Meeran Trombley
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Meeran Trombley is an American
United States
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 retired competitive pair skater who has also competed for Canada
Canada
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Biography

Trombley was born in South Korea and was adopted as an infant. She was raised in the United States and eventually moved to Canada and skated with a succession of Canadian partners.

She competed with Ian Moram
Ian Moram
Ian Moram is a Canadian pair skater. He skates with Jessica Miller. They teamed up in 2002. Moram previously competed with Chantal Poirier and Meeran Trombley...

 on the novice and junior levels before teaming up with Jesse Sturdy in 2001. With Sturdy, she is the 2002 Canadian junior silver medalist
Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has...

. With Ryan Shollert, she competed for the first time at the senior level at the Canadian Championships and placed 10th in 2003. When that partnership ended following that season, she teamed up with Jordan Frenette and competed with him twice on the Junior Grand Prix, placing 4th at the 2003 event in Zagreb and 6th at the 2004 event in Budapest. Trombley and Frenette trained at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club under Paul Wirtz
Paul Wirtz
Paul Wirtz was a Canadian figure skating coach. He was the brother of Kris Wirtz and the uncle of Sean Wirtz. He coached many skating teams and was known for pairing skaters together. Teams he created include Valérie Marcoux & Craig Buntin, and Elizabeth Putnam & Sean Wirtz. He coached Kristy...

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Returning to the United States, she teamed up with Nathan Hess in 2005 and placed 15th on the junior level at the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. That partnership ended after Nationals and she teamed up Ibarra in March 2006.

Trombley and Ibarra made their Grand Prix debut at the 2007 Skate America
2007 Skate America
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, where they placed 5th after coming in as last-minute alternates.

Their partnership ended following the 2008-2009 season when both retired from competitive skating.

Competitive highlights

(with Ibarra)
Event 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
U.S. Championships
United States Figure Skating Championships
The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...

 
11th 10th 11th
NHK Trophy
NHK Trophy
The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....

 
7th
Skate America
Skate America
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5th
Pacific Coast Sectionals 2nd 1st


(with Hess)
Event 2006
U.S. Championships
United States Figure Skating Championships
The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...

 
15th J.


(with Moram)
Event 1998-1999 1999-2000
Canadian Championships
Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has...

4th N. 6th J.

  • N = Novice level; J = Junior level

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