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Davis/Brubaker in 2013.
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Full name | Rockne Lee Brubaker II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
St. Louis, Missouri |
June 21, 1986 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Algonquin, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former partner | Lindsay Davis, Mary Beth Marley, Keauna McLaughlin, Mariel Miller, Stephanie Freitag | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach | Jenni Meno, Todd Sand, John Nicks, Dalilah Sappenfield, Lei Ina McLaughlin, Tom Zakrajsek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Christine Binder, Sarah Kawahara, Dalilah Sappenfield, Lea Ann Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former skating club | All Year FSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former training locations | Aliso Viejo, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rockne Lee Brubaker, II (born June 21, 1986) is an American pair skater. With Keauna McLaughlin, he is the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2007 World Junior champion, and a two-time (2008–2009) U.S. national champion. With Mary Beth Marley, he is the 2012 Four Continents bronze medalist and 2012 U.S. silver medalist.
Rockne Brubaker Jr was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His younger brother Collin Brubaker is a competitive ice dancer. He was named after his father, Rockne Brubaker Sr., who had been named after Knute Rockne.
Brubaker graduated from Harry D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin, Illinois. He is a student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs majoring in business administration and sports marketing.
Brubaker became engaged to Italian pair skater Stefania Berton on February 2, 2013. The couple married on June 5, 2015 in Wisconsin.
Rockne Brubaker began skating at the age of five or six. He originally competed as a single skater, reaching the level of novice. He competed as a pair skater at the same time and eventually gave up singles to focus on pairs around age 12. At 17, he left Chicago and moved to Colorado Springs to train with top pairs coach Dalilah Sappenfield.