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2012–13 Figure Skating Season
The 2012–13 figure skating season began on July 1, 2012, and ended on June 30, 2013. During this season, elite skaters from men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance competed on the International Skating Union (ISU) Championship level at the 2013 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships. They also competed in elite events such as the Grand Prix series and Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final. Age eligibility Skaters were eligible to compete in International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international sport governing body, governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded ... (ISU) events at the junior or senior levels according to their age. These rules may not have applied to non-ISU events such as national championships. Changes If skaters of differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011–12 Figure Skating Season
The 2011–2012 figure skating season began on July 1, 2011, and ends on June 30, 2012. During this figure skating season, season, elite Figure skating, skaters competed on the ISU Championship level at the 2012 2012 European Figure Skating Championships, European, 2012 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Four Continents, 2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World Junior, and 2012 World Figure Skating Championships, World Championships. They also competed in elite events such as the 2011–12 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix series and 2011–2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the 2011–2012 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Grand Prix Final. Season notes On September 26, 2011, American Brandon Mroz landed a quad Lutz jump, Lutz in the short program at the 2011 Colorado Springs Invitational. The U.S. Figure Skating-sanctioned competition was a small non-ISU event with three men's entries, making it unclear wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Zahorski
Tiffany Anastasia Zahorski (; born 16 August 1994) is a retired British-Russian ice dancer. Competing with Jonathan Guerreiro for Russia, she is the 2018 NHK Trophy silver medalist, the 2018 Skate America bronze medalist, and a three-time Russian national medalist (2021 silver; 2018, 2020 bronze). With former partner Alexis Miart, she placed fourth at the 2011 World Junior Championships representing France. Personal life Zahorski was born on 16 August 1994 in London, England. She is an only child. Her father, Bohdan Zahorski, trained and subsequently coached at Queens Ice Skating rink in central London until he died on 15 January 2010. One of his early coaches was Gladys Hogg M.B.E. Her paternal grandfather, Jerzy Dominik Zahorski, was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1917 and was exiled to England in the wake of World War II, in which he served as an RAF pilot. His sister, Elżbieta Maria Zahorska, was taken prisoner in the battle for Warsaw in 1939, escaped and was recapture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Reagan
Joshua Reagan (born November 5, 1989) is an American pair skater. Competing for Canada with Brittany Jones, he is the 2016 U.S. International Classic champion. Earlier in his career, he represented the United States with Ashley Cain. They became the 2011 U.S. Junior champions and placed fourth at the 2011 World Junior Championships. Personal life His father is an ophthalmologist who lives in Dallas, Texas. Josh currently lives in Toronto, Ontario. Reagan and Jones retired from skating in July 2017. Career Reagan began skating in 1998 at Americas Ice Garden in downtown Dallas. On August 1, 2005, he sustained a concussion in an on-ice fall and became blind in one eye for a year. He focused on swimming for the next four years but then returned to skating. Reagan began skating with Ashley Cain in April 2009. They were coached by David Kirby (son of Michael Kirby) and Peter Cain at the Dr. Pepper Star Center in Euless, Texas. Cain and Reagan finished 4th at the 2011 Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becky Bereswill
Rebecca Ann "Becky" Bereswill (born October 2, 1990) is an American figure skater. She is the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final champion. In 2014, she was cast as Elsa in the Disney on Ice version of Frozen. Personal life Rebecca Bereswill Jackson, nicknamed ''Becky'', was born in 1990 in Houston, Texas. She is the elder of identical twins; her twin sister, Allison, is also a figure skater and track and field athlete. Bereswill studied ballet with the Houston Ballet from age four to thirteen and appeared in a local production of ''The Nutcracker'' and ''Sleeping Beauty''. She attended pre-school through middle school at The Post Oak School in Bellaire, Texas, and then went next door to high school at the Episcopal High School in Bellaire, Texas. She graduated summa cum laude in 2009 and currently attends the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Figure skating career Bereswill began skating at age seven with her sister. She competed on the regional and sectional level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Purich
Natasha Purich ( ; born June 5, 1995) is a Canadian pair skater. With former partner Raymond Schultz, she placed fifth at the 2011 World Junior Championships and won the 2011 Canadian junior title. After their partnership ended in 2012, Purich teamed up with Sebastian Arcieri for 2012–13 season. She competed with Mervin Tran for the 2013–14 season before switching to Andrew Wolfe for the 2014–15 season. Purich has also competed in single skating. Programs With Chudak With Tran With Arcieri With Schultz Single skating Competitive highlights ''GP: Grand Prix; JGP: 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 ...'' Pairs with Chudak Pairs with Wolfe Pairs with Tran Pairs with Arcieri Pairs with Schultz Ladie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Talan
Roman Serhiiovych Talan (; born 4 February 1988) is a Ukrainian former competitive pair skater. With Kateryna Kostenko, he is the 2009 Ukrainian national champion and represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He competed with Elizaveta Usmantseva from 2013 to 2014. Personal life Roman Talan was born in , , . He married[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Ladwig
Mark Ladwig (born May 6, 1980) is an American former competitive pair skater. He is best known for his partnership with Amanda Evora, with whom he competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, placing tenth. They won bronze at an ISU Grand Prix event, the 2010 Cup of Russia, and two U.S. national silver medals. He later skated with Lindsay Davis for one season. Personal life Mark Ladwig was born in Fargo, North Dakota to Carol and John, a medical technician and a doctor respectively, and grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota with two siblings, Todd and Erin. He married his wife, Janet, in August 2006. A boy named Holden Everett was born September 13, 2009. A second son, Felix Rye Ladwig, was born July 1, 2014. Career Ladwig skated with Kelsey Sollom until 1999 in Moorhead, Minnesota and then with Keri Blakinger while at the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club in Newark, Delaware. He volunteered at the 2002 Winter Olympics and worked in Salt Lake Olympic Square. In June 2002, Ladwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Davis (figure Skater)
Lindsay Davis (born April 22, 1992) is an American former figure skating, figure skater who has competed in both Single skating, ladies' singles and Pair skating, pairs. she skates with Rockne Brubaker. Career Davis skated with Alexander Merritt and Themistocles Leftheris early in her pairs' career. In May 2012, it was announced that she had teamed up with Mark Ladwig. Davis / Ladwig competed at two ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix events and won the pewter medal at the 2013 United States Figure Skating Championships, 2013 U.S. Championships. They confirmed the end of their partnership on February 7, 2013. On February 19, 2013, it was announced that Davis had teamed up with Rockne Brubaker. Programs With Brubaker With Ladwig Results Pairs With Brubaker With Ladwig With Leftheris With Merritt Singles References External links * Lindsay Davisat the United States Figure Skating Association, U.S. Figure Skating Association * * Lindsay Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryuichi Kihara
is a Japanese pair skater. With his skating partner, Riku Miura, he is the 2023 and 2025 World champion, two-time World silver medalist (2022, 2024), a two-time Four Continents champion (2023, 2025), the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final champion, a six-time ISU Grand Prix medalist (three golds, two silvers, one bronze), three-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (one gold, two silvers), and two-time Japanese national champions ( 2019–20, 2024–25). They also are silver medalists in the team event at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He previously competed with Narumi Takahashi and Miu Suzaki, representing Japan at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, respectively. As a singles skater, he is a two-time bronze medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2010–11 Japanese Junior silver medalist. Personal life Kihara was born on August 22, 1992, in Ichinomiya, Aichi. In addition to figure skating, he enjoys playing baseball in his spare time. He graduated from Chukyo Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervin Tran
Mervin Tran (born September 22, 1990) is a retired Canadian pair skater. Competing for Japan with former partner Narumi Takahashi, he is the 2012 World bronze medalist, the 2010 World Junior silver medalist, the 2010 JGP Final champion, and 2008–10 Japanese national champion. They were the first pair to win a World medal for Japan. After their partnership ended, Tran competed one season with Natasha Purich for Canada. Competing for the United States with Marissa Castelli, he is the 2017 U.S. national silver medalist. Following Castelli's retirement, he briefly competed with Olivia Serafini for the United States. As of 2022, Mervin coaches in the New York area. Personal life Tran was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. He moved to Montreal, Quebec in 2007 to train with Richard Gauthier. His parents were refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia. He competed at the provincial track and field championships in the high jump and the 100-meter hurdles, finishing fifth in the hurdles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narumi Takahashi
is a Japanese retired pair skater and six-time Japanese national champion (2009-2012, 2014, 2015). With former partner Mervin Tran, she was the 2012 World bronze medalist, the 2010 Junior World silver medalist, and the 2010–11 Junior Grand Prix Final champion. They were the first pair to win a World medal for Japan. She has also skated with Ryo Shibata, Ryuichi Kihara and Alexandr Zaboev. Personal life Takahashi was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She has a sister that is two years older than her. Her father's job took the family to China when she was nine. She lived in China for five years and attended international school while there. Takahashi returned to Japan during her junior high school years and attended Makuhari High School. She then moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada with her mother so that she could train with then pair skating partner, Mervin Tran, and attended high school while there. Upon returning to Japan as an adult, Takahashi went on to major i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matěj Novák
Matěj Novák (born 6 November 1989) is a Czech former competitive ice dancer. With former partner Lucie Myslivečková, he is the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and the 2011 Czech national champion. He currently competes with Gabriela Kubová. Career Myslivečkova and Novák won a silver and bronze on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. They finished as high as 8th at Junior Worlds in 2009 and debuted at senior Worlds in the same season. They were 21st at the 2009 World Championships. Myslivečkova and Novák made their senior Grand Prix debut in the 2009–2010 season, finishing 7th at the Cup of Russia and 9th at the NHK Trophy. They moved up to 16th at Worlds. During the 2010–2011 season, they won silver at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial, finished 6th at the NHK Trophy and 5th at the Cup of Russia. They won their first international title at the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb. Following the 2010-11 season, Novak decided to retire from competitive skating to do ballroom dancing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
