Saulius Ambrulevičius

Saulius Ambrulevičus

Ambrulevičus at the 2011 European Championships
Personal information
Country represented  Lithuania
Born (1992-06-10) June 10, 1992
Kaunas, Lithuania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Coach Marina Zueva
Former coach Eglė Kliučakienė
Choreographer Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein
Skating club Baltų Ainiai
Training locations Canton, Michigan
Began skating 1998
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 143.30
2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
Short dance 54.90
2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
Free dance 88.40
2016 CS Tallinn Trophy

Saulius Ambrulevičius (born June 10, 1992 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian figure skater. As a single skater, he is the 2007 and 2008 Lithuanian national champion. Competing in ice dancing with Taylor Tran, he is the 2015 Pavel Roman Memorial silver medalist and 2015 Lithuanian national champion. They qualified to the free dance at the 2017 European Championships.

Career

Single skating

Ambrulevičius began learning to skate in 1998.[1] He won the Lithuanian senior title for the first time in 2007. His first major international competition was the 2007 Junior Worlds; he placed 45th in the short program and did not qualify for the free skate.

In the 2007–08 season, Ambrulevičius won his second national title. He competed in the 2008 Junior Worlds and once again placed last, this time 47th. He competed at the 2008 World Championships, where he finished 45th.

Ice dancing

Around July 2014,[2] Ambrulevičius teamed up with American skater Taylor Tran to compete in ice dancing for Lithuania. Their international debut came at the Tallinn Trophy in December 2014. At the Estonian event, they finished 5th and earned the minimum scores to appear at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm.[2][3] They missed the cut for the free dance in Sweden and at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Tran/Ambrulevičius qualified to the final segment at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic; they ranked 20th in the short dance, 17th in the free, and 18th overall. After 2017 World Championships Ambrulevičius and T. Tran announced that they are separating and won't compete together any more.[4]

Programs

With Tran

Season Short dance Free dance
2016–17
[1]
2015–16
[5]
  • Carousel
    • The Carousel Waltz
    • June Is Busting Out All Over
2014–15
[6]
  • Paso doble: La Paloma
  • Paso doble: El Classico Taurino

Single skating

Season Short program Free skating
2013–14
[7]
2012–13
[8]
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Sherlock Holmes
    by Hans Zimmer
2011–12
[9]
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
2010–11
[10]
  • 28 Days Later
2009–10
  • Quixote
    by Bond
2008–09
[11]
  • Bandits of St. Petersburg
    by Igor Kornelyuk
2007–08
[12]
  • Nu Ar Det Vi
    by Tobias Kessler
  • Bandits of St. Petersburg
    by Igor Kornelyuk
2006–07
[13]
  • Blues
  • Jazz medley

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Ice dancing with Tran

International[14]
Event 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
World Champ. 30th
European Champ. 24th 25th 18th
CS Finlandia 8th
CS Nepela Memorial 9th
CS U.S. Classic 8th
CS Warsaw Cup 6th
Autumn Classic 7th
Bavarian Open 11th
Pavel Roman 2nd
Tallinn Trophy 5th
National[14]
Lithuanian Champ. 1st
TBD = Assigned

Singles career

International[15]
Event 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13
Worlds 45th 49th 38th 42nd
Europeans 37th 34th 34th 27th
Golden Spin 7th
Nebelhorn Trophy 21st 30th
Nepela Memorial 17th
NRW Trophy 23rd
Universiade 26th
Warsaw Cup 11th
International: Junior and novice[15]
Junior Worlds 45th 47th 33rd 38th
JGP France 18th
JGP Hungary 16th
JGP U.K. 26th
EYOF 17th J
Warsaw Cup 11th N
National[15]
Lithuanian 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 "Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  2. 1 2 Daugėlaitė, Lina (December 17, 2014). "S. Ambrulevičius: apie pilietybės klausimą dar negalvoju" [S. Ambrulevičius: not thinking about the issue of citizenship]. Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Europos čempionate debiutavusi naujoji Lietuvos šokių ant ledo pora: „Pirmas blynas neprisvilo“" [European Championship debut of new Lithuanian ice dancing couple]. 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). January 28, 2015. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ Lietuvio ir amerikietės keliai išsiskyrė
  5. ↑ "Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007.
  14. 1 2 "Competition Results: Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS". International Skating Union.
  15. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
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