Jordan Brauninger (born January 19, 1987) is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 2004 World Junior bronze medalist.
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 Brauninger competes in 2005. | |||||||||||||||
| Born | January 19, 1987 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Northern Kentucky SC | ||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2005–06 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBrauninger began skating at age five. He played ice hockey for three years and switched to figure skating after meeting Sergei Grinkov. He competed first as a pair skater with Samantha Skavdahl. He landed his first triple toe loop at the age of eleven and his first triple Axel when he was 16. He trained in Crescent Springs, Kentucky, coached by Stephanie Miller and Ted Masdea. He represented Northern Kentucky SC.
Brauninger retired from competitive skating during the 2005–06 season. On June 27, 2007, Disney announced that Brauninger would play the role of Troy Bolton in Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour.[1]
Personal life
editBrauninger was born January 19, 1987, in Cincinnati, Ohio,[2] and was home schooled. He lives in Ludlow, Kentucky. He married Lea Nightwalker, a Colorado figure skater,[3] on June 1, 2014, in Fort Collins, Colorado. They divorced shortly after.
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2005–2006 [2] |
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| 2003–2004 [4] |
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| 2002–2003 [5] |
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Competitive highlights
editJGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[2][4][5] | |||||
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| Event | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 |
| Junior Worlds | 3rd | 4th | |||
| JGP Final | 6th | 4th | |||
| JGP Andorra | 7th | ||||
| JGP France | 3rd | 5th | |||
| JGP Hungary | 5th | ||||
| JGP Japan | 4th | ||||
| JGP Mexico | 1st | ||||
| JGP Slovakia | 4th | ||||
| Triglav Trophy | 1st J. | ||||
| National | |||||
| U.S. Champ. | 5th J. | 2nd J. | 10th | 11th | |
| J. = Junior | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Disney's High School Musical: The Ice Tour Heats Up with Announcement of Principal Cast". prnewswire.com. June 27, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Jordan BRAUNINGER: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 3, 2006.
- ^ Ostergar, Martha (March 4, 2014). "Disney on Ice skater finds happiness on the ice". KSL.com.
- ^ a b "Jordan BRAUNINGER: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 4, 2004.
- ^ a b "Jordan BRAUNINGER: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 2, 2003.
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