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Lydia Manon

{{Short description|American ice dancer}}

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= Lydia Manon

|image=

|caption=

|country= {{USA}}

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1982|9|16}}

|residence=

|height=

|formerpartner= Brandon Forsyth
Ryan O'Meara, Vitali Shalin,
Michel Klus,
Chris Obzansky

|formercoach= Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva,
J. Santoferrara, Elizabeth Coates, Genrikh Sretenski

|formerchoreographer=

|skating club= Arctic Edge FSC

|retired= 2006

|dance score= 173.56

|dance date= 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy

|CD score= 32.50

|CD date= 2005 Four Continents

|OD score= 53.75

|OD date= 2005 Four Continents

|FD score= 90.91

|FD date= 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport| Figure skating}}

{{MedalSport | Ice dancing}}

{{MedalCountry| the {{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Four Continents Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Gangneung|Ice dancing}}

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Lydia Manon (born September 16, 1982, in Reading, PA) is an American retired 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.

Manon began skating with Brandon Forsyth in March 2005. 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)

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Event

! 2003–04

! 2004–05

align=left | Four Continents Championshipsbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | U.S. Championships6thbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | Nebelhorn Trophy6thbgcolor=gold | 1st

(with Shalin)

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Event

! 2002–03

align=left | U.S. Championships10th

(with Klus)

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Event

! 2000–01

align=left | World Junior Championships14th
align=left | U.S. Championshipsbgcolor=gold | 1st J.
align=left | Junior Grand Prix, Poland5th
align=left | Junior Grand Prix, Ukraine4th
colspan=2 align=center | J. = Junior level

(with Obzansky)

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Event

! 1999–2000

align=left | U.S. Championships6th J.
colspan="2" align="center" | J. = Junior level

Programs

(with O'Meara)

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Season

! Original dance

! Free dance

2004–2005

|

  • You Can't Take that Away From Me
  • 42nd Street musical

| Black Cat, White Cat (soundtrack)
by Goran Bregovic

References

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{{cite news|url=http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=29129 |title=Two U.S. ice dancing teams announce end of partnerships |work=U.S. Figure Skating |date=March 1, 2005 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201350/http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=29129 |archivedate=September 30, 2007 }}

{{cite news | url = http://www.skatetoday.com/2005/09/13/another-chance-for-manon-and-forsyth/ | title = Another Chance for Manon and Forsyth | first = Barry | last = Mittan | work = Skate Today | date = September 13, 2005 }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00006977.htm | title = Lydia MANON / Ryan O'MEARA: 2004/2005 | work = International Skating Union | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091201094716/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00006977.htm | archivedate = December 1, 2009 | url-status = live }}

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External links

  • {{isu name | id=00006977 | name=Manon / O'Meara}}
  • {{isu name | id=00005020 | name=Manon / Klus}}

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Category:1982 births

Category:American female ice dancers

Category:Living people

Category:Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists

Category:21st-century American women

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