Rocco Marvaldi, known professionally as Rocky Marval, (born November 11, 1965) 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 Calla Urbanski, he is the 1991

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champion, the 1992

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bronze medalist, and a two-time

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champion (1992–1993). They represented the United States at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

and finished tenth.

Personal life

Marval worked as a truck driver during his skating career, having established a small trucking company with his brother in the early 1980s. He married Canadian pair skater Isabelle Brasseur. Their daughter, Gabriella Marvaldi, is the 2012 U.S. juvenile pairs champion, with partner Kyle Hogeboom.

Career

Marval teamed up with Calla Urbanski in 1990. They were coached by Ronald Ludington in

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. The media dubbed the pair "The Waitress and the Truck Driver" because of their occupations. In the 1991–92 season, Urbanski/Marval won gold at the 1991 Skate America and at the 1992 U.S. Championships. They were named in the U.S. team to the

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, France and finished tenth. Both developed chest colds at the event and waited a day for medication because the approved type had initially run out. The pair placed seventh in the final event of the season, the 1992 World Championships. In June 1992, Urbanski and Marval announced the end of their partnership. Both arranged tryouts with other skaters — Urbanski with Scott Kurttila and Marval with

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— but the two decided to reunite in late July. They competed together for one more season, winning bronze at the 1992 NHK Trophy and their second U.S. national title. Marval teamed up with Kuchiki in late 1993. They finished fourth at the 1994 U.S. Championships, missing the 1994 Olympic team. Marval then reunited with Urbanski and turned professional. In 1998, the pair placed third at the World Professional Championships. Marval is the director of skating at the Igloo Ice Rink in

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Results

With Maria Lako

With Calla Urbanski

With Natasha Kuchiki

Professional

*1994 Challenge of Champions: 4 *1994 Goodwill Games: 6 *1994 U.S. Open: 3 *1995 Challenge of Champions: 2 *1995 Legends Championships: 4 *1995 Rider's Skating Championship: 4 *1996 Canadian Professional Championships: 4 *1996 Masters Miko: 3 *1996 The Professional Championships: 5 *1996 U.S. Professional Championships: 3 *1997 Challenge of Champions: WD *1998 World Professional Championships: 3