Drew Meekins
| Drew Meekins | |
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Drew Meekins with Jessica Rose Paetsch in 2008.
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Andrew Meekins |
| Country represented | United States |
| Born |
April 10, 1985 Juneau, Alaska |
| Home town | Wellesley, Massachusetts |
| Residence | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Former partner |
Jessica Rose Paetsch Julia Vlassov |
| Coach |
Dalilah Sappenfield Laureano Ibarra |
| Former coach | Alexander Vlassov |
| Choreographer |
Zuzanna Szwed Tom Dickson |
| Skating club | Skating Club of Boston |
Drew Meekins (born April 10, 1985) is an American pairs skater and choreographer. With former partner Julia Vlassov, he is the 2006 World Junior Champion.
Meekins began skating at age twelve because his sister was already skating. He started out as a single skater, but he switched to pair skating when he was sixteen.
Meekins and Vlassov won the 2006 World Junior Championships. In their first season of senior international competition, they won the silver at the Nebelhorn Trophy, placed sixth at the 2006 Cup of China, and placed 5th at the 2006 NHK Trophy. Vlassov and Meekins finished in 7th place in their senior debut at the 2007 U.S. Championships. They were fifth in the free program.
Vlassov and Meekins were assigned to two Grand Prix events for the 2007-2008 season; however, they were forced to withdraw from the 2007 Skate Canada International before the event began due to an injury to Meekins's shoulder which occurred during an attempted lift in practice. Vlassov and Meekins announced the end of their partnership on November 8, 2007.
U.S. Figure Skating announced on July 14, 2008 that Meekins had teamed up with Jessica Rose Paetsch. Paetsch and Meekins placed 10th at the 2009 U.S. Championships.
After qualifying for the 2010 U.S. Championships, Paetsch & Meekins announced the end of their partnership in December 2009.
Meekins is now a figure skating coach at the Broadmoor skating club in Colorado Springs, CO. He has worked with many skaters, including coaching and choreographing Vincent Zhou as he became the 2017 Junior world Champion.
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