Michael Marinaro

Michael Marinaro

Purdy/Marinaro at the 2011 Canadian Championships
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Born (1992-01-07) January 7, 1992
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Partner Kirsten Moore-Towers
Former partner Margaret Purdy, Lindsi Disper
Coach Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum
Former coach Kris Wirtz, Kristy Wirtz, Scott Rachuk, Alison Purkiss
Choreographer Julie Marcotte
Former choreographer Mark Pillay, Alison Purkiss
Skating club CPA St-Leonard
Former skating club Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club, Competitive Skating Center of Strathroy
Training locations Montreal
Former training locations Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Komoka
Strathroy
Began skating 1994
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 160.70
2015 Four Continents
Short program 59.30
2015 Four Continents
Free skate 108.06
2014 Trophée Bompard
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Pair skating
World Junior Championships
2013 Milan Pairs

Michael Marinaro (born January 7, 1992) is a Canadian pair skater. In May 2014, he formed a partnership with Kirsten Moore-Towers. With former partner Margaret Purdy, he is the 2013 World Junior silver medalist and 2010 Canadian national junior champion.

Personal life

Michael Marinaro was born on January 7, 1992 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.[1]

Early career

Marinaro began skating at age two.[2] Early in his pairs career, he competed with Lindsi Disper.[2]

Partnership with Purdy

In May 2007, Marinaro teamed up with Margaret Purdy.[3] In the 2009–10 season, they debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and won the Canadian junior title. The pair placed eighth in The Hague at their first World Junior Championships.

In the 2011–12 season, Purdy/Marinaro won their first JGP medal — bronze in Latvia — and placed fifth at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk. The following season, they won gold at their two JGP assignments, in the United States and Croatia, and qualified for the JGP Final, where they placed fourth. The pair took silver at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, behind Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier.

In September 2013, Purdy/Marinaro and their coaches moved their training base from Strathroy to Komoka.[4] The pair appeared at two senior Grand Prix events, the 2013 Skate America and 2013 Skate Canada International, finishing eighth at both. After placing fifth at the 2014 Canadians, they were assigned to the 2014 Four Continents and came in sixth. They announced the end of their partnership on May 27, 2014.[5]

Partnership with Moore-Towers

On June 3, 2014, Skate Canada announced that Marinaro and Kirsten Moore-Towers had formed a partnership, coached by Kris Wirtz and Kristy Wirtz at the Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club in southern Ontario.[6] Moore-Towers said that they were adjusting their technique on lifts, stating: "Mike's former partner is much taller than I am, so the technique is a bit different; he has to work in a different way."[7]

Having received two 2014–15 Grand Prix assignments,[8] Moore-Towers/Marinaro placed sixth at the 2014 Skate Canada International and seventh at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. They were fourth at the 2015 Canadian Championships and ninth at the 2015 Four Continents.

Moore-Towers/Marinaro began the 2015–16 season with a bronze medal at the 2015 U.S. International Classic – their first Challenger Series event. Competing in the Grand Prix series, they won bronze at the 2015 Skate Canada International and placed 7th at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup. During the short program at the Canadian Nationals, the two clipped blades as they began the twist lift, resulting in a hard fall.[9] They finished fourth for the second year in a row. On March 11, they were added to Canada's team for the 2016 World Championships after Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau withdrew due to injury.[10]

Programs

With Moore-Towers

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–16
[1][11]
  • If I Can't Have You
    by Etta James
    choreo. by Julie Marcote
2014–15
[7][12]
  • It's a Man's Man's Man's World
    performed by Joshua Ledet

With Purdy

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2013–14
[3][13]
2012–13
[14]
2011–12
[15][16]
  • Who Wants to Live Forever
    by Queen
  • The Show Must Go On
    by Queen
2010–11
[17]
  • Fuente y Caudal
    by Paco de Lucía
2009–10
[2][18]
  • Here, There and Everywhere
    by The Beatles
  • Something
    by The Beatles

Competitive highlights

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

With Moore-Towers

International[19]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17
World Champ. 8th
Four Continents 9th
GP NHK Trophy TBD
GP Rostelecom Cup 7th TBD
GP Skate Canada 6th 3rd
GP Trophée Bompard 7th
CS U.S. Classic 3rd WD
National[20]
Canadian Champ. 4th 4th
TBD: Assigned

With Purdy

International[21]
Event 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
Four Continents 6th
GP Skate America 8th
GP Skate Canada 8th
International: Junior[21]
Junior Worlds 8th 5th 2nd
JGP Final 4th
JGP Austria 10th
JGP Croatia 1st
JGP Czech Rep. 9th
JGP Germany 10th
JGP Latvia 3rd
JGP Poland 7th
JGP UK 10th
JGP USA 1st
National[3]
Canadian Champ. 2nd P 3rd N 1st J 9th 6th 5th 5th
Levels – P: Pre-novice; N: Novice; J: Junior

References

  1. 1 2 "Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Mittan, Barry (December 20, 2009). "Canada's Purdy Gives Up Hockey to Skate Pairs". Skate Today.
  3. 1 2 3 "Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro: 2013/2014". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014.;
  4. ↑ Pyette, Ryan (September 6, 2013). "Local skaters Margaret Purdy and Michael Marinaro resurrect Kurt Browning's Casablanca theme". London Free Press.
  5. ↑ "World Junior Medallists Purdy and Marinaro end skating partnership". Skate Canada. May 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Canada's newest pair team – Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro". Skate Canada. June 3, 2014.
  7. 1 2 Rutherford, Lynn (July 26, 2014). "Detroit postcards: More pair action off ice than on". IceNetwork.
  8. ↑ "2014-15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs" (PDF). July 22, 2014.
  9. ↑ Wright, Barry (February 12, 2016). "Tumble costs local skater shot at Worlds". The Sarnia Journal. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Liam Firus, Julianne Séguin and Charlie Bilodeau withdraw from 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships". Skate Canada. March 11, 2016.
  11. ↑ Slater, Paula (July 15, 2015). "Moore-Towers and Marinaro: 'No stone unturned'". Golden Skate.
  12. ↑ "Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Margaret PURDY / Michael MARINARO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 24, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Margaret PURDY / Michael MARINARO: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Margaret PURDY / Michael MARINARO: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Margaret PURDY / Michael MARINARO: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Margaret PURDY / Michael MARINARO: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011.
  18. ↑ "Margaret PURDY / Michael MARINARO: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 15, 2010.
  19. ↑ "Competition Results: Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO". International Skating Union.
  20. ↑ "Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro". Skate Canada.
  21. 1 2 "Competition Results: Margaret PURDY / Michael MARINARO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014.

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