Themistocles Leftheris

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**Themistocles Leftheris**

Nam and Leftheris in 2006.
Personal Info
Country:	United States
Date of birth:	December 20, 1982 (1982-12-20) (age 25)
Height:	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Partner:	Naomi Nari Nam
Former Partner:	Jacqueline Jimenez, Julian Burns, Nicole Hartunian, Missy Ralph
Coach:	Peter Oppegard Karen Kwan-Oppegard
Choreographer:	Peter Oppegard
Skating Club:	Los Angeles FSC
ISU Personal Best Scores
Short + Free Total:	161.32	2006 Skate America
Short Program:	57.32	2006 Skate America
Free Skate:	104.00	2006 Skate America

For other persons named Themistocles, see Themistocles (disambiguation).

Themistocles Nicholas Leftheris (born December 20, 1982 in Tarpon Springs, Florida), is an American pair skater. With partner Naomi Nari Nam, he is the 2007 U.S. bronze medalist.

1 Career
2 Programs
3 Competitive highlights
4 External links

[edit] Career

Leftheris began skating with Nam in April, 2005 and quickly excelled as a team. This was Nam's first time skating as a pair skater. The following season, Nam and Leftheris won both the Regional and Pacific Coast Sectional, earning a spot at the 2006 U.S. championships. The pair was third going into the free skate, earning a total of 56.63, 4.02 points behind the leaders, Orscher and Lucash. However, because one of their lifts was illegal and therefore not counted and an intended throw triple loop was reduced to a double loop during their free program, they fell to fifth place in the overall standings.

Nam and Leftheris competed at the 2006 Campbell's Cup and won the bronze in Skate America in October, 2006.

Leftheris is currently working on his communications degree at Long Beach Community College.