Champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-27)
- Aaron Lowe at Team Canada
- Aaron Lowe at Olympics.com
- Aaron Lowe at Olympedia