Greg Zuerlein (figure skater)
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Chock and Zuerlein in 2011.
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| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
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October 26, 1988 Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Residence | Northville, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Madison Chock, Anastasia Olson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva, Tatiana Gladkova | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva | ||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Arctic FSC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Former training locations | Canton, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | June 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 151.86 2011 Worlds |
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| Short dance | 61.47 2011 Worlds |
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| Free dance | 90.39 2011 Worlds |
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Greg Zuerlein (born October 26, 1988) is an American former ice dancer. With Madison Chock, he is the 2009 World Junior champion, 2008 JGP Final champion, and 2011 U.S. national bronze medalist. They competed together from 2006 to 2011.
Zuerlein was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He enrolled in Schoolcraft College. His older sister competed in synchronized skating at Junior Synchro Worlds. In March 2014, Zuerlein married Philippe Maitrot, who is originally from France.
Zuerlein began skating at the age of four. He competed in single skating at the 2002 and 2003 U.S. junior championships on the juvenile level. He then took up ice dancing. Zuerlein skated with Anastasia Olsen from 2002 through 2006. They won the bronze medal in intermediate dance in 2005 and placed 12th at the novice level at the 2006 U.S. Championships.
Zuerlein teamed up with Madison Chock in June 2006. They placed 5th in the novice division at the 2007 U.S. Championships. They began working with Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva in 2007. Chock/Zuerlein were assigned to the 2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Tallinn, Estonia, which they won. They won the bronze medal at their second event, qualifying them for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed 5th.
During the 2008–09 season, Chock/Zuerlein won gold at the Junior Grand Prix Final and at the U.S. Junior Championships. They capped off the season by becoming World Junior champions.
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