Keauna McLaughlin | |
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![]() McLaughlin / Brubaker in 2008.
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Personal information | |
Full name | Keauna Inaba McLaughlin |
Country represented | United States |
Born |
Tarzana, California |
September 25, 1992
Home town | Los Angeles, California |
Residence | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Height | 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m) |
Former partner |
Rockne Brubaker Ethan Burgess |
Coach | John Nicks |
Former coach |
Dalilah Sappenfield Lei Ina McLaughlin Tom Zakrajsek |
Choreographer | Sarah Kawahara |
Former choreographer |
Dalilah Sappenfield Lea Ann Miller |
Skating club | Los Angeles FSC |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 172.69 2008 Skate America |
Short program | 64.56 2010 Four Continents |
Free skate | 115.67 2008 Skate America |
Medal record
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Keauna Inaba McLaughlin (born September 25, 1992) is an American pair skater. With former partner Rockne Brubaker, she is the 2008 & 2009 U.S. National Champion, the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, and the 2007 World Junior Champion.
Keauna McLaughlin was born in Tarzana, California. She moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to train and attends Cheyenne Mountain High School. Her name is based on a Hawaiian word for "feminine wind running through the forest".
Her mother, Lei Ina, was a senior-level pair skater and skated professionally as a show skater with Disney on Ice. Her father left the family when she was a toddler.
McLaughlin began skating at the age of four. She originally competed in single skating. As a singles skater, she is the 2006 U.S. Juvenile silver medalist. She began pair skating at age 10 and focused entirely on pair skating when she teamed up with Brubaker.
With partner Ethan Burgess, McLaughlin won two consecutive medals at the U.S. Championships: the bronze medal at the novice level at the 2004 U.S. Championships and the pewter medal at the junior level at the 2005 U.S. Championships. Her partner was too old for the Junior Grand Prix circuit so they split and she skated on her own for a while.