Brooke Frieling

Brooke Frieling

Brooke Frieling during the 2011 European Championships in Bern, Switzerland.
Personal information
Full name Brooke Frieling
Country represented  Israel
Born November 10, 1986 (1986-11-10) (age 25)
Boston  United States
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 12 in)
Partner Lionel Rumi
Coach Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponosov
Uschi Keszler
Skating club Ice Works Skating in Aston
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 99.63
2011 European Championships
Short dance: 41.69
2011 European Championships
Free dance 57.94
2011 European Championships

Brooke Frieling (born November 10, 1986 in Boston, in the USA) is an American ice dancer who currently represents the country of Israel with partner Lionel Rumi.


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Career

Before skating with Lionel and representing Israel, Brooke skated with Buck Withrow [1] for the United States at the Skating Club of Boston. After high school, she left Boston and moved to San Diego, California and trained for a year at the senior level before resuming her education and returning to Boston. In early 2008, she moved to Philadelphia to be coached by Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov. Brooke continues to pursue her college education and is taking a part time course load at the University of Pennsylvania. With Lionel, they were substitute team for the 2010 World Championships. She finished 20th of her first European Championships last January in Bern, Switzerland.

Competitive highlights

(with Withrow)

Event 2005
U.S. Championships 11th N.

(with Lionel Rumi)

Event 2009–10 2010–11
World Championships S 24th
European Championships S 20th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial 9th 9th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 8th 12th
S = Substitute

Personal bests

International Best Score[2] with Lionel Rumi
Personal Best Total Score 99.63 European Championships 2011
Personal Best Score Short Dance 44.43 World Championships 2011[3]
Personal Best Score Free Dance 57.94 European Championships 2011

Music

Season Short dance Free dance
2010–2011 Padam Padam
(Composer: Norbert Glanzberg)
I love Paris
(Composer: Cole Porter,
Performer: Frank Sinatra)
Nine (film) OST (music from Maury Yeston)
Finale
Unusual Way (by Griffith Frank)
Be Italian (by Fergie (singer))
Season Original dance Free dance
2009–2010 Hava Naguila
(Jewish Folk)
Escape
(Craig Armstrong)

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2003/092703.shtml
  2. ^ International Skating Union
  3. ^ http://iisf.org.il/blog/?page_id=1352