Kirsten Moore-Towers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Moore-Towers and Moscovitch in 2010
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Country represented | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
July 1, 1992 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Waterloo, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.49 m (4 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Michael Marinaro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former partner | Dylan Moscovitch, Andrew Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Kristy Wirtz, Kris Wirtz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Julie Marcotte | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Mark Pillay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | CPA St-Leonard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former skating club | Kitchener-Waterloo SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Training locations | Montreal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former training locations | Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Combined total | 160.70 2015 Four Continents |
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Short program | 59.30 2015 Four Continents |
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Free skate | 108.06 2014 Trophée Bompard |
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Medal record
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Kirsten Moore-Towers (born July 1, 1992) is a Canadian pair skater. In May 2014, she formed a partnership with Michael Marinaro. With former partner Dylan Moscovitch, she is the 2013 Four Continents silver medalist, 2014 Olympic team event silver medalist, and 2011 Canadian national champion.
Kirsten Moore-Towers was born on July 1, 1992 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She is the daughter of a steel company employee and an accounting manager, and has a sister, Katie, who is eight years younger.
Moore-Towers was introduced to skating at age two and a half by her mother. She began pair skating around April 2008, teaming up with Andrew Evans. They appeared at one ISU Junior Grand Prix event and placed fourth on the junior level at the Canadian Championships. The pair split after ten months together.
In February 2009, Moore-Towers teamed up with Dylan Moscovitch, who had trained at the same rink for several years.Kris Wirtz and Kristy Sargeant-Wirtz coached the pair at the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club in Waterloo, Ontario.
Moore-Towers/Moscovitch debuted on the Grand Prix series at the 2009 Skate Canada International, placing sixth. In the 2010–11 season, the pair initially received one Grand Prix assignment, the 2010 Skate America, but received a second, the 2010 Skate Canada International, after Jessica Dube / Bryce Davison withdrew. They won silver at both events and qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where they finished sixth. They then won the Canadian national title.