Loren Galler-Rabinowitz
Loren Galler-Rabinowitz | |
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Galler-Rabinowitz competed with partner David Mitchell. | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | United States |
Born | January 19, 1986 |
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Former partner | David Mitchell |
Coach | Natalia Dubova |
Skating club | SC Boston |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total |
145.04 2003 NHK Trophy |
Comp. dance |
28.67 2004 Skate Canada |
Original dance |
44.24 2003 NHK Trophy |
Free dance |
73.76 2003 NHK Trophy |
Loren Galler-Rabinowitz (born January 19, 1986, in Boston, MA) is an American ice dancer and pageant titleholder. She is the 2004 U.S. ice dancing bronze medalist with David Mitchell. Galler-Rabinowitz competed in the Miss America 2011 pageant.[1]
Personal life
Galler-Rabinowitz graduated from The Park School and then from Buckingham Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge in 2004 and from Harvard University in 2010.[1] She is now enrolled at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons pursuing an MD degree.
Ice dancing career
Galler-Rabinowitz began figure skating at the age of two and moved into ice dancing when she was nine.[2] She also played the piano since the age of ten months and won the Massachusetts state piano competition in the junior high division.[3]
Galler-Rabinowitz competed in ice dancing with partner David Mitchell from age 11 to 20. The dance team won the 1999 North American Novice Challenge Skate in Toronto, the 2000 United States Figure Skating Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice), the 2000 United States Championships (Novice), the 2002 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior), and the 2002 United States Championships (Junior). They placed fourth overall at the 2003 Junior World Championships, and were the Junior World Compulsory Dance winners. Galler-Rabinowitz and Mitchell won the pewter medal at the 2003 United States National Championships (senior) and a bronze medal at the 2004 U.S. Championships,[4] a total of four national medals in four years.
They missed the following year's national championship due to Mitchell's shoulder injury.[5] The dance team competed on the international (ISU) Junior Grand Prix and Grand Prix circuits and at the Four Continents Championships. Galler-Rabinowitz's partnership with David Mitchell ended following the 2006 Nationals.
In March 2011 the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame awarded her the Marty Glickman Award, as the female Jewish Athlete of the Year.[6]
Programs
(with Mitchell)
Season | Original dance | Free dance |
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2001–2002[3] | Seduction by Oscar Lopez |
Cinderella by Prokofiev |
2005–2006[7] |
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Variations on a Tango by Astor Piazzolla arranged by Antonio Najarro |
Competitive highlights
(with Mitchell)
Event | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 |
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Four Continents Championships | 8th | |||||||
World Junior Championships | 12th | 4th | ||||||
U.S. Championships | 5th N. | 1st N. | 5th J. | 1st J. | 4th | 3rd | 9th | |
Cup of Russia | 7th | |||||||
Skate Canada | 9th | 9th | ||||||
Skate America | 9th | |||||||
Bofrost Cup | 6th | |||||||
NHK Trophy | 7th | |||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 4th | |||||||
Junior Grand Prix, China | 3rd | |||||||
Junior Grand Prix, USA | 3rd | |||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria | 8th | |||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Norway | 9th | |||||||
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic | 8th | |||||||
N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level |
Pageants
Galler-Rabinowitz competed in the Miss Massachusetts USA 2010 pageant in 2009 and made the semi-finals.[8] After winning the Miss Collegiate Area local pageant, Galler-Rabinowitz won the Miss Massachusetts title on June 26, 2010. She competed in the Miss America 2011 pageant in January 2011, and won the Children's Miracle Network's Miss Miracle Maker award for raising the most money for charity.[1]
See also
- List of select Jewish figure skaters
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Murray, Gary (June 27, 2010). "Harvard grad is new Miss Mass.". The Telegram.
- ↑ Mittan, Barry (April 1, 2004). "Dancers Excel in Multiple Endeavors". GoldenSkate. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mittan, Barry (March 8, 2002). "Galler-Rabinowitz and Mitchell skate well at first Junior Worlds". Golden Skate. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ↑ Rosewater, Amy (July 26, 2004). "Putting Their Legs to the Test — Galler-Rabinowitz and Mitchell Now Focusing Solely on Skating". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved July 11, 2007.
- ↑ Mittan, Barry (August 30, 2005). "Adversity Strengthens Resolve for American Dancers". Skate Today.
- ↑ "Mesler inducted into Jewish shrine". The Buffalo News. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ↑ "Loren GALLER-RABINOWITZ / David MITCHELL: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Miss Massachusetts USA 2010 results". Clemente Productions. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Loren Galler-Rabinowitz. |
- Loren Galler-Rabinowitz at the Internet Movie Database
- Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell at the International Skating Union
- "2002 US National Junior Dance Champions," 5/03
- Poetry on ice, paper: Loren Galler Rabinowitz takes the creative approach to pre-med
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Amanda Kelly |
Miss Massachusetts 2010 |
Succeeded by Molly Whalen |
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