Jessica Calalang | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Jessica Noelle Calalang |
Country represented | United States |
Born |
Elk Grove Village, Illinois |
February 24, 1995
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
Partner | Zack Sidhu |
Former partner | Daniel O'Shea |
Coach | Todd Sand, Jenni Meno, Christine Binder, John Nicks |
Choreographer | Pasquale Camerlengo |
Skating club | DuPage FSC Buffalo Grove |
Training locations | Aliso Viejo, California |
Began skating | 2000 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 157.45 2014 Rostelecom Cup |
Short program | 59.02 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic |
Free skate | 106.58 2014 Rostelecom Cup |
Jessica Noelle Calalang (born February 24, 1995) is an American pair skater. With partner Zack Sidhu, she has won two ISU Challenger Series medals.
Jessica Noelle Calalang was born on February 24, 1995 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. After graduating in 2013 from Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois, she enrolled at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California.
In the 2009–10 season, Calalang competed with Daniel O'Shea on the novice level.
Calalang teamed up with Zack Sidhu in August 2010. They made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2010 JGP event in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The following season, they won a bronze medal at the 2011 JGP competition in Tallinn, Estonia. After winning the junior silver medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships, they were assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy, where they finished ninth.
Calalang/Sidhu moved up to the senior level in the 2013–14 season. They won silver at the 2013 International Cup of Nice but finished 11th at the 2014 U.S. Championships. The pair began the following season on the ISU Challenger Series, winning silver at the 2014 U.S. International Classic and bronze at the 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic, before making their Grand Prix debut at the 2014 Cup of China.