Michael Marinaro
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Purdy/Marinaro at the 2011 Canadian Championships
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| Country represented | Canada | ||||||||||||
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January 7, 1992 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Partner | Kirsten Moore-Towers | ||||||||||||
| Former partner | Margaret Purdy, Lindsi Disper | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum | ||||||||||||
| Former coach | Kris Wirtz, Kristy Wirtz, Scott Rachuk, Alison Purkiss | ||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Julie Marcotte | ||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Mark Pillay, Alison Purkiss | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | CPA St-Leonard | ||||||||||||
| Former skating club | Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club, Competitive Skating Center of Strathroy | ||||||||||||
| Training locations | Montreal | ||||||||||||
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Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Komoka Strathroy |
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| Began skating | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
| Combined total | 160.70 2015 Four Continents |
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| Short program | 69.56 2017 World Team Trophy |
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| Free skate | 108.06 2014 Trophée Bompard |
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Medal record
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Michael Marinaro (born January 7, 1992) is a Canadian pair skater. In May 2014, he formed a partnership with Kirsten Moore-Towers. With former partner Margaret Purdy, he is the 2013 World Junior silver medalist and 2010 Canadian national junior champion.
Michael Marinaro was born on January 7, 1992 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
Marinaro began skating as a two-year-old at Point Edward Skating Club in Sarnia before relocating to Strathroy at age 15. Early in his pairs career, he competed with Lindsi Disper.
In May 2007, Marinaro teamed up with Margaret Purdy. In the 2009–10 season, they debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and won the Canadian junior title. The pair placed eighth in The Hague at their first World Junior Championships.
In the 2011–12 season, Purdy/Marinaro won their first JGP medal — bronze in Latvia — and placed fifth at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk. The following season, they won gold at their two JGP assignments, in the United States and Croatia, and qualified for the JGP Final, where they placed fourth. The pair took silver at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, behind Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier.
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