Evan
Lysacek - USA
Evan no longer has the title as the comeback kid.
Instead he is the 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist, the 2009 World champion and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. Figure
Skating Champion.
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Bebe
Liang - USA
Liang who was 10th at the 2008 World Championships began skating at age 6 when she followed her
older sister, Natalie, to skating lessons after watching the 1994
Olympic Winter Games. Skating was a reprieve from the chaos of a
house under repair after a major Northridge, Calif., earthquake. At
the time she was also a gymnast, but chose skating two years later
when combining the schedules became too demanding. Has won numerous
piano awards, the latest being a bronze medal from the Southern
California Junior Bach Festival in September 2002. She learned her
first Mozart concerto at age 6, only half a year after starting
lessons. She performed as the soloist with the Pasadena Summer
Youth Orchestra when she was 9. She has been a straight-A student
every year since the first grade and graduated as elementary
valedictorian in the sixth grade (receiving the Founders' Award
Scholarship). She was also the ninth grade valedictorian. She
has an older and younger sister. Hobbies are reading, drawing,
dancing and singing.
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Jennifer
Kirk - USA
Kirk burst onto the competitive figure skating scene
in 1998, winning the novice bronze medal at the U.S. Championships.
Just two years later she won the 2000 World Junior title, and two
years after that, the 2002 Four Continents title.
After graduating from high school in the spring of 2002, she moved to
Detroit, Mich., to train with Richard Callaghan. Under Callaghan's
tutelage Kirk won the bronze medal at the 2004 U.S. Championships and
placed 18th at the 2004 World Championships. In June 2004 Kirk moved
west again, this time to the Los Angeles area to train under Frank
Carroll and Ken Congemi.
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Emily Hughes - USA
Selected to the 2006 U.S. Olympic Figure Skating
Team, following Michelle Kwan's withdrawal.
Finished third at the 2006 U.S. Nationals behind
Sasha Cohen and Kimmie Meissner.
Older sister, Sarah, won the ladies gold medal at
2002 Olympic Winter Games.
2005 World Junior bronze medalist.
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Becky Hughes - USA
Born: July 29, 1989 Santa Monica, Calif.
Height: 5'2"
Home Club: All Year FSC
Hometown: Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Training Town: El Segundo, Calif.
Coaches: Ken Congemi & Frank Carroll
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Braden Overett- USA
Braden is a 6-time U.S. Senior National competitor.
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Danielle
Kahle - USA
Danielle Kahle captured another medal for Team USA
in the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series when she took the silver in ladies
in Mexico City, Sept. 25-28. I went into the Junior Grand Prix with a
lot of confidence, Kahle said. Winning a medal and representing the
USA was awesome. It builds your confidence and makes you strive to
become a better skater, both technically and artistically.
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Mauro
Bruni - USA
Mauro Bruni was born on September 7, 1984, in White
Plains, NY, and represents the Skating Club of New York. In the summer
of 2002, Bruni moved across the country to begin college part-time at
the University of Southern California. He trains in El Segundo, CA,
and is coached by Ken Congemi and Frank Carroll. Bruni tells Unseen
Skaters: "I don't really have any definite long-term goals for my
skating, like winning the Olympics or anything like that (although
that would be nice!). I've always dreamed of being a precise and
consistent skater, and I feel that if I can achieve this, success will
come along with it."
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Christopher Toland - USA
Christopher Toland (born June 21, 1985 in San
Francisco, CA USA) is an American figure skater. He was the 2004 U.S.
Junior National Champion.
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Nicholas LaRoche - USA
I started skating in 1992 after watching Kristi
Yamaguchi win the Olympic Gold. I have been to the State Farm U.S.
Figure Skating Championships (the United States National
Championships) for the past 10 consecutive years and have brought home
four national medals, including the title of 2002 Junior Men's
National Champion.
During my skating, I have had a lot of up hill
battles and nothing has come easy. In early 2001, I relocated from
Gardner, Massachusetts to Los Angeles, California, in seek of better
training and a new coach, Ken Congemi.
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Susan Ng - USA
Susan is a three-time U.S. National
competitor. She also represented the United States in international
competitions, including the World Junior Championships. She is a gold
medalist in Freestyle and Moves in the Field and a silver medalist in
Ice Dance. Susan specializes in freestyle, moves in the field, ice
dancing, and spins.
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Laurent Masse - USA
PSA Member
USFSA Gold Freestyle
USFSA Gold Figures
USFSA National Competitor 1990-1992
1991 USFSA National Jr. Men's Figure Champion
11 years coaching experience
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Frederick Dambier - FRA
Born on the 26th of December, 1977 in Tours, France
Begun skating at the age of 6
Landed first triple jump (a salchow) at the age of 14
Landed first quadruple jump (a salchow) at the age of 19
Coached by Pierre Trente and Annick Dumont in Champigny, a suburb of
Paris
Trains 18 hours a week during winter and 28 hours a week in summer
Holds teaching qualifications in physical education
Likes watching films and television and reading science fiction and
Stephen King books
Enjoys travelling and has skated in numerous countries, including
Canada, Australia, Slovakia, Estonia and North Korea
Admires Paul Wylie (1992 Olympic silver medalist) as a skater
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Takahiko Kozuka- JPN
Takahiko Kozuka (小塚崇彦, born February 27 1989 in
Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. Kozuka is his family name.
According to Japanese tradition the family name is first, so in Japan
he is called Kozuka Takahiko.
Kozuka began skating at age five. He is coached by his father,
Tsuguhiko Kozuka, and Nobuo Sato. Kozuka represents Chukyo SHSC. In
2005, he won the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, and in 2006, he won the
World Junior Championships.
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Yeaji Shin - KOR
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Tiffany and Johnnie Steigler - USA
Johnnie Bevan - USA
Jennifer Don - USA
Jenny began skating at age ten and a half ...
Jenny medaled at the Junior World Championships in pairs ... she is a
recipient of Duke University's Grand Recognition Award ... and was a
full time college student. Jenny enjoys reading and tradition Chinese
dancing ... and has a younger sister, Vicky, who is nineteen and
attends college on a full scholarship.
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Joanna Webber - GBR
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Timothy
Goebel - USA
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Cynthia
Phaneuf - CAN
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Shawn
Sawyer - CAN
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