Keegan Messing

Keegan Messing
Messing at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Former country(ies) represented	United States
Born	(1992-01-23) January 23, 1992 Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska
Residence	Girdwood, Alaska
Coach	Ralph Burghart
Former coach	Anne Durham
Choreographer	Rory Flack
Skating club	Sherwood Fsc, Alberta, Canada
Began skating	1995
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	224.44 2012 Coupe Internationale de Nice
Short program	80.11 2012 Coupe Internationale de Nice
Free skate	144.33 2012 Coupe Internationale de Nice

Keegan Messing (born January 23, 1992) is a Canadian-American figure skater. He is a two-time (2011, 2012) International Cup of Nice champion and the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist. He placed 4th at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Keegan Messing was born on January 23, 1992 in Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.^[1]^[2] He has two brothers, Paxon and Tanner.^[3] He holds dual U.S. and Canadian citizenship.^[4] His mother was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[5] His father is a firefighter.^[6]

Career

Messing at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

Messing started skating at age 3 after watching the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.^[1] Naming Elvis Stojko as his biggest influence, Messing said, "Watching him skate made me want to skate". In addition to singles, Messing formerly competed in pair skating with Ellie Gottstein.^[1]

Anne Durham coached Messing from 1995 to 1999.^[3] He is now coached by Ralph Burghardt in Anchorage, Alaska.^[1]^[7]

Messing won the junior silver medal at the 2009 U.S. Championships. The following season, he made his senior national debut, finishing 9th. He finished 8th at the 2011 U.S. Nationals. He trains in Alaska.^[8]^[9]

Messing won the 2011 Coupe de Nice after placing first in the short program and fourth in the free.^[9] He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy.^[10]

In July 2014, Messing said that he would begin competing for Canada.^[3] In the 2014–15 season, he won bronze at the Skate Canada Challenge and qualified for the 2015 Canadian Championships. He placed fifth at Nationals, representing a club in Sherwood Park, Alberta.^[5]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016 ^[1]	Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (from Monty Python) by John Altman choreo. by Douglas Webster	The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini choreo. by Douglas Webster
2014–2015 ^[11]	Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (from Monty Python) choreo. by Douglas Webster	The Mask of Zorro by James Horner
2013–2014 ^[3]	Sing, Sing, Sing performed by Benny Goodman	The Mask of Zorro by James Horner
2012–2013 ^[11]^[12]	Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima choreo. by Rory Flack	Clubbed to Death (from The Matrix) by Rob Dougan choreo. by Stephanie Grosscup	Trashin' the Camp (from Tarzan (1999)) Stray Cat Strut by Stray Cats 50 Ways to Say Goodbye by Train
2011–2012 ^[11]^[3]	Robin Hood by Marc Streitenfeld	Pirates of the Caribbean	Trashin' the Camp (from Tarzan) Rocky Good Feeling by Flo Rida
2010–2011 ^[7]	Robin Hood by Marc Streitenfeld choreo. by Rory Flack	The Incredible Hulk by Craig Armstrong choreo. by Rory Flack
2009-2010 ^[11]^[3]	The Soloist by Dario Marianelli	The Incredible Hulk by Craig Armstrong	Thank God I'm a Country Boy by John Denver
2007–2009 ^[3]	Fundamentum by Lesiëm	Gremlins by Jerry Goldsmith

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Canada

International^[13]
Event	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17
GP Skate Canada		11th
CS Autumn Classic			4th
CS Nepela Trophy		5th
National^[2]
Canadian Champ.	5th	6th
SC Challenge	3rd	3rd
WD: Withdrew

For the United States

International^[13]
Event	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14
Cup of Nice										1st	1st
Nebelhorn Trophy											3rd
International: Junior^[13]
Junior Worlds								4th	4th
JGP Final									5th
JGP Czech Rep.							4th		4th
JGP Poland								6th
JGP Romania									1st
JGP U.K.						13th	2nd
Gardena					6th J.
National^[3]
U.S. Champ.					3rd N.	5th J.	2nd J.	9th	8th	7th	16th	12th
U.S. Jr. Champ.		5th Jv.	6th I.	9th I.
Pacific Coast					1st N.	2nd J.	1st J.	2nd
Northwest Pacific	1st Jv.	1st Jv.	1st I.	1st I.	1st N.
Levels: Jv. = Juvenile, I. = Intermediate; N. = Novice, J. = Junior

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Keegan MESSING: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
1 2 "Keegan Messing". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
"Keegan Messing". IceNetwork. ; Earlier versions:
- 2009 to 2013 at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- 2007 to 2008 at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
↑ Hills, Jason (December 4, 2015). "Sherwood Park skater Keegan Messing lives his all-Canadian dream". Edmonton Journal.
1 2 Jones, Shane (February 19, 2015). "Keegan not Messing around". Sherwood Park News.
↑ "Profile". keeganmessing.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
1 2 "Keegan MESSING: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
↑ Rutherford, Lynn (July 17, 2011). "Messing's 'Pirates of the Caribbean' takes home gold". Ice Network. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
1 2 Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (November 9, 2011). "The Inside Edge: Gilles and Poirier skate, play; Snow in Alaska". Ice Network. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
↑ Flade, Tatjana (September 30, 2012). "2012 Nebelhorn Trophy". Golden Skate.
1 2 3 4 "Programs". keeganmessing.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014.
↑ "Keegan MESSING: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012.
1 2 3 "Competition Results: Keegan MESSING". International Skating Union.

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