Andrew Speroff (born May 19, 1988) is an American former
pair skater
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
. With partner
Gretchen Donlan
Gretchen Donlan (born November 18, 1993) is an American former pair skater. With partner Andrew Speroff, she is the 2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy champion, 2013 Ice Challenge champion, and 2012 U.S. national pewter medalist. In July 2014, Donlan te ...
, he is the 2013
Ondrej Nepela Trophy
The Nepela Memorial ( sk, Memoriál Ondreja Nepelu), formerly known as the Ondrej Nepela Trophy in 2013–15 & 2017 and the Ondrej Nepela Memorial, is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition. Named after 1972 Olympic champ ...
champion, 2013
Ice Challenge
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champion, and
2012 U.S. national pewter medalist.
Personal life
Born in
New Jersey
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, Speroff was raised in
Cleveland
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until age ten when his family moved to
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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.
[ He moved to ]Boston
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in 2009 to train with Donlan. He has a college degree in sports management.[ He married pair skater ]Kylie Duarte
Kylie Duarte (born April 23, 1993 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island) is an American former competitive pair skater. With Colin Grafton, she is the 2012 U.S. junior bronze medalist and finished eighth at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk. T ...
on October 8, 2018.[
]
Career
Speroff began skating when he was eight.[ At age thirteen, he began training in the ]pairs
Concentration, also known as Memory, Shinkei-suijaku (Japanese meaning "nervous breakdown"), Matching Pairs, Match Match, Match Up, Pelmanism, Pexeso or simply Pairs, is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and tw ...
discipline with Rachael Flatt
Rachael Elizabeth Flatt (born July 21, 1992) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2008 World Junior champion, a winner of four silver medals on the Grand Prix series, and the 2010 U.S. national champion.
She was nominat ...
, who would be his partner for over three years.[ In 2001, Speroff had stress fractures in his lower back.][ The pair won the 2004 U.S. national title on the intermediate level before parting ways.][ Speroff had nerve damage in his shoulder in 2004.][ He later skated with Ariel Avant, Amanda Luchau, and Brittany Chase.
Speroff and ]Gretchen Donlan
Gretchen Donlan (born November 18, 1993) is an American former pair skater. With partner Andrew Speroff, she is the 2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy champion, 2013 Ice Challenge champion, and 2012 U.S. national pewter medalist. In July 2014, Donlan te ...
were paired together in spring 2009 by coach Bobby Martin.[ The pair made their international debut at the ]2010 Nebelhorn Trophy
The 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy took place between September 23 and 26, 2010 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf.http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100925&content_id=15065688&vkey=ice_news The competition is held annually in Oberstdorf, Germ ...
where they finished 4th. They were 8th at the 2011 U.S. Championships.
Donlan/Speroff won the pewter medal at the 2012 U.S. Championships. The next season, they received a Grand Prix assignment, the 2012 Skate America
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, and finished 6th. The pair took the silver medal at the 2012 Ice Challenge
The Icechallenge (formerly known as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen or Leo Scheu Memorial) is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Grazer Eislaufverein and sanctioned by the Austrian Figure Skating association and the ...
.
In the 2013–14 season, Donlan/Speroff won gold medals at two international events, the 2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
The Nepela Memorial ( sk, Memoriál Ondreja Nepelu), formerly known as the Ondrej Nepela Trophy in 2013–15 & 2017 and the Ondrej Nepela Memorial, is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition. Named after 1972 Olympic champ ...
and 2013 Ice Challenge
The Icechallenge (formerly known as the Leo-Scheu-Gedächtnislaufen or Leo Scheu Memorial) is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Grazer Eislaufverein and sanctioned by the Austrian Figure Skating association and the ...
.
Speroff retired from competition in 2014. He then began skating on cruise ships in partnership with Kylie Duarte
Kylie Duarte (born April 23, 1993 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island) is an American former competitive pair skater. With Colin Grafton, she is the 2012 U.S. junior bronze medalist and finished eighth at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk. T ...
.[
]
Programs
(with Donlan)
Competitive highlights
''GP: Grand Prix
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Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
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With Donlan
With Chase
With Luchau
With Flatt
References
External links
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Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff
at IceNetwork
Official website of Donlan / Speroff
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1988 births
American male pair skaters
Living people
Sportspeople from Newark, New Jersey
20th-century American people
21st-century American people