Michael Marinaro

Michael Marinaro
Purdy/Marinaro at the 2011 Canadian Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1992-01-07) January 7, 1992 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Height
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
Former training locations	Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Komoka Strathroy
Began skating	1994
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	160.70 2015 Four Continents
Short program	59.30 2015 Four Continents
Free skate	108.06 2014 Trophée Bompard
Medal record Representing Canada Pair skating World Junior Championships 2013 Milan Pairs

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.

Personal life

Michael Marinaro was born on January 7, 1992 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

Early career

Marinaro began skating at age two. Early in his pairs career, he competed with Lindsi Disper.

Partnership with Purdy

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.

In September 2013, Purdy/Marinaro and their coaches moved their training base from Strathroy to Komoka. The pair appeared at two senior Grand Prix events, the 2013 Skate America and 2013 Skate Canada International, finishing eighth at both. After placing fifth at the 2014 Canadians, they were assigned to the 2014 Four Continents and came in sixth. They announced the end of their partnership on May 27, 2014.

Partnership with Moore-Towers

On June 3, 2014, Skate Canada announced that Marinaro and Kirsten Moore-Towers had formed a partnership, coached by Kris Wirtz and Kristy Wirtz at the Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club in southern Ontario. Moore-Towers said that they were adjusting their technique on lifts, stating: "Mike's former partner is much taller than I am, so the technique is a bit different; he has to work in a different way."

Having received two 2014–15 Grand Prix assignments, Moore-Towers/Marinaro placed sixth at the 2014 Skate Canada International and seventh at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. They were fourth at the 2015 Canadian Championships and ninth at the 2015 Four Continents.

Moore-Towers/Marinaro began the 2015–16 season with a bronze medal at the 2015 U.S. International Classic – their first Challenger Series event. Competing in the Grand Prix series, they won bronze at the 2015 Skate Canada International and placed 7th at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup. During the short program at the Canadian Nationals, the two clipped blades as they began the twist lift, resulting in a hard fall. They finished fourth for the second year in a row. On March 11, they were added to Canada's team for the 2016 World Championships after Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau withdrew due to injury.

Programs

With Moore-Towers

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016	If I Can't Have You by Etta James choreo. by Julie Marcote	Romeo + Juliet: Introduction to Romeo O Verona by Craig Armstrong Kissing You by Des'ree Juliet's Requiem Escape From Mantua by Craig Armstrong choreo. by Julie Marcotte	It's a Man's Man's Man's World performed by Joshua Ledet
2014–2015	Cell Block Tango (from Chicago) by John Kander choreo. by Mark Pillay	Chess (musical) by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus choreo. by Mark Pillay	It's a Man's Man's Man's World performed by Joshua Ledet

With Purdy

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2013–2014	Unchained Melody by Alex North	Casablanca by Max Steiner
2012–2013	O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) by Giacomo Puccini	The Artist by Ludovic Bource
2011–2012	Fuente y Caudal by Paco de Lucía Harlem Nocturne	Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen The Show Must Go On by Queen	Someone Like You by Adele
2010–2011	Fuente y Caudal by Paco de Lucía	New Moon by Alexandre Desplat
2009–2010	Santa Maria by Gotan Project	Here, There and Everywhere by The Beatles Something by The Beatles

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Moore-Towers

International
Event	2014–15	2015–16
World Championships		8th
Four Continents	9th
GP Skate Canada	6th	3rd
GP Trophée Bompard	7th
GP Rostelecom Cup		7th
CS U.S. Classic		3rd
National
Canadian Champ.	4th	4th
TBD: Assigned

With Purdy

International
Event	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14
Four Continents							6th
GP Skate America							8th
GP Skate Canada							8th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds			8th		5th	2nd
JGP Final						4th
JGP Austria					10th
JGP Croatia						1st
JGP Czech Rep.				9th
JGP Germany			10th
JGP Latvia					3rd
JGP Poland			7th
JGP UK				10th
JGP USA						1st
National
Canadian Champ.	2nd PN	3rd N.	1st J.	9th	6th	5th	5th
Levels: PN = Pre-novice; N. = Novice; J. = Junior

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro at the International Skating Union
• Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro at the International Skating Union

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