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of the month: The United States - Joshua Rhoads |
Joshua
Rhoads made his world debut in 1997 at the Junior
World Championships in Reus, Spain with a bronze medal winning
performance. Josh then went on to winning the U.S Nationals
and has done again in 2002 fighting off some fierce
competition. Josh will compete in Wuppertal at this years
World Senior championships. Joshua's
success doesn't stop there, he has (for those of you who don't
know him) been ranked amongst the Top 10 in the World
since 1997 with a No.3 ranking included and a Silver
medal at the World Games in 2001 held in Japan last
year. Joshua's popularity world wide is contributed to his
laid back approach and fun personality on the rink and also
know for his amazing choreography and spectacular footwork
(coached by Scott Cohen).
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| Last
year at Joshua's fifth World Championships in Italy, he
placed 6th. |
| Interests:
Well, I do
like to roller skate once in a while, but other than that, I
love to mountain bike, snowboard, water-ski, and inline skate.
Anything active. I also love to travel to different countries,
experience different cultures and ways of life. That's one of
the great things about skating. |
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| JOSHUA
RHOADS: United
States of America |
| Member:
US Roller Sports |
| coach:
Scott
Cohen (formerly) |
| occupation:
training
full time | working part time |
| residence:
Florida. |
| sport:
artistic roller skating |
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| Achievements
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World
Championships:
2004:
8th Senior Men's FS
2003:
10th Senior Men's FS
2002:
6th Senior
Men's FS
2001:
6th Senior
Men's FS
1998: 4th Senior Men's FS
1997: 3rd Junior Men's FS
World
Games:
2004:
Withdrawn due to injury after short program
(Germany).
2001:
2nd Men's FS: Japan
National
Championships: USA
2005: 1st World Class Men's FS
Roller
World Cup:
2004:
3rd - Open event, Florence Italia.
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Joshua
in action
Former Coach:
Scott Cohen 5 x World Champion
Men's Singles.
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| U.S
Competition |
World
Gala |
Show
stopper | World Gala 2001 |
U.S
Nationals 02 |
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Joshua's
personal message:
I just like to tell everyone to just keep skating and practicing
hard,
and you'll get to where you want to go.
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Thanks to Joshua for his time and and we wish him all the very best
for the future..
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