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Tippy Packard
Tiffany Packard Yu, known as Tippy Packard,[1] (Chinese: 余佩詩; Jyutping: jyu4 pui3 si1), is a figure skater who represented Hong Kong and United States.[2] Packard is an American professional ice skater and choreographer. She first gained attention in 2013, when the 18-year-old won her third Hong Kong Championship and began her career in show biz with Happiness is…Snoopy. Packard continued her professional skating career in mid 2013 as a female principle in Royal Caribbean Ice Shows and CNE-Canadian National Exhibition. She toured over 40 countries as a show skater after retiring from the competitive sport. In 2018, she joined a part of ice skating history by becoming the female principal for the 75th Anniversary of Holiday on Ice.[3] She was announced as a professional skater in Dancing on Ice Series 14.[4] She is a three time Hong Kong National Champion and Worlds Competitor. In 2022, Packard became a professional skater on the ITV skating series Dancing on Ice. In her first season, she was paired with Olympic BMX racer Kye Whyte.[5] In Season 14, Packard and her partner Kye had an extremely successful first year: they were eliminated in the semi-final stage. Tippy was partnered with former ski jumper Eddie (the Eagle) Edwards in Series 16: however a knee injury in training forced her to withdraw from the programme. Skating Results
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