Jennifer Robinson (born December 2, 1976) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She is a six-time national champion and finished 7th at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Early life Robinson was born December 2, 1976, in Goderich, Ontario. She is the niece of NHL hockey player Gaston Gingras.
Career
Robinson won six Canadian national titles. She placed as high as 8th at the World Championships (2000) and as high as 4th at the Four Continents Championships (2002). She won one Grand Prix medal, bronze, at the 1999 Skate Canada International. She finished 7th at the 2002 Olympics and retired from competition in 2004. She then skated with Stars on Ice. Robinson was one of five stunt doubles for the main character, Casey (played by Michelle Trachtenberg) in the Walt Disney Pictures's 2005 film Ice Princess.
On July 31 and August 7, 2004, Robinson made her radio-hosting debut by hosting a Saturday night retro show on CIQB-FM in Barrie, Ontario, under the direction of station program director Darren Stevens. She also hosted a dinner hour news show called First Local for the Simcoe County, Ontario public access Rogers Cable station. Robinson appears occasionally on the sports talk show Off the Record with Michael Landsberg. She was a commentator at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia for CTV along with Rod Black and Victor Kraatz during the Women's Figure Skating and Ice Dancing competitions.
In October 2010, Robinson was elected to Barrie City Council, representing Ward 8 in the south-central area of the city. She resigned from her position on council in August 2012, citing personal health reasons.
Personal life Robinson lives in Oro-Medonte, Ontario.
Robinson married figure skating coach Shane Dennison in September 2002. She gave birth to a girl named Reese McKenna Dennison on February 2, 2010, at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, Ontario.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2003–04 Tangosain Welcome to Cuba Prelude a L'Apres-midi d'un faune 2002–03 Symphonie Moderne Suite Populaire Espagnole pour Violin et Piano 2001–02 Street Scene Liebestraum 2000–01 Moon Ghosts for Aldous Huxley An Irish Symphony
Results GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix
International Event 92–93 93–94 94–95 95–96 96–97 97–98 98–99 01–02 02–03 03–04 Olympics 7th Worlds 19th 21st 18th 8th 15th 9th 9th 14th Four Continents 7th 6th 8th 4th 5th 5th Cup of China 9th Cup of Russia 8th 5th Lalique 4th Nations Cup 9th 5th 4th NHK Trophy 7th Skate America 12th 8th 7th Skate Canada 10th 5th 3rd 4th 4th 5th Campbells Classic 6th Continents Cup 6th Inter. Challenge 4th Nebelhorn Trophy 4th Schäfer Memorial 6th Skate Canada 6th International: Junior Junior Worlds 10th Blue Swords 13th J National Canadian Champ. 4th N 11th J 1st J 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior
References
External links
Her bio from the Rogers Cable access station in Simcoe County