Zachary Donohue | |||||||||||||
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Donohue with Hubbell at the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships
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Full name | Zachary Tyler Donohue | ||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||
Born |
North Madison, Connecticut |
January 8, 1991 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||
Partner | Madison Hubbell | ||||||||||||
Former partner | Alissandra Aronow, Piper Gilles, Lili Lamar | ||||||||||||
Coach | Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer | ||||||||||||
Former coach | Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Natalia Annenko, Marina Zueva, Igor Shpilband, Mathew Gates | ||||||||||||
Choreographer | Marie-France Dubreuil, Samuel Chouinard | ||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Marina Zueva, Igor Shpilband, Mathew Gates | ||||||||||||
Skating club | Lansing Skating Club Gadbois Centre |
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Former skating club | Detroit Skating Club, All Year FSC | ||||||||||||
Training locations | Montreal, Quebec | ||||||||||||
Former training locations | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 2001 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total | 180.82 2017 Four Continents |
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Short dance | 76.53 2017 Worlds |
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Free dance | 108.37 2016 Worlds |
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Medal record
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Zachary Tyler "Zach" Donohue (born January 8, 1991) is an American ice dancer. With Madison Hubbell, he is the 2014 Four Continents champion, two-time Nebelhorn Trophy champion (2011, 2013), and four-time (2012, 2015-2017) U.S. national bronze medalist.
With former partner Piper Gilles, he won three medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.
Zachary Donohue was born January 8, 1991 in Madison, Connecticut. He was home-schooled through high school. He is currently in a relationship with British ice dancer Olivia Smart.
In the 2006–07 season, Donohue competed with Kaylyn Patitucci. They placed 5th on the novice level at the Eastern Sectional Championships and did not advance to the 2007 U.S. Championships.
In the 2007–08 season, Donohue competed with Lili Lamar. They placed 5th on the Junior level at the Eastern Sectional Championships and did not advance to the 2008 U.S. Championships.
Donohue teamed up with Piper Gilles ahead of the 2008–09 season. They made their international debut at the 2008–09 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Ostrava, Czech Republic, which they won. They placed second at their second event in Cape Town, South Africa, qualifying them for the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final in South Korea. They withdrew from the Junior Grand Prix Final before the competition due to injury to Gilles. They won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2009 and 2010 U.S. Championships. In 2010, Gilles & Donohue were selected to compete for the United States at the World Junior Championships. They placed 9th out of a field of 34 teams. They announced the end of their partnership in May 2010. Donohue partnered with Alissandra Aronow and trained in Canton, Michigan, under the coaching team of Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva. They competed at the senior level for the 2010-11 season, and ended their partnership shortly after the 2011 U.S. Championships.