Taylor Tran
Born (1992-09-15) September 15, 1992 (age 31)
Loma Linda, California, United States
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
CountryLithuania
PartnerSaulius Ambrulevičius
CoachMarina Zueva
Skating clubBaltų Ainiai
Began skating1998
RetiredApril 15, 2017

Taylor Tran (born September 15, 1992 in Loma Linda, California) is an American-born former competitive ice dancer who competed for Lithuania with partner Saulius Ambrulevičius. Together, they are the 2015 Pavel Roman Memorial silver medalists and 2015 Lithuanian national champions. They qualified to the free dance at the 2017 European Championships.

Career

Tran began learning to skate in 1998.[1] She began a partnership with Samuel Kaplun in July 2012.[2] The two finished 13th in senior ice dancing at the 2013 U.S. Championships.

Partnership with Ambrulevičius

Around July 2014,[3] Tran teamed up with Lithuania's Saulius Ambrulevičius, who had decided to switch from single skating. They elected to represent Lithuania and made their international debut at the Tallinn Trophy in December 2014. At the Estonian event, they finished 5th and earned the minimum scores to appear at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm.[3][4] They missed the cut for the free dance in Sweden and at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Tran/Ambrulevičius qualified to the final segment at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic; they ranked 20th in the short dance, 17th in the free, and 18th overall. After the 2017 World Championships Ambrulevičius and T. Tran announced that they were separating and would not compete together any more.[5]

Programs

With Ambrulevičius

Season Short dance Free dance
2016–17
[1]
2015–16
[6]
  • Carousel
    • The Carousel Waltz
    • June Is Busting Out All Over
2014–15
[7]
  • Paso doble: La Paloma
  • Paso doble: El Classico Taurino

With Kaplun

Season Short dance Free dance
2012–13
[2]
  • Feuerfest! - Polka schnell, Op. 269
  • Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

With Ambrulevičius for Lithuania

International[8]
Event 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
World Champ. 30th
European Champ. 24th 25th 18th
CS Finlandia 8th
CS Nepela Memorial 9th
CS U.S. Classic 8th
CS Warsaw Cup 6th
Autumn Classic 7th
Bavarian Open 11th
Pavel Roman 2nd
Tallinn Trophy 5th
National[8]
Lithuanian Champ. 1st 1st
TBD = Assigned

With Kaplun

National
Event 2012–13
U.S. Championships 13th

References

  1. ^ a b "Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  2. ^ a b "2013 U.S. National Championships: Taylor Tran & Sam Kaplun". ice-dance.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Daugėlaitė, Lina (December 17, 2014). "S. Ambrulevičius: apie pilietybės klausimą dar negalvoju" [S. Ambrulevičius: not thinking about the issue of citizenship]. Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "Europos čempionate debiutavusi naujoji Lietuvos šokių ant ledo pora: "Pirmas blynas neprisvilo"" [European Championship debut of new Lithuanian ice dancing couple]. 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). January 28, 2015. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015.
  5. ^ Lietuvio ir amerikietės keliai išsiskyrė
  6. ^ "Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ a b "Competition Results: Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS". International Skating Union.

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