Lydia Manon

Lydia Manon (born September 16, 1982 in Reading, PA) is an American ice dancer. With Ryan O'Meara, she is the 2005 U.S. bronze medalist and Four Continents bronze medalist. They announced the end of their partnership in March 2005.[1]

Lydia Manon
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1982-09-16) September 16, 1982
Former partnerBrandon Forsyth
Ryan O'Meara, Vitali Shalin,
Michel Klus,
Chris Obzansky
Former coachIgor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva,
J. Santoferrara, Elizabeth Coates, Genrikh Sretenski
Skating clubArctic Edge FSC
ISU personal best scores
Combined total173.56
2004 Nebelhorn Trophy
Comp. dance32.50
2005 Four Continents
Original dance53.75
2005 Four Continents
Free dance90.91
2004 Nebelhorn Trophy

Manon began skating with Brandon Forsyth in March 2005.[2] They skated together until mid-2006 when she retired to pursue academic studies at the George Washington University. Prior to joining forces with O'Meara in 2003, she competed with Michel Klus.

Currently, Manon is a graduate student in the Slavic Department at the University of Virginia.

Competitive highlights

(with O'Meara)

Event 2003–04 2004–05
Four Continents Championships3rd
U.S. Championships6th3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy6th1st
Pacific Coast Sectionals1st
Midwestern Sectionals1st

(with Shalin)

Event 2002–03
U.S. Championships10th
Eastern Sectionals4th

(with Klus)

Event 2000–01
World Junior Championships14th
U.S. Championships1st J.
Junior Grand Prix, Poland5th
Junior Grand Prix, Ukraine4th
J. = Junior level

(with Obzansky)

Event 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000
U.S. Championships6th N.2nd N.6th J.
N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level

Programs

(with O'Meara)

Season Original dance Free dance
2004–2005[3]
  • You Can't Take that Away From Me
  • 42nd Street musical
 Black Cat, White Cat (soundtrack)
by Goran Bregovic
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gollark: They're not THAT internally inconsistent I think. Presumably they have empathy or something and don't want other people to be mind controlled by the government or whatever (or somehow think they can convince other people to support their thing).
gollark: It seems to suggest that the mRNA vaccines offer better protection than actually being infected.
gollark: There seems to be actual data on reinfection rates now: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/past-covid-19-infection-provides-some-immunity-but-people-may-still-carry-and-transmit-virus
gollark: Especially since it would forbid people from taking earlier action.

References
  1. "Two U.S. ice dancing teams announce end of partnerships". U.S. Figure Skating. March 1, 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  2. Mittan, Barry (September 13, 2005). "Another Chance for Manon and Forsyth". Skate Today.
  3. "Lydia MANON / Ryan O'MEARA: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 1, 2009.


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