Joshua Santillan | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | United States |
Born |
Glendale, California |
February 21, 1992
Home town | Palmetto, California |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Partner | Jessica Pfund |
Former partner | Olivia Oltmanns |
Coach | Lyndon Johnston |
Former coach | Trudi Oltmanns |
Choreographer | Emilie Connors |
Skating club | All Year FSC Culver City |
Training locations | Ellenton, Florida |
Former training locations | Minnesota |
Began skating | 1996 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 151.40 2015 Skate America |
Short program | 50.32 2016 Cup of China |
Free skate | 101.20 2015 Skate America |
Joshua Santillan (born February 21, 1992) is an American pair skater. With skating partner Jessica Pfund, he is the 2015 Autumn Classic International bronze medalist and has competed at two Grand Prix events.
Santillan was born on February 21, 1992, in Glendale, California. He enrolled at Colorado Christian University, taking online business courses.
Santillan began learning to skate in 1996. He teamed up with Olivia Oltmanns in September 2009. The pair's international debut took place in September 2010 at a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Graz, Austria. Their best JGP placement, 7th, came in September 2011 in Riga, Latvia.
Oltmanns/Santillan moved up to the senior level in the 2014–15 season. They finished 11th at the 2015 U.S. Championships. Trudi Oltmanns coached the pair in Minnesota.
Santillan teamed up with Jessica Pfund in May 2015, following tryouts in Florida and Colorado Springs, Colorado. They decided to be coached by Lyndon Johnston in Ellenton, Florida and, early in their partnership, also trained with Jim Peterson and Amanda Evora. Making their international debut, the pair won the bronze medal at the 2015 Autumn Classic International. Appearing as late replacements for Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomay, they finished 8th at their first Grand Prix event, the 2015 Skate America.