Stephen Carriere

Stephen Carriere
File:Stephen Carriere Podium 2007 NHK Trophy.jpg Carriere at the 2007 NHK Trophy.
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1989-06-15) June 15, 1989 Melrose, Massachusetts
Height
Coach	Suna Murray
Former coach	Peter Johansson, Mark Mitchell, Sue Hamel, Priscilla Hill, Karl Kurtz
Choreographer	David Wilson, Tanith Belbin
Former choreographer	Scott Brown, Mark Mitchell, Jamie Isley
Skating club	Skating Club of Boston
Began skating	1995
Retired	June 10, 2015
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	231.67 2014 Skate Canada
Short program	80.33 2014 Skate Canada
Free skate	151.34 2014 Skate Canada
Medal record Representing United States Figure skating: Men's singles World Junior Championships 2007 Oberstdorf Men's singles

Stephen Carriere (born June 15, 1989) is an American figure skater. He is the 2007 World Junior champion, 2006 JGP Final champion, and 2008 U.S. national bronze medalist. During his career, he has won two Grand Prix medals, one Challenger Series medal, and four other senior international medals.

Personal life

Carriere was born in Melrose, Massachusetts. He graduated from Wakefield High School in 2007. In 2007, he began attending Boston College part-time, where he is a corporate business major.

His cousin, Caroline Hallisey, is a short track speed skater and a three-time Olympian.

Career

From 2000 through 2009, Carriere trained at the Skating Club of Boston and was coached by Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson.

Carriere won the pewter medal at the novice level of the 2004 U.S. Championships. The following season, 2004–2005, he made his junior debut. He placed 5th at his first Junior Grand Prix assignment but was not given a second one. That year, he placed 7th at 2005 U.S. Championships on the junior level.

In the 2005-2006 season, Carriere won a gold and a silver medal on the Junior Grand Prix and then placed 6th at the Final. He moved up at Nationals and won the junior gold medal. This earned him a trip to the World Junior Championships, where he placed just off the podium.

In 2006-2007, he won everything on the Junior level, including both his Junior Grand Prix assignments and the 2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. After placing ninth in his senior national debut, Carriere was named to the 2007 Junior Worlds team. At Junior Worlds, after placing sixth in the short program, he won the free skate, pulling up to win the event overall.

Carriere made his senior Grand Prix debut at the 2007 Skate America, where he placed 4th. At his second Grand Prix event, the 2007 NHK Trophy, he won the bronze medal. He also won the bronze medal at nationals and finished 10th in his first appearance at senior Worlds.

In the 2008-2009 Grand Prix season, Carriere competed at the Cup of China and the NHK Trophy, winning the silver medal in China and placing 6th in Japan. In January 2009, he was involved in a car accident but was unharmed. He placed 9th at the 2009 U.S. Championships. Following the 2008-09 season, Carriere changed coaches to Priscilla Hill and Karl Kurtz.

Carriere missed the 2010 and 2011 U.S. Championships due to recurring tendonitis and a right ankle infection.

On June 10, 2015, Carriere announced his retirement from competitive figure skating.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2014–2015	La Vie en rose by Louis Armstrong	Clair de Lune by Andre Kostelanetz and his Orchestra Turning Page by Sleeping At Last
2013–2014	Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus
2012–2013	Passionata by London Musicians Orchestra	Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Clint Mansell
2011–2012	La Vie en rose Mack the Knife by Louis Armstrong	Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Clint Mansell
2010–2011	After Midnight Hot Honey Rag by Danny Elfman	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
2009–2010	Carmina Burana by Carl Orff	The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky	Mr. Cellophane
2008–2009	Nothing Else Matters by Metallica	The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky	Billie Jean by David Cook
2007–2008	Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin	Hollywood Nocturne by Brian Setzer Orchestra	SexyBack by Justin Timberlake
2006–2007	Stray Cat Strut by Brian Setzer Pink Panther by Henry Mancini	Space Shuttle by John LaBarbera God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog	Sway by Michael Bublé
2005–2006	Peter Gunn Mambo by Henry Mancini	Once Upon a Time in Mexico by Robert Rodriguez
2004–2005	Shaft by Isaac Hayes	Lawrence of Arabia by Maurice Jarre Samson and Delilah by Victor Young
2003–2004	Shaft by Isaac Hayes	Elvis Presley medley
2002–2003	Zorro	Elvis Presley medley
2001–2002		Zorro

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15
Worlds					10th
Four Continents					4th
GP Cup of China						2nd	6th
GP NHK Trophy					3rd	6th
GP Rostelecom												9th
GP Skate America					4th			9th
GP Skate Canada							8th					4th
CS Nepela Trophy												1st
Nebelhorn									3rd	4th
Finlandia							3rd
Ice Challenge									1st
U.S. Classic											2nd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds			4th	1st
JGP Final			6th	1st
JGP Bulgaria			1st
JGP Hungary				1st
JGP Netherlands				1st
JGP Slovakia			2nd
JGP Ukraine		5th
Triglav Trophy	4th J.
National
U.S. Champ.	4th N.	7th J.	1st J.	9th	3rd	9th	WD		6th	10th	10th	WD
Eastern Sect.	1st N.	1st J.
New England	1st N.
WD = Withdrew; Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

External links

• Official site
• Stephen Carriere at IceNetwork
• Stephen Carriere at the International Skating Union