Louise Walden (born 19 August 1983) is a British former competitive ice dancer. With Owen Edwards, she won gold at the 2010 Ice Challenge, 2010 International Trophy of Lyon, and 2011 British Championships. They competed in the final segment at two ISU Championships – 2011 Worlds, where they finished 20th, and 2012 Europeans, where they placed 13th. Walden is a sports commentator for Eurosport and Discovery Plus, as well as an on and off ice skating coach and choreographer. She has also worked in professional shows.
Walden is a sports commentator for Eurosport and Discovery Plus, as well as an on-and-off ice skating coach and choreographer. She has also worked in professional shows.
Walden and Edwards married in May 2016 and live in Lancashire, United Kingdom with their two sons, born in 2018 and 2021.
Career Walden and Edwards began skating together in June 2006. They made their international debut in October 2008 at the 2008 Karl Schaefer Memorial in Vienna, Austria, where they placed 8th. Between April 2008 and September 2012, they were based at CSG Lyon International Skating Academy in France, where they were coached by Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer and Olivier Schoenfelder. They won the British national title in the 2010–2011 season. At the 2011 World Championships in Moscow, they qualified to the final segment and finished 20th overall.
Walden/Edwards placed 13th at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England. In September 2012, the duo moved to Hackensack, New Jersey, to train under Galit Chait. In May 2013, they took to their official website to announce their retirement from competitive skating.
Walden and Edwards were ranked fifth in the 2009/2010 UK national rankings and second in 2010/2011.
After retiring from competitive skating in 2013, Walden and Edwards turned professional, skating as principal performers in many ice shows. After this Louise continued to work professionally in Performance Management.
In 2018 Walden began her commenting career for Eurosport and has covered many events such as the Winter Universiade, ISU Grand Prix Events, European Championships, World Championships, and the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Walden also works as an on-and-off ice figure skating coach and choreographer, based in the UK
Programs (with Edwards)
Season Original dance Free dance 2011–2012 Conga I'm Not Giving You Up Love Actually
Burlesque: Burlesque But I Am A Good Girl Show Me How You Burlesque 2010–2011 Runaway Good Bye Lenin! Mother's Journey Lara's Castle The Decant Session/The Deutschmark is Coming Preparations for the Last TV Fake
Competitive highlights (with Edwards)
International Event 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 Worlds 20th Europeans 13th Cup of Nice 5th 5th Ice Challenge 11th 1st 6th 11th Karl Schäfer 8th Nebelhorn 12th 10th NRW Trophy 7th 6th 7th Ondrej Nepela 7th 8th 8th Pavel Roman 7th Trophy of Lyon 1st 3rd Universiade 13th 5th National British Champ. 5th 4th 3rd 5th 1st 2nd 3rd Welsh Champ. 1st
References
Nice October 2010 Dortmund November 2010 Graz November 2010 Lyon November 2010
External links
Walden and Edwards: 2010–2011 Schedule