Armin Mahbanoozadeh

Armin Mahbanoozadeh
Mahbanoozadeh at 2010 Skate America
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1991-08-15) August 15, 1991 (age 25) Alexandria, Virginia
Home town	Great Falls, Virginia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Former coach	Christy Krall, Eddie Shipstad, Catarina Lindgren, Kathy Casey, Priscilla Hill, Traci Coleman, Karl Kurtz
Former choreographer	Irina Romanova, Nathan Birch
Skating club	Washington FSC
Former training locations	Colorado Springs, Colorado Wilmington, Delaware
Began skating	1997
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	211.17 2010 Skate America
Short program	67.61 2010 Skate America
Free skate	143.56 2010 Skate America

Armin Mahbanoozadeh (born August 15, 1991) is an American figure skater. He is the 2010 Skate America bronze medalist and the 2012 U.S. national pewter medalist. He is also a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix Final medalist (2008 silver, 2007 bronze) and the 2007 U.S. novice champion.

Armin Mahbanoozadeh was born on August 15, 1991 in Alexandria, Virginia. He is a classically trained pianist. His surname means "born from a lady as beautiful as the moon" in Persian. Mahbanoozadeh graduated from Langley High School in 2009 and was accepted to Dartmouth College but ultimately gave up his spot due to his training. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania until his move to Colorado Springs, Colorado. In June 2013, he was re-accepted into Dartmouth.

Mahbanoozadeh won the bronze at the 2007–08 Junior Grand Prix Final and silver at the 2008–09 Final.

Mahbanoozadeh made his senior Grand Prix debut during the 2007–08 season. He finished 9th at 2009 Skate Canada and 11th at 2009 Cup of China. At his first senior U.S. Nationals, he finished 8th.

During the 2010–11 season, Mahbanoozadeh placed 4th at 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy and received one Grand Prix assignment, 2010 Skate America where he won his first medal on the senior circuit. He was fourth after the short program and moved up to claim the bronze, edging out Adam Rippon.