| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Country represented | United States |
| Born | January 17, 1993 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) |
| Partner | Travis Mager |
| Coach | Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponosov |
| Former coach | Greg Maddalone, Robbie Kaine, Genrikh Sretenski |
| Choreographer | Natalia Linichuk |
| Skating club | Peninsula FSC |
| Current training locations | Aston, Pennsylvania |
| Began skating | 1997 |
| World standing | 29 (As of 19 October 2011[update])[1] |
| Season's bests | 48 (2010–2011)[2] 51 (2009–2010)[3] |
Lauri Bonacorsi (born January 17, 1993) is an American ice dancer. With partner Travis Mager, she is the 2011 U.S. Junior silver medalist.
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Bonacorsi moved from St. Louis, Missouri to Plano, Texas in 2007.[4] She spent the 2007–08 season in search of a partner. Mager found her on IcePartnerSearch and they tried out together in February and April. Bonacorsi and Mager officially teamed up in late May 2008.[5][6] She relocated to Maryland to train with him.[4]
Bonacorsi and Mager won the 2009 U.S. novice ice dancing title. 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.[7]
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 U.S. Championships and placed 11th at the 2011 World Junior Championships.
Current 2011-12 season. September 2011, Bonacorsi and Mager won the silver medal at the 2011 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Brisbane in Australia. In October 2011 they won the bronze medal at the 2011 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Walter Lombardi Trophy Milan in Italy. Bonacorsi and Mager are the first alternates to the 2011 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Finals in Quebec City, Canada, December 2011.
Bonacorsi attended the University of Pennsylvania her senior year of high school, and graduated from Radnor High School in Radnor, PA in June 2011. She is currently deferring a year before returning to the University of Pennsylvania where she is majoring in International Relations.
(with Mager)
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–2012 |
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| 2010–2011 | My Sweet and Tender Beast by Eugen Doga |
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(with Mager)
| Event | 2008–2009 | 2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 |
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| World Junior Championships | 11th | |||
| U.S. Championships | 1st N. | 6th J. | 2nd J. | |
| Junior Grand Prix, Italy | 3rd | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, Australia | 2nd | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, Romania | 3rd | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, U.K. | 5th | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, U.S. | 3rd | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 9th |