Michael Parsons (figure skater)

Michael Parsons
the Parsons at the 2016-17 JGP Final
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1995-10-03) October 3, 1995 (age 21) Wheaton, Maryland
Home town	Derwood, Maryland, U.S.
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Partner	Rachel Parsons
Former partner	Kristina Rexford
Coach	Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmitri Ilin
Choreographer	Elena Novak
Skating club	Washington Figure Skating Club
Training locations	Wheaton, Maryland Rockville, Maryland
Began skating	2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	164.83 2016 Junior Worlds
Short dance	67.88 2016 Junior Worlds
Free dance	97.54 2017 Junior Worlds
Medal record Representing  United States Figure skating: Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2017 Taipei Ice dancing 2016 Debrecen Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2016–17 Marseille Ice dancing 2015–16 Barcelona Ice dancing

Michael Parsons (born October 3, 1995) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner Rachel Parsons, he is the 2017 World Junior champion, the 2016 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2017 U.S. national junior champion.

Michael Parsons was born October 3, 1995 in Wheaton, Maryland. He has two sisters, Rachel and Katie. He is majoring in biology at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland.

Parsons started learning to skate at age seven to play hockey but ultimately chose figure skating. He joined the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy in December 2003. Early in his ice dancing career, he skated with Kristina Rexford.

He teamed up with his sister, Rachel, in February 2010. They won gold on the novice level at the 2011 U.S. Championships and debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2011, placing 9th in Gdańsk, Poland. After taking the junior pewter medal at the 2012 U.S. Championships, they represented the United States at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, placing 4th. They were also selected for the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus, where they finished 15th.