Themistocles Leftheris

Infobox Figure skater
title= Themistocles Leftheris


caption=Nam and Leftheris in 2006.
country= USA
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1982|12|20
residence=
height= convert|183|cm|ftin|abbr=on
weight=
partner=
formerpartner= Naomi Nari Nam
Jacqueline Jimenez
Julian Burns
Nicole Hartunian,
Missy Ralph
coach= Peter Oppegard
Karen Kwan-Oppegard
choreographer= Peter Oppegard
skating club= Los Angeles FSC
retired=
combined total= 161.32
combined date= 2006 Skate America
SP score= 57.32
SP date= 2006 Skate America
FS score= 104.00
FS date= 2006 Skate America

Themistocles Nicholas Leftheris (born December 20, 1982 in Tarpon Springs, Florida), is an American pair skater. With partner Naomi Nari Nam, he is the 2007 U.S. bronze medalist.

Career

Leftheris began skating at age 12.

With partner Jacqueline Jimenez, he is the 2001 U.S. novice silver medalist. They won a silver medal at the first event of the 2001-2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix. They did not get a second event because the USFSA did not send skaters to any of the events following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

With partner Julian Burns, he placed 13th at the 2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Leftheris teamed up with Naomi Nari Nam in April, 2005.

After winning both the Regional and Pacific Coast Sectional, the pair placed 5th at the 2006 United States Figure Skating Championships.

In the 2006-2007 season, Nam and Leftheris won the bronze medal at the 2006 Skate America event. They won the bronze medal at the 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships behind Rena Inoue and John Baldwin and Brooke Castile and Benjamin Okolski. They went on to the 2007 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and placed 6th.

In the 2007-2008 season, they withdrew from their Grand Prix events with injury. They placed 7th at the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Naomi Nari Nam announced her retirement from competitive skating on October 10, 2008, citing her recurrent hip injury. [http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081010&content_id=52854&vkey=ice_news]

Programs

(with Nicole Hartunian

* J = Junior level

(with Jacqueline Jimenez)

* N = Novie level; J = Junior level

References

External links

* [http://www.figureskatersonline.com/nam%2Dleftheris/ Nam & Leftheris official site]
*isu name | id=00009237 | name=Naomi Nari Nam & Themistocles Leftheris
*isu name | id=00005468 | name=Jacqueline Jimenez & Themistocles Leftheris
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