Meeran Trombley

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Meeran Trombley
Born (1987-02-10) February 10, 1987 (age 37)
Height4 ft 11 in (1.50 m)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Coach Dalilah Sappenfield
Skating club Broadmoor SC
Retired2009

Meeran Trombley (born February 10, 1987, in South Korea) is an American retired competitive pair skater who has also competed for Canada.

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Personal life

Trombley was born in South Korea and was adopted as an infant. [1] She was raised in the United States and eventually moved to Canada and skated with a succession of Canadian partners.

Career

Trombley competed with Ian Moram on the novice and junior levels before teaming up with Jesse Sturdy in 2001. With Sturdy, she is the 2002 Canadian junior silver medalist. [2] With Ryan Shollert, she competed for the first time at the senior level at the Canadian Championships and was ranked 10th in 2003. [3] When that partnership ended following that season, she teamed up with Jordan Frenette and competed with him twice on the Junior Grand Prix, for which was ranked 4th at the 2003 event in Zagreb [4] and 6th at the 2004 event in Budapest. [5] Trombley and Frenette trained at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club under Paul Wirtz. [1]

On returning to the United States, she teamed up with Nathan Hess in 2005 and was ranked 15th on the junior level at the 2006 U.S. Championships. That partnership ended after the Nationals and she teamed up with Ibarra in March 2006. [6] Trombley and Ibarra made their Grand Prix debut at the 2007 Skate America, they were placed 5th after coming in as last-minute alternates. Their partnership ended following the 2008-2009 season when both retired from competitive skating.

Programs

With Ibarra

Season Short program Free skating
2008–2009
[7]
  • Un Petit Morceaux in A minor
    by Ngawang Samphel
2007–2008
[8]

With Frenette

Season Short program Free skating
2004–2005
[9]
2003–2004
[1]
  • Exotica
  • Fuego
  • Solace

Competitive highlights

With Ibarra

Results [10]
International
Event2006–20072007–2008 2008–2009
GP NHK Trophy 7th
GP Skate America 5th
National
U.S. Championships 11th10th11th
Pacific Coast Sectionals 2nd1st
GP = Grand Prix

With Hess

Event2006
U.S. Championships 15th J.

With Frenette

Results [9]
International
Event2003–20042004–2005
JGP Croatia 4th
JGP Hungary 6th
JGP = Junior Grand Prix

With Moram

Event1998–19991999–2000
Canadian Championships 4th N.6th J.
N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level

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