Ashley Foy | |
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Full name | Ashley Heather Foy |
Born | Hartford, Connecticut | January 7, 1990
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Germany |
Ashley Heather Foy (born January 7, 1990)[1] is an American former competitive ice dancer. Competing for Germany with Benjamin Blum, she placed 13th at the 2008 World Junior Championships.
Early in her career, Foy competed with Dean Copely.[2]
Foy moved to Dortmund, Germany in July 2005 to train with partner Benjamin Blum.[3][4][5] She was a member of the German national team 2006-2009. Representing TSC Eintracht Dortmund together with Blum, she was the 2008 German national champion in junior ice dancing and finished 13th overall at the 2008 World Junior Championships. Foy and Blum stopped competing in 2008.[6]
Foy is currently coaching in Simsbury & Cromwell, Connecticut. She is the Director of Figure Skating at Norwich Arena. She has been a member of the Yale FSC in New Haven, Connecticut, since 2008 and remains a member of the TSC Eintracht in Dortmund, Germany.
Foy graduated magna cum laude as the 2011 Modern Language Department Honoree at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, in May 2011 with a BA in German language and literature and minors in European Union/West European studies and psychology. Foy currently attends Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, where she is pursuing a master's degree. She got married on August 10, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Representing Germany with Benjamin Blum:
Results[7] | |||
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International | |||
Event | 2005–2006 | 2006–2007 | 2007–2008 |
World Junior Championships | 13th | ||
JGP Estonia | 8th | ||
JGP Germany | 16th | ||
JGP Norway | 10th | ||
NRW Trophy | 3rd J. | ||
Pavel Roman Memorial | 6th J. | ||
National | |||
German Championships | 3rd J. | 4th J. | 1st J. |
JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level |