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Taylor Toth (born July 22, 1989) is an American
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 ...
. He is best known for his partnership with
Felicia Zhang Felicia Zhang (born September 22, 1993) is an American former pair skater. With Nathan Bartholomay, she is a two-time U.S. national medalist (silver in 2014, bronze in 2013) and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Personal life Felicia Zhan ...
from 2009 to 2011. Together, they won the junior title at the 2010 U.S. Championships and placed ninth at the 2010 World Junior Championships.


Career

Early in his pairs career, Toth competed with Kylie Gleason. They won medals on the juvenile and intermediate levels. From 2004 through 2005, Toth competed with Molly Aaron. They competed on the 2005–2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix at two events. They are the 2005 U.S. novice pewter medalists. Their partnership ended before the 2006 U.S. Championships. As a single skater, Toth won the junior level title at the 2007 U.S. Collegiate Championships. Toth teamed up with
Felicia Zhang Felicia Zhang (born September 22, 1993) is an American former pair skater. With Nathan Bartholomay, she is a two-time U.S. national medalist (silver in 2014, bronze in 2013) and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Personal life Felicia Zhan ...
in 2009. They won the junior gold medal at the 2010 U.S. Championships. They finished 9th at the 2010 World Junior Championships. Zhang/Toth moved up to the senior level for the 2010–11 season and competed in the
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at
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, where they finished 7th, and
Trophée Eric Bompard The Grand Prix de France is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It was previously known as the Grand Prix International de Paris (1987–1993), Trophée de France ...
, where they finished 5th. They withdrew from the 2011 U.S. Championships due to Zhang's rib injuries. On March 10, 2011, Zhang and Toth announced they had parted ways. During their partnership, they were coached by Jeff DiGregorio in
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. On March 23, 2012, it was announced that Toth had teamed up with
Kiri Baga Kiri Nicole Baga (born April 15, 1995) is an American former figure skater. She won two gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed 7th at the 2010 World Junior Championships. She is the 2010 U.S. junior pewter medalist and 2009 ...
. In May 2014, it was announced that his partner, Kiri Baga, had decided to stop training for elite competition.


Personal life

Toth graduated from the
University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 mas ...
in 2011. He is active in the USFS Athlete Advisory Committee. He works for Marc Jacobs International in New York City.


Programs

(with Zhang)


Competitive highlights


With Zhang


With Aaron


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toth, Taylor American male pair skaters American male single skaters 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Pittsburgh People from Kittanning, Pennsylvania 20th-century American people 21st-century American people