Jennifer Wester

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**Jennifer Wester**

Wester in 2007.
Personal Info
Country:	United States
Date of birth:	February 27, 1985 (1985-02-27) (age 23)
Height:	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Partner:	Daniil Barantsev
Former Partner:	Jonathan Harris
Coach:	Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo
Former Coach:	Nikoli Morozov, Valter Rizzo
Choreographer:	Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo
Former Choreographer:	Nikoli Morozov
Skating Club:	Dallas FSC
ISU Personal Best Scores
Ice Dance Total:	174.37	2008 Four Continents
Comp. Dance:	30.95	2008 Four Continents
Original Dance:	55.44	2008 Four Continents
Free Dance:	87.98	2008 Four Continents

Jennifer Nicole Wester (born February 27, 1985 in Dallas, Texas) is an American ice dancer. With partner and husband Daniil Barantsev, she is the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy champion. Wester teamed up with Barantsev in 2003. They were married on May 6th, 2006.

1 Career
2 Competitive highlights
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

Wester began her career as a shooter and over her career, she has won eight national titles in silhouette rifle marksmanship. She began skating as cross-training for shooting, but eventually changed her focus to skating.

Wester competed on the junior level with Jonathan Harris. After Barantsev moved to the United States, he and Wester were teamed up by their then-coach, Nikolai Morozov.

Although Wester and Barantsev had done well on the national level, they were unable to compete internationally until the 2007/2008 season because the Russian federation refused to give Barantsev a release. He finally obtained it in 2007 and they began representing the United States internationally later that year.