Skaters who have most recently Retired.

[FSWer]

Vanessa split with her old Partner,why?

[Ninchen]

Karel Zelenka retired??

Yes, I know it's sad! First I only heard it from a friend. Then I asked him myself and he confirmed.
ETA:
You can also read it here:
http://karel-zelenka-fan-group.chaps...ws-s48929.html

[MacMadame]

Vanessa split with her old Partner,why?

Oh, that's a big can of worms.... there were lots of rumors and veiled accusations. And some not so hidden.

It's hard to know what's true and what's not.

Apparently she's been unhappy in the partnership for a while now, but some think that the French Federation was playing "king maker" and split them up in order to make a better pair.

Someone saying they are Vanessa actually posted about it here on FSU at one point. Maybe someone has a link to that post and you can read it for yourself.

[stjeaskategym]

Oh, that's a big can of worms.... there were lots of rumors and veiled accusations. And some not so hidden.

It's hard to know what's true and what's not.

Apparently she's been unhappy in the partnership for a while now, but some think that the French Federation was playing "king maker" and split them up in order to make a better pair.

Someone saying they are Vanessa actually posted about it here on FSU at one point. Maybe someone has a link to that post and you can read it for yourself.

And then weren't people saying that the new pair of Vanessa James/ Maximin Coia didn't actually work out? So confusing.

[Zemgirl]

Apparently she's been unhappy in the partnership for a while now, but some think that the French Federation was playing "king maker" and split them up in order to make a better pair.

Someone saying they are Vanessa actually posted about it here on FSU at one point. Maybe someone has a link to that post and you can read it for yourself.

Here it is.

Splitting J/B and C/C did yield a new pair - just not the one the FFSG was hoping for...

[Moka-Ananas]

So Urbas really retired? Good to know I lost my perfect sleeping pill.

[kwanfan1818]

In dance, Rubleva/Shefer also retired

[Doggygirl]

Fumie will never retire

The new Granny!!!

Reading about who is in and who is out is getting me all excited for the new season! Might not be good for the old blood pressure, all this excitement! Thanks for all the updates.

[Finnice]

[QUOTE=Nomad;2871612

Pairs:

Bonheur has teamed up with Coia.[/QUOTE]

I would really have loved that pairing!

[Nomad]

Has Dytrt retired?

[barbk]

Has Emily Hughes retired?

[care bear]

Has Dytrt retired?

According to "Pirouette" she is planning comeback. Her SP by Staviskij is "Blues for Klook", FS will maybe "Out of Africa".

[Nomad]

Thanks, care bear. I take it she's still with Huth?

[care bear]

Karel Fajfr is her coach.

[briancoogaert]

Vanessa James was RUMORED to be skating with Maximin Coia (they're still assigned to TEB on the ISU site as of today) but it's UNCONFIRMED whether or not they are still together. Adeline Canac is skating with Yannick Bonheur, last I heard.

It is confirmed that Maximin Coia sent a letter to French Fed to say that he wanted to do shows for the next 2 years. So, he doesn't skate with Vanessa anymore. If she doesn't find a new partner soon, he will probably try again with her.

[Nomad]

Isn't he the one known for hitting the boys and molesting the girls?

[victoriaheidi]

Call me crazy, but didn't I read that Todd Gilles retired? I can't find any proof of that now. I also thought Gilles/Donohue split (which pretty much convinced me that Alexe is the only Gilles still competing, but I may be TOTALLY wrong on all accounts).

WAIT...a trip to IceNetwork indicates that both Piper and Todd ended their partnerships, but not that Todd retired, as I thought. So not sure that there are any retirements in the bunch, but maybe someone can back me up on Todd retiring?

[care bear]

Isn't he the one known for hitting the boys and molesting the girls?

Yes he is. Sorry, it is only in German http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Fajfr
but you can translate it with coogle translator.

[Fashionista]

Hinzmann's Wikipedia entry says that she "now skates professionally on Royal Caribbean Cruise ships with her husband Lee Harris. She also teaches with Harris at the Chiller Ice Rinks in Ohio."

Compiling the list of recently retired skaters known so far:

MEN
Stéphane Lambiel (SUI)
Stefan Lindemann (GER)
Vaughn Chipeur (CAN)
Gregor Urbas (SLO)
Song Gao (CHN)

LADIES
Júlia Sebestyén (HUN)
Yukari Nakano (JPN)
Susanna Pöykiö (FIN)
Bebe Liang (USA)
Tugba Karademir (TUR)

PAIRS
Shen/Zhao (CHN)
Castile/Okolski (USA)
Zanforlin/Degli-Esposti (ITA)
Anabelle Langlois (CAN)
Craig Buntin (CAN)
Stanislav Morozov (UKR)

DANCE
Belbin/Agosto (USA)
Delobel/Schoenfelder (FRA)
Navarro/Bommentre (USA)
Zaretsky/Zaretsky (ISR)

I would add Domnina/Shabalin, Rubleva/Shefer and Sergei Novitzky here.

[stjeaskategym]

Call me crazy, but didn't I read that Todd Gilles retired? I can't find any proof of that now. I also thought Gilles/Donohue split (which pretty much convinced me that Alexe is the only Gilles still competing, but I may be TOTALLY wrong on all accounts).

WAIT...a trip to IceNetwork indicates that both Piper and Todd ended their partnerships, but not that Todd retired, as I thought. So not sure that there are any retirements in the bunch, but maybe someone can back me up on Todd retiring?

I believe Todd was considering looking for a partner and perhaps is still considering that. So no official retirement.

It is confirmed that Maximin Coia sent a letter to French Fed to say that he wanted to do shows for the next 2 years. So, he doesn't skate with Vanessa anymore. If she doesn't find a new partner soon, he will probably try again with her.

What the heck? Hopefully it wasn't the French Fed's idea to do this splitting and rematching because it doesn't seem to be going right.