[1] He placed 21st at the 1991 World Junior Championships in Budapest, just missing the cut-off for the free skate.
[1] In the 1998–99 season, he won the British national title, coached by Viktor Teslia at the Chelmsford Riverside Ice Centre.
In January 2005, he was appointed head coach at Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre in Chelmsford.
In July 2005, Shorten moved to Cornwall and took up a new career in carpentry, but continued to coach ice skating in Plymouth.
[3][4] Shorten has featured in several television advertisements and was Robbie Williams' skating body double in his She's the One video.