Daniel O'Shea (figure skater)
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Daniel "Danny" O'Shea (born February 13, 1991) 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 currently competes with Ellie Kam. With his former partner,
Tarah Kayne Tarah Kayne (born April 28, 1993) is an American retired competitive pair skater. With former partner Daniel O'Shea (figure skater), Daniel O'Shea, she is the 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2018 Four Continents champion, 2014 ...
, he is the 2018 Four Continents champion, 2014 Four Continents silver medalist, and 2016 U.S. national champion.


Skating career


Early career

O'Shea began learning to skate in 1995. He competed with Christine Mozer in the 2011–2012 season, Caroline Knoop in 2010–2011, and
Jessica Calalang Jessica Noelle Calalang (born February 24, 1995) is an American pair skater. With her current partner Brian Johnson, she is a three-time U.S. national silver medalist (2020–22) and a three-time Challenger series medalist, including gold at the ...
in 2009–2010. He also competed in singles until 2011. O'Shea teamed up with
Tarah Kayne Tarah Kayne (born April 28, 1993) is an American retired competitive pair skater. With former partner Daniel O'Shea (figure skater), Daniel O'Shea, she is the 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2018 Four Continents champion, 2014 ...
in April 2012.


2012–2013 season

Kayne/O'Shea finished seventh in their first trip to the U.S. Championships in January 2013. Making their international debut, they won the silver medal at the
2013 International Challenge Cup The 2013 International Challenge Cup was held from February 21 to 24, 2013 at the Uithof in The Hague. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles on the senior, novice, and pre-novice "Debs" levels, and pair skating at ...
.


2013–2014 season

Kayne/O'Shea won bronze medals at the
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and
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 ...
. After placing sixth at the 2014 U.S. Championships, they were assigned to the 2014 Four Continents, where they won the silver medal.


2014–2015 season

On July 28, 2014, Kayne underwent surgery due to a labral tear in her right hip. As a result, the pair withdrew from their 2014–15 Grand Prix assignments, the
2014 Cup of China The 2014 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on November 7–9. Med ...
and
2014 Rostelecom Cup The 2014 Rostelecom Cup was the fourth event of six in the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow on November 14–16. Meda ...
. Kayne/O'Shea returned to competition at the 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb, taking bronze at the
ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. E ...
(CS) event. The pair stepped onto their first national podium at the 2015 U.S. Championships, where they were awarded the bronze medal.


2015–2016 season

Kayne/O'Shea began their season with gold at a CS event, the 2015 U.S. International Classic. Kayne injured her right knee at the event. Making their
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debut, the pair placed sixth at the
2015 Skate America The 2015 Progressive Skate America was the first event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ...
and fourth at the
2015 Rostelecom Cup The 2015 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow on November 20–22. Medal ...
. Another Challenger medal followed, bronze at the
2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb was the 48th edition of the annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia. It was held at the Dom sportova on December 2015 as part of the 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series. Meda ...
in December. In January, Kayne/O'Shea placed first in both segments at the 2016 U.S. Championships and won the gold medal by a margin of 14.85 points over defending champions
Alexa Scimeca Alexa Paige Knierim, née Scimeca (born June 10, 1991) is an American pair skater. With her skating partner, Brandon Frazier, she is the 2022 World champion, a 2022 Olympic silver medalist in the figure skating team event, the 2022 Grand Prix ...
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Chris Knierim Christopher Knierim (born November 5, 1987) is an American former pair skater. With his wife, Alexa Scimeca Knierim, he is a 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the figure skating team event, a two-time Four Continents medalist ( 2016 silver, 2014 b ...
.


2016–2017 season

After placing fifth at the
2016 CS Finlandia Trophy The 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition held in October 2016 in Espoo. It was part of the 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair ...
, Kayne/O'Shea competed at two Grand Prix events, finishing sixth at the
2016 Skate America The 2016 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sears Centre in Chicago, Illinois, on October 21–23. Medals we ...
and fourth at the
2016 NHK Trophy The 2016 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Makomanai Sekisuiheim Ice Arena in Sapporo on November 25–27. Me ...
. The pair withdrew from the 2017 U.S. Championships due to a concussion, Kayne having hit her head while attempting a throw triple flip during the short program on January 19. During the season, Kayne experienced increasing pain due to right knee
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, the result of her 2015 injury. She received a new cadaver tendon in an operation at the Vail Valley Medical Center on February 14, 2017, and then refrained from walking for seven weeks. She resumed training in July 2017.


2017–2018 season

Kayne/O'Shea did not compete in the early part of the season, including the
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, instead beginning the season at the
2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was the 50th edition of the annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia. It was held at the Dom sportova on December 2017 as part of the 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series. ...
, where they won the bronze medal. They took silver at the 2018 U.S. Championships and were named first alternates for the
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, where the United States had only one pairs spot, as well as part of America's teams for the
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and
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. At the 2018 Four Continents Championships, they were third after the short program and then had a personal best score in the free skate to win the gold medal, the first American team to do so in over a decade. Kayne said she felt "really great about our performance," They anticipated competing at the World Championships. However, following the event, Kayne was diagnosed with a
stress fracture A stress fracture is a fatigue-induced bone fracture caused by repeated stress over time. Instead of resulting from a single severe impact, stress fractures are the result of accumulated injury from repeated submaximal loading, such as running or ...
in her right knee. As a result, they withdrew from the World Championships, and were replaced by bronze medalists
Deanna Stellato Deanna Stellato-Dudek (born June 22, 1983) is an American pair skater who currently competes with Maxime Deschamps for Canada. With Deschamps, she is the 2022 Grand Prix de France champion, 2022 Skate America silver medalist, 2022 CS Nebelhorn ...
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Nathan Bartholomay Nathan Bartholomay (born May 18, 1989) is an American pair skater. With his former partner Deanna Stellato-Dudek, he is the 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy silver medalist, the 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national bron ...
. They were coached by Jim Peterson, in
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, until the end of the season.


2018–2019 season

On September 7, 2018, Kayne/O'Shea announced a coaching change, deciding to join
Dalilah Sappenfield Dalilah Sappenfield is an American figure skating coach and choreographer who specializes in pair skating. She has worked as a coach since 1993 and is the 2008 USFSA/PSA Coach of the Year, an award she won after her pair teams won the gold medal ...
in
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. They began the season with a seventh-place finish at the
2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held in September 2018 at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf. It is part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance ...
. Assigned to two Grand Prix events, they first competed at the
2018 NHK Trophy The 2018 NHK Trophy was the fourth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Hiroshima Green Arena in Hiroshima on November 9–11. Medals were awa ...
, finishing fifth. At the
2018 Internationaux de France The 2018 Internationaux de France was the sixth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble on November 23–25. Medals ...
, Kayne/O'Shea were fourth after the short program but placed second in the free skate, finishing less than two points ahead of bronze medalists
Aleksandra Boikova Aleksandra Igorevna Boikova (russian: Александра Игоревна Бойкова, born 20 January 2002) is a Russian pair skater. With her skating partner, Dmitrii Kozlovskii, she is the 2020 European champion, the 2021 World bronze m ...
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. This was their first Grand Prix medal. Kayne remarked that after a "less than desirable" performance in Japan, "to have come to France and make this much improvement in just two short weeks made us both very happy." At the 2019 U.S. Championships, Kayne/O'Shea placed first in the short program, just ahead of Ashley Cain /
Timothy LeDuc Timothy LeDuc (born May 4, 1990) is a retired American pair skater. With their skating partner, Ashley Cain, they are a two-time U.S. national champion (2019, 2022), the 2018 Four Continents silver medalist, and a two-time Grand Prix medalist. ...
. In the free skate, they made some small opening mistakes on their twist and side-by-side jumps but then had a major error when they failed to execute their final lift, which caused them to drop to fourth place. O'Shea commented afterward, "I didn’t do what I was supposed to do." They were nevertheless named to the American team for the
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over bronze medalists Stellato-Dudek/Bartholomay. They finished in sixth place there, with Kayne saying their performance was a personal disappointment.


2019–2020 season

Kayne/O'Shea began with a fourth-place finish at the 2019 CS U.S. Classic. On the
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, they were sixth to begin at the
2019 Cup of China The 2019 SHISEIDO Cup of China was the fourth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center in Chongqing, China from ...
. Kayne/O'Shea were sixth as well at the
2019 NHK Trophy The 2019 NHK Trophy was the sixth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan from November 22–24. Medals were award ...
. Competing at the 2020 U.S. Championships, Kayne/O'Shea placed second in the short program, seven points behind the leaders, Knierim/ Knierim. Third in the free skate, they won the bronze medal behind the Knierims and Calalang/
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. O'Shea called it "an improvement as the program has progressed over the first part of the season. We are taking steps in the right direction." They finished the season with a fifth-place finish at the 2020 Four Continents Championships.


2020–2021 season

In September, Kayne and O'Shea announced they were leaving coach
Dalilah Sappenfield Dalilah Sappenfield is an American figure skating coach and choreographer who specializes in pair skating. She has worked as a coach since 1993 and is the 2008 USFSA/PSA Coach of the Year, an award she won after her pair teams won the gold medal ...
, at the time saying publicly that they were looking forward to exploring new training options and looking forward to staying strong as a team. They were fourth at the ISP Points Challenge, a virtual domestic competition. They competed at the
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, primarily attended by American pairs teams due to travel restrictions relating to the
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. Their previous coaches
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and
Amanda Evora Amanda Evora (born November 17, 1984) is an American former competitive pair skater. She competed with Mark Ladwig. They are two-time (2010, 2011) U.S. silver medalists, 2012 U.S. bronze medalists and two-time (2007, 2009) U.S. pewter medali ...
helped them to prepare for the competition. The permanent training environment of Kayne and O'Shea will be determined after the competition. On December 10, it was announced that Kayne and O'Shea had split, with Kayne subsequently retiring.


Allegations against Dalilah Sappenfield

On October 8, 2021, reporter
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of ''
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'' reported that Kayne and O'Shea had left Sappenfield and that Kayne had subsequently left the sport due to repeated harassment and abuse from Sappenfield while training. Kayne stated that Sappenfield's behaviour had resulted in her engaging in
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that she had been scared to seek treatment for due to the possibility of her coach learning of it. She said to Brennan that "these awful experiences forced me out of the sport I love. Dalilah said multiple times that she wanted to end my career, and she succeeded." O'Shea expressed his support for Kayne's account.


2021–2022 season

At the end of June, USFSA added O'Shea to the International Selection Pool, which is a list of teams eligible for international competition, with new partner,
Chelsea Liu Chelsea Liu (born December 31, 1999) is an American pair skater. With her former skating partner, Brian Johnson, she won two medals on the ISU Challenger Series. They also competed together at one ISU Junior Grand Prix Final and two World Junior ...
.


Programs


With Liu


with Kayne


Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series;
Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...
''


With Kam


With Liu


With Kayne


Earlier partnerships


Single skating


Detailed results


With Liu


References


External links

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