Ricky Cockerill

Ricky Cockerill
Full name	Ricky Cockerill
Born	(1978-10-26) 26 October 1978 Dunedin
Hometown	Auckland
Height	170 cm (5.6 ft)
Figure skating career
Country	New Zealand
Skating club	Dunedin Ice Skating Club
Retired	2005

Ricky Cockerill (born 26 October 1978) is a New Zealand former competitive figure skater. He is a seven-time New Zealand national champion and competed in the free skate at five Four Continents Championships.

Life and career

Cockerill was born on 26 October 1978 in Dunedin, New Zealand, and was educated at Otago Boys' High School.

Cockerill trained as a figure skater in Auckland, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia; and Moscow, Russia. He represented New Zealand in a number of international competitions including three world championships and five Four Continents Championships. He is the first, and to this day the only New Zealand figure skater to complete all triple jumps as well as triple-triple combinations.

After retiring from sport in 2005, Cockerill completed an economics degree at Auckland University of Technology and moved to London to pursue a career in finance. There he began his career with Barclays Bank PLC and worked for three years in the corporate banking division at Barclays' head office in Canary Wharf. In 2010, he moved to Moscow to work for Barclays Russia.

Cockerill moved back to New Zealand in 2014 together with his wife. He now works as a business broker in Dunedin and helps his wife to run a new dance studio. He is a happy father of 2 girls.

Sporting results

International
Event	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05
Worlds		39th	41st				40th
Four Continents	14th	17th	18th		16th		12th
Golden Spin	13th	13th	18th	24th
Piruetten	10th
National
New Zealand Champ.	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

External links

• Ricky Cockerill at the International Skating Union