Brent Bommentre

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Brent Bommentre
Kimberly Navarro & Brent Bommentre Podium 2008 4CC.jpg
Navarro and Bommentre in 2008.
Born (1984-05-10) May 10, 1984 (age 39)
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
Partner Kimberly Navarro
CoachRobbie Kaine
Cheryl Demkowski-Snyder
Skating club Philadelphia Skating Club
Began skating1990
RetiredMay 11, 2010
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Four Continents Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Goyang Ice dancing

Brent Bommentre (born May 10, 1984) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Kimberly Navarro, he is the 2008 Four Continents bronze medalist and a two-time (2008 & 2009) U.S. national bronze medalist. [1]

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Personal life

Bommentre was born May 10, 1984, in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. [1] He attended Drexel University. He graduated from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Global Development in 2019. He has two younger sisters, Ashley and Brianne. He married Karen Casperson on July 4, 2020, and they reside in Hailey, Idaho.

Career

Bommentre was the manager of Black Tie Ski Rentals of Sun Valley from December 2019- April 2020 in Ketchum, Idaho. The company provides premier ski rentals and delivery services to the Sun Valley area.

Skating Career

Early in his career, Bommentre competed with Allison Seitchik and Kirsten Frisch. [1] [2] He teamed up with Kendra Goodwin in the spring of 2003. [3] They won the pewter medal at the 2004 U.S. Championships and competed at the 2004 Skate America and the 2004 Cup of Russia. Goodwin and Bommentre announced the end of their partnership in March 2005. [4]

Bommentre teamed up with Kimberly Navarro after a tryout in April 2005. [5] They won the bronze medal at the 2008 U.S. Championships, and were chosen to represent the United States at the 2008 Four Continents, where they finished in 3rd, and the 2008 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, where they were 12th. [6] At the 2009 Nationals, Navarro/Bommentre again finished 3rd, but were left off the Worlds team in favor of Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto, who had missed U.S. Nationals due to injury. [7] They did compete at the 2009 Four Continents, where they finished in sixth place.

In the Olympic season, Navarro/Bommentre finished 4th at U.S. Nationals, and were not named to the Olympic team. When Belbin/Agosto ended their competitive career following the Olympics, they were selected to compete at the 2010 World Championships. They were 14th in their second Worlds appearance. [8] Navarro/Bommentre announced their retirement from competition on May 11, 2010. [9] They perform with the Ice Theatre of New York and, in November 2012, they taped an appearance in an episode of Glee. [10] In Bommentre's professional skating career he has performed with Holiday On Ice, Broadway on Ice, Sun Valley On Ice, the 2014 Olympic Tour of Stars On Ice, and Nancy Kerrigan's "Halloween On Ice." He has also performed in the Disson television skating specials "Shall We Dance On Ice" and "Colgate Skating and Gymnastics." Bommentre also competed as part of the act "Aerial Ice" on the quarter-finals of NBC's America's Got Talent.

He has been a principal performer and figure skating instructor since age 15 and loves coaching kids and adults. He has instructed students ranging from 4 to 75 years old with over 4,000 cumulative hours of instruction. Bommentre has helped students through over 500 dance tests, resulting in 12 Gold Medals and three placements on internationally ranked collegiate synchronized skating teams. He frequently comes to Minnesota to help skaters and coach. He has performed as a principal soloist for over 1.5 million resort guests across ten years and 100 shows.

Programs

With Navarro

Season Original dance Free dance
2009–10
[1] [11]
  • Quero Voltar Pra Angola
    by Alex Shaw
2008–09
[12] [11]
  • Hey Pachuco!
    by Royal Crown Review
  • Why Don't You Do Right?
    by Sinéad O'Connor
  • Weapon of Choice
  • The Rockafeller Skank
  • Soul Surfing
    by Fatboy Slim
2007–08
[13] [11]
  • Ijuba 2: First Movement
  • Ijuba 2: Second Movement
  • Ijuba
    by Soweto Percussion Ensemble
  • Since I've Been Loving You
    by Corinne Bailey Rae
2006–07
[14] [11] 		The Beatles medley:
  • Golden Slumbers
  • Carry that Weight
  • The End
2005–06
[11] [5]
  • Dance With Me
    by Debelah Morgan
  • Represent, Cuba
    (from "Havana Nights" soundtrack)
    by Heather Hedley

With Goodwin

Season Original dance Free dance
2004–05
[15]
  • One Bad Habit
    by Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy
  • Call Me Irresponsible
    by S. Cahn, J. van Hensen
  • One Bad Habit
    by Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy

With Frisch

Season Original dance Free dance
2002–03
[16]
  • Radetzky March
    by Johann Strauss
  • Blue Danube
    by Johann Strauss
  • Radetzky March
    by Johann Strauss
  • Sous le Soleil
    by The Major Boys
  • Epoca
    by Gotan Project
  • Club le Narcisse
    by M. McLaren

Results

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Navarro

International [17]
Event05–0606–0707–08 08–09 09–10
World Champ. 12th14th
Four Continents Champ. 5th3rd6th
GP Bompard 6th
GP NHK Trophy 6th6th
GP Skate America 6th6th5th
GP Skate Canada 6th5th
Schäfer Memorial 5th3rd
National [11]
U.S. Championships 5th4th3rd3rd4th

With Goodwin

International [15]
Event2003–042004–05
GP Cup of Russia 11th
GP Skate America 8th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 4th
National [15]
U.S. Championships 4th6th

With Frisch

International [16]
Event00–0101–0202–03
World Junior Champ. 12th
JGP China 5th5th
JGP France 8th
JGP United States 6th
National [16]
U.S. Championships 6th J.4th J.2nd J.
J. = Junior

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kimberly NAVARRO / Brent BOMMENTRE: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ Mittan, Barry (January 24, 2002). "Frisch and Bommentre Show Promise". Golden Skate.
  3. ↑ "Kendra Goodwin & Brent Bommentre". ice-dance.com. July 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Two U.S. ice dancing teams announce end of partnerships". U.S. Figure Skating . March 1, 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  5. 1 2 Mittan, Barry (September 4, 2005). "Navarro and Bommentre In It for the Long Haul". Skate Today.
  6. ↑ Branch, Eric (March 16, 2008). "Kim Navarro continues to surprise, even herself". The Press Democrat. Archived from the original on May 1, 2012.
  7. ↑ Mittan, Barry (March 1, 2009). "Navarro and Bommentre Maintain Their Individuality". Golden Skate.
  8. ↑ "Navarro, Bommentre call it a career". ESPN. Associated Press. May 11, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Navarro and Bommentre Announce Retirement from Competitive Figure Skating". U.S. Figure Skating . May 11, 2010. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012.
  10. ↑ Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (November 21, 2012). "The Inside Edge: ITNY skaters filled with 'Glee'". IceNetwork.com . Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Kimberly NAVARRO / Brent BOMMENTRE: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Kimberly NAVARRO / Brent BOMMENTRE: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008.
  14. ↑ "Kimberly NAVARRO / Brent BOMMENTRE: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 11, 2007.
  15. 1 2 3 "Kendra GOODWIN / Brent BOMMENTRE: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 16, 2005.
  16. 1 2 3 "Kirsten FRISCH / Brent BOMMENTRE: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003.
  17. ↑ "Competition Results: Kimberly NAVARRO / Brent BOMMENTRE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012.
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