Daniil Barantsev

Daniil Barantsev
Wester and Barantsev at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard
Personal information
Full name	Daniil Sergeevich Barantsev
Country represented	United States
Former country(ies) represented	Russia
Born	(1982-03-10) March 10, 1982 Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Partner	Jennifer Wester
Former partner	Natalia Romaniuta (RUS)
Former coach	Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo Nikolai Morozov, Valter Rizzo, Alexei Gorshkov, Pavel Kovtun
Former choreographer	Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo Nikolai Morozov
Skating club	Dallas FSC
Began skating	1986
ISU personal best scores
Combined 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

Daniil Sergeevich Barantsev (Russian: Даниил Серге́евич Баранцев; born March 10, 1982) is a Russian-American former competitive ice dancer. With partner and wife Jennifer Wester, he is the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy champion. He is a two-time (2000, 2001) World Junior champion with earlier partner Natalia Romaniuta.

Career

For Russia

Barantsev teamed up with Natalia Romaniuta in 1996.^[1] They began competing on the ISU Junior Series in 1997, winning a silver medal and placing 4th at their two events. They qualified for their first ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where they finished 5th. They placed 7th in their first appearance at the World Junior Championships.

The following season, Romaniuta / Barantsev won gold and silver on JGP series and qualified for their second Final, where they took the bronze medal. They finished their season with bronze at the 1999 World Junior Championships.

In 1999–2000, Romaniuta / Barantsev won gold in every junior-level they entered, including the JGP Final and the 2000 World Junior Championships.^[2] They also made their senior international debut at the 2000 World Championships in Nice, France, finishing 16th.

In 2000–2001, they competed on the senior Grand Prix series, finishing 6th and 9th at their two events. They were sent again to Junior Worlds and took their second gold medal at the event.^[2]

In the 2001–2002 season, Romaniuta / Barantsev competed a second season on the Grand Prix series, winning bronze at the 2001 Sparkassen Cup and placing 5th at 2001 Cup of Russia. They were assigned to the 2002 European Championships but withdrew from the event. Their partnership ended in 2002.

For the United States

Barantsev moved to Connecticut, U.S., to train under Nikolai Morozov.^[3] Barantsev teamed up with Jennifer Wester in Newington, Connecticut in March 2003.^[3][4] Due to paperwork issues, they were unable to compete nationally until 2005, and were unable to compete internationally until the 2007-2008 season due to the Russian federation's refusal to give Barantsev a release to compete for the United States. He finally obtained his release, allowing him to compete for the United States team internationally in January 2007. However, this coincided with Wester injuring her knee in a practice immediately prior to the 2007 U.S. Championships, in which they skated to a 6th place finish, forcing them to wait until the following fall season to receive international assignments. In May 2007, she had surgery to remove bone that had split from the rest of the kneecap.^[5]

In the summer of 2007, Wester / Barantsev changed training locations to begin skating under the tutelage of Anjelika Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.^[5] They skated in their first international circuit competition as a team in September 2007 (winning the Nebelhorn Trophy) but continued to nevertheless be plagued with injuries and illness from that point forward.^[6]

Their highest international ranking was a 4th place at their first major ISU Championship together, the 2008 Four Continents Championship.

Personal life

Wester and Barantsev were married on May 6, 2006.^[7] Their son, Anden Daniel Barantsev, was born on December 29, 2011.^[8]

Programs

With Wester

With Romaniuta

Results

With Wester for the United States

With Romaniuta for Russia

References

External links

• Wester / Barantsev official site
• Wester / Barantsev at the International Skating Union
• Romaniuta / Barantsev official site
• Romaniuta / Barantsev at the International Skating Union
• Daniil Barantsev at the United States Figure Skating Association