Mark Ladwig
| Mark Ladwig | |
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Evora and Ladwig in 2009.
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | United States |
| Born |
May 6, 1980 Fargo, North Dakota |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Former partner | Lindsay Davis, Amanda Evora, Kesley Sollom, Keri Lynn Blakinger |
| Former coach | Lyndon Johnston, Allison Smith, Jim Peterson, Kerry Leitch, Ron Ludington, Dawn Franklin |
| Former choreographer | Cindy Stuart, Jim Peterson |
| Skating club | Red River Valley FSC |
| Began skating | 1985 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 171.92 2010 Winter Olympics |
| Short program | 57.86 2010 Winter Olympics |
| Free skate | 114.06 2010 Winter Olympics |
Mark Ladwig (born May 6, 1980) is an American pair skater. He is best known for his partnership with Amanda Evora, with whom he competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, placing tenth. They won bronze at an ISU Grand Prix event, the 2010 Cup of Russia, and two U.S. national silver medals. He later skated with Lindsay Davis for one season.
Mark Ladwig was born in Fargo, North Dakota to Carol and John, both doctors, and grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota with two siblings, Todd and Erin. He married his wife, Janet, in August 2006. A boy named Holden Everett was born September 13, 2009. A second son, Felix Rye Ladwig, was born July 1, 2014.
Ladwig skated with Kelsey Sollom until 1999 in Moorhead, Minnesota and then with Keri Blakinger while at the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club in Newark, Delaware. He volunteered at the 2002 Winter Olympics and worked in Salt Lake Olympic Square.
In June 2002, Ladwig began skating with Amanda Evora. They finished 12th in their debut at the U.S. Championships and fifth at their first ISU Championship, the 2005 Four Continents. In 2007, Ladwig began serving on the U.S. Figure Skating Athletes Advisory Committee. He was the pairs vice-chair of the 2008–09 Athletes Advisory Committee.
2009–10 was a breakthrough season for Evora/Ladwig. They took at the U.S Championships, their best finish at the event, which led to their selection for the US Olympic team. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, they beat their previous personal best by a sizable margin, and finished tenth, making them the top US pair at the Olympics. They later competed at Worlds for the first time in their career, and finished in ninth place.
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