Daniil Barantsev
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Wester and Barantsev at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Daniil Sergeevich Barantsev |
| Country represented | United States |
| Former country(ies) represented | Russia |
| Born |
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.
Daniil Barantsev was born March 10, 1982 in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR. He has a younger sister, Maria. He moved to the United States in 2002.
Barantsev married Jennifer Wester on May 6, 2006. They have two sons, Anden Daniel Barantsev, born on December 29, 2011, and Devin, born in July 2014.
Barantsev began skating at age four and was coached by Alexei Gorshkov from 1994 to 2002. He teamed up with Natalia Romaniuta in 1996. 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. They also made their senior international debut at the 2000 World Championships in Nice, France, finishing 16th.
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