Travis Mager
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| Travis Mager | |
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 Mager and Bonacorsi in 2012 | |
| Born | September 9, 1990 Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Hometown | Fulton, Maryland |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | United States |
| Coach | Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponosov |
| Skating club | Ice Works Aston |
| Began skating | 1998 |
Travis Alexander Mager (born September 9, 1990) is an American ice dancer. With former partner Lauri Bonacorsi, he is the 2011 U.S. Junior silver medalist.
Career[edit]
Early in his career, Mager skated with Lauren Ely.[1] After a tryout in February 2008, he teamed up officially with Lauri Bonacorsi in late May 2008.[2][3]
Bonacorsi and Mager won the 2009 U.S. novice ice dancing title.[4] They won the bronze medal at the 2009 JGP Lake Placid. In May 2010, it was reported they had changed coaches to Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.[5]
In the 2010–11 season, Bonacorsi and Mager won the bronze medal at the 2010 JGP Brasov Cup in Romania. They won silver on the junior level at the 2011 U.S. Championships. They placed 11th at the 2011 World Junior Championships.
Bonacorsi and Mager won the silver medal at the 2011 Junior Grand Prix event in Brisbane, Australia, and bronze at another JGP event, the Walter Lombardi Trophy in Milan, Italy. They were the first alternates to the 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada in December 2011. Bonacorsi and Mager finished 7th at the 2012 World Junior Championships. They announced the end of their partnership in April 2012.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Mager completed two years at the University of Maryland and was then accepted as a transfer student at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated summa cum laude from the college of arts and sciences with his major in Art History.[7]
Programs[edit]
(with Bonacorsi)
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2011–2012 [8] |
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| 2010–2011 [9] |
| The Mask:
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| 2009–2010 [10] |
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| 2008–2009 [6] |
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Competitive highlights[edit]
With Bonacorsi[edit]
| Results[6][11] | |||
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| International | |||
| Event | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
| World Junior Championships | 11th | 7th | |
| JGP Australia | 2nd | ||
| JGP Germany | 9th | ||
| JGP Great Britain | 5th | ||
| JGP Italy | 3rd | ||
| JGP Romania | 3rd | ||
| JGP United States | 3rd | ||
| National | |||
| U.S. Championships | 6th J. | 2nd J. | 2nd J. |
References[edit]
- ^ Mittan, Barry (January 17, 2010). "Junior Dancers Off to Good Start". Skate Today.
- ^ Rutherford, Lynn (January 20, 2009). "New partners Bonacorsi, Mager dance to win". Icenetwork. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
- ^ Boccella, Kathy (February 27, 2011). "Radnor High skater's odyssey takes her to world championships". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ^ "Lauri Bonacorsi and Travis Mager lead novice ice dance at 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships". LifeSkate. January 19, 2009. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Figure Skaters Announce Off-season Changes". U.S. Figure Skating. May 7, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager". Ice Network. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012.
- ^ Walker, Elvin (October 16, 2011). "Bonacorsi and Mager hope to turn silver into gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
- ^ "Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012.
- ^ "Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
- ^ "Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010.
- ^ "Competition Results: Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.
External links[edit]
- Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager at the International Skating Union
- Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager at Icenetwork
- Lauri Bonacarsi / Travis Mager at Ice-dance.com
- 2011 U.S. Championships: Lauri Bonacorsi /Travis Mager Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine at Ice-dance.com
- Travis Mager (Twitter)
- Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager JGP Milan Italy YouTube video