Madeline Aaron (born October 25, 1994) is an American former

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. With former partner

Max Settlage Max Settlage (born July 1, 1992) is an American former pair skater. With former partner Madeline Aaron, he is the 2014 CS U.S. Classic bronze medalist, a two-time U.S. national pewter medalist (2015–2016), and the 2014 U.S. national junior cha ...

, she is the 2014 CS U.S. Classic bronze medalist, a two-time

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pewter medalist (

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), and the 2014 U.S. national junior champion.

Personal life

Madeline Aaron was born October 25, 1994 in

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. After attending Chaparral High School, she enrolled at the

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as a part-time nursing student. She is the sister of

Max Aaron Maxwell Theodore "Max" Aaron (born February 25, 1992) is an American former figure skater. He is the 2013 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 2013 U.S. national champion, the 2015 Skate America champion, the 2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championships ...

—the 2013 U.S. champion in men's singles—and Molly Aaron, a pair skater.

Career

Aaron began skating at age five. Competing with Craig Norris, she placed fifth on the novice level at the Pacific Coast Sectionals in the 2009–10 season.

Partnership with Settlage

Aaron was paired with

in May 2010 by coach

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. The pair, both clockwise jumpers, moved from Arizona to Colorado for training. Aaron/Settlage began competing on the

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series in 2011. They won two JGP medals — bronze in Lake Placid in 2012 and silver in Belarus in 2013. After winning the U.S. national junior title in January 2014, they were sent to the World Junior Championships and placed fifth. Aaron/Settlage moved up to the senior level in the 2014–15 season. They were assigned to the

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after the withdrawal of Zhang/Bartholomay. They were awarded the pewter medal for fourth place at the 2015 U.S. Championships. After Settlage developed a lower back injury, in August 2015, the pair missed about three months of training. Aaron sustained a mild concussion in the summer when she fell on a

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. The pair decided to withdraw from their Grand Prix event, the

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, and returned to competition at the

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, where they placed fifth. At the 2016 U.S. Championships, they won the pewter medal for the second consecutive year. Interviewed in late June 2016, Aaron/Settlage said that they planned to use a revised version of their 2015–16 short program and ''Scheherazade'' for their free skate. They were invited to the

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but withdrew from the event due to the end of their partnership. They made the announcement on August 10, 2016, with Aaron saying that she was taking some time off.

Programs

(with Settlage)

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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With Settlage

With Norris

References

External links

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