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Felicia Zhang & Nathan Bartholomay - split in July 2014

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Felicia Zhang and Nathan (Nate) Bartholomay are former US pair skaters.

Felicia was born on 22 September 1993 in Riverdale, New York, USA.

Nathan was born on 18 May 1989 in Newton, Pennsylvania, USA.

They teamed up in May 2011 and competed together until July 2014. They are two-time U.S. national medalists (silver in 2014, bronze in 2013) and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics where they placed 12th.

Before skating with Nathan, Felicia was a singles skater and when she switched to pairs, her first partner was Taylor Toth. Prior to partnership with Felicia, Nathan's prior partners were Erica Choi Smith and Meg Byrne.

Following the split, Nathan teamed up with Gretchen Donlan with whom he skated during two seasons (2014/15 and 2015/16). Due to health and injury problems which almost didn't allow them to compete in any competition, the pair decided to split in March 2016. Mitch Moyer, U.S. Figure Skating's high performance director suggested Nathan had a tryout with Deanna Stellato. The pair announced their teaming up in July 2016. For more information about Deanna Stellato and Nate Bartholomay please see the following thread: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?62466

Felicia and Nathan were coached by Jim Peterson, Lyndon Johnston and Amanda Evora.

ISU Bio
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00054118.htm

Wikipedia
Felicia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Zhang
Nathan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Bartholomay

Social Media
Felicia's Twitter - https://twitter.com/felicia_zhang
Felicia's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/felicia__zhang/
Nathan's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/natebartholomay/

Personal Best Scores
SP: 57.59 (ISU World Championships 2014)
FS: 114.32 (ISU Four Continents Championships 2013)
TS: 168.42 (ISU GP Hilton HHonors Skate America 2013)

Programs and Videos
2013/2014
SP: "Carousel Waltz" by Rodgers and Hammerstein
FS: "Les Miserables" by Claude-Michel Schönberg

2014 World Championships
XXII Winter Olympic Games Sochi 2014
2014 U.S. Championships
2013 GP Cup of China
2013 GP Skate of America
2013 Skate Detroit

2012/2013
SP: Theme from "Cocoon" by James Horner
FS: "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein
Ex: "One Hand, One Heart" (from "West Side Story") by Leonard Bernstein

2013 Four Continents Championships
2013 U.S. Championships

2011/2012
SP: Piano Concerto by George Gershwin
FS: "Concierto de Aranjuez" by Joaquín Rodrigo

Indy Challenge 2012

Results
2013/2014
2014 World Championships - 14
XXII Winter Olympic Games Sochi 2014 - 12
2014 U.S. Championships - 2
2013 GP Cup of China - 6
2013 GP Skate of America - 7
U.S. Classic - 7

2012/2013
2013 Four Continents Championships - 4
2013 U.S. Championships - 3
U.S. Classic - 4

2011/2012
2012 U.S. Championships - 8

Miscellanea
15 Sep. 2012 "Tweet Seat with Felicia Zhang and Nate Bartholomay" by U.S. Figure Skating

From the original post:

Five favorite things with Zhang and Bartholomay. Both skaters agree on favorite city ... favorite food, not so much
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By Sarah S. Brannen, special to icenetwork.com
(06/12/2013)
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130610&content_id=50201734&vkey=ice_news
"Among their scheduled competitions this summer are the 'Summer Chiller' in Fort Myers, Fla., at the end of June, and Skate Detroit a month later."

[A nice photo accompanies the story. :)]

And from http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130606&content_id=49817110&vkey=ice_news (Jun 6)
"...their new programs: a short to music from Carousel and free skate to selections from Les Misérables, both choreographed by Peterson. They are assigned to Cup of China this fall.

.... the team plans side-by-side triple Lutzes in their free skate at their summer competition.

'We look at the Canadian teams and we want to match them technically,' Bartholomay said. 'We will have the Lutzes in our program at Skate Detroit. To rack up more bonus points, our lifts are all in the second half [of the free ].' "​
 
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TontoK

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They are my favorites of the US pairs.

I like how they're looking at the best in the world vice the best in the US in terms of difficulty. I hope they can boost their technical content, and yet not lose the joy and charm that caught my eye during Nationals.

Still... my new favs better do something special with tired worn out music, or my interest in current day pairs skating will be short lived.
 

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Just realized that Felicia/Nate's FS in Boston won the Professional Skaters Association's EDI award for Pair Skating. :bow:
The link below on the PSA's Facebook page has another nice photo of Felicia beaming mid-lift.

THE EDI AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCES AT 2014 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS in Boston, MA:
Pair Skating:
Winner – Felicia Zhang & Nathan Bartholomay (Championship Free Skating)
Coaches – Jim Peterson, Lyndon Johnston, Amanda Evora
Choreographer – Jim Peterson
Music – Symphonic Pieces from “Les Misérables” by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Costume Design – Jim Peterson & Dawn Imperatore
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...39.22619.135977363114767&type=1&stream_ref=10 (Jan 29)​

(The EDI winners for other disciplines: Jason Brown's FS; Davis/White's FD; Gracie Gold's SP.)
 

Mohacz

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Although some years have passed since the split of this pair, I found them in GS Figure Skating Fan Fests and discovered that they did not have a typical OP with bio data, programs, videos, results, etc. That's why I decided to update it so that all their fans have all the info in one place and can get back to it whenever they want. I hope you'll like it.
 
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