Matthew Blackmer
Matthew Blackmer | |||||||||||||
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Blackmer and Simpson in 2011 | |||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||
Born |
Findlay, Ohio | December 12, 1991||||||||||||
Home town | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
Partner | Alexandra Aldridge | ||||||||||||
Former partner |
Vladyslava Rybka (2010–11) Kaitlin Budd (2007–10) Britney Simpson (2010-13) | ||||||||||||
Coach | Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, Natalia Denner | ||||||||||||
Former coach |
Dalilah Sappenfield Laureano Ibarra | ||||||||||||
Choreographer | Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo | ||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Dalilah Sappenfield | ||||||||||||
Skating club | Detroit SC | ||||||||||||
Former skating club | Broadmoor Skating Club | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 2003 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total |
141.42 JGP Poland | ||||||||||||
Short program |
48.89 JGP Poland | ||||||||||||
Free skate |
92.53 JGP Poland | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew Blackmer (born December 12, 1991 in Findlay, Ohio) is an American pair skater turned ice dancer. With former pairs partner Britney Simpson, he is the 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2012 U.S. Junior silver medalist and the 2013 U.S. Junior Champion. He currently skates with Alexandra Aldridge.
Personal life
Blackmer began skating at the age of 12, having switched over from hockey.[1] Blackmer is a graduate of Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan.[2]
Career
Blackmer started out with Silver Blades, which is a figure skating club in Findlay, Ohio.[3]
Partnership with Simpson
Blackmer teamed up with Simpson in February 2011 after his previous partner, Kaitlin Budd, quit.[4] He moved from Michigan to Colorado Springs to train with Simpson under coach Dalilah Sappenfield.[5]
In the 2011–2012 season, Simpson and Blackmer won gold at their first Junior Grand Prix event, 2011 JGP Poland,[6] and silver at their second event, 2011 JGP Estonia. They won the bronze medal at the 2011–2012 Junior Grand Prix Final. They competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships and finished 10th.
On December 2, 2013, Simpson and Blackmer announced the end of their two-year partnership; both expressed an interest to compete with new partners.[7]
Partnership with Aldridge
On July 31, 2015, IceNetwork announced that Blackmer had teamed up with ice dancer Alexandra Aldridge, though they had teamed up two months prior. They began work with coaches Anjelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, and Natalia Annenko-Deller, him moving to Detroit Skate Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan from Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado.[8] He passed sixteen dance tests in one week in order to compete with her.[9] [10]Their first competition together was the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, where they placed third in the senior category, finishing fourth in the short dance[11] and third in the free.[12]
Programs
With Aldridge
Season | Short Dance | Free Dance | Exhibition |
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2015–2016 [8] |
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With Simpson
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2012–2013 [13] |
The Mask of Zorro by James Horner |
Henry V by Patrick Doyle |
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2011–2012 [14] |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Tan Dun |
Titanic by James Horner |
Competitive highlights
With Simpson
Results[15] | ||
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International | ||
Event | 2011–2012 | 2012–2013 |
Junior Worlds | 10th | 10th |
JGP Final | 3rd | |
JGP Austria | 5th | |
JGP Estonia | 2nd | |
JGP Poland | 1st | |
JGP Germany | 5th | |
National | ||
U.S. Championships | 2nd J. | 1st J. |
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix |
References
- ↑ "Britney Simpson & Matthew Blackmer | Official Web Site". figureskatersonline.com. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ↑ "Britney Simpson & Matthew Blackmer". Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Still Rocking at 40 - Silver Blades Figure Skating Club Ice Show Announcement". Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- ↑ Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (November 2, 2011). "The Inside Edge: JGP Final qualifiers". IceNetwork.
- ↑ Walker, Elvin (March 21, 2012). "Simpson and Blackmer encouraged by early success". Golden Skate.
- ↑ Felton, Renee; Zinsmeister, Kristin (September 17, 2011). "Team USA brings home two golds from Poland". IceNetwork.
- ↑ "Britney Simpson and Matthew Blackmer End Partnership". www.usfsa.org. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- 1 2 Brannen, Sarah S. (July 31, 2015). "From throws to twizzles: Blackmer takes up dance". IceNetwork.
- ↑ Rutherford, Lynn [LynnRutherford] (July 23, 2015). ".@MattBmer now dancing w/@Aaldi7, passed 16 tests in 1 week" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ Slater, Paula (6 October 2015). "Aldridge and Blackmer 'cutting edges'". Golden Skate.
- ↑ "2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships - Senior Short Dance Results". Lake Placid Skating. Olympic Regional Development Authority. July 30, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships - Senior Free Dance Results". Lake Placid Skating. Olympic Regional Development Authority. July 31, 2015.
- ↑ "Britney SIMPSON / Matthew BLACKMER: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Britney SIMPSON / Matthew BLACKMER: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Competition Results: Britney SIMPSON / Matthew BLACKMER". International Skating Union.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matthew Blackmer. |
- Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer at the International Skating Union
- Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer at Icenetwork