Daniil Barantsev

Daniil Barantsev

Wester and Barantsev at the 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard
Personal information
Full name	Daniil Sergeevich Barantsev
Country represented	United States
Former country(ies) represented	Russia
Born	March 10, 1982 (1982-03-10) (age 29)
Height	180 cm (5.9 ft)
Partner	Jennifer Wester
Former partner	Natalia Romaniuta (RUS)
Former coach	Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo Nikolai Morozov, Valter Rizzo, Alexei Gorshkov, Pavel Kovtun
Former choreographer	Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo Nikolai Morozov
Skating club	Dallas FSC
Began skating	1986
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	174.37 2008 Four Continents
Comp. dance	30.95 2008 Four Continents
Original dance	55.44 2008 Four Continents
Free dance	87.98 2008 Four Continents

Daniil Sergeevich Barantsev (born March 10, 1982 in Ekaterinburg) is a Russian-American ice dancer. With partner and wife Jennifer Wester, he is the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy champion.

Career

Barantsev was born and raised in the Soviet Union and, later, Russia. With former partner Natalia Romaniuta, he won the World Junior Championships in 2000 and 2001. They were considered a promising couple to help continue the Russian dominance in ice dancing. Barantsev ended the partnership in 2002 and moved to Connecticut, USA, to train under Nikolai Morozov. He teamed up with Jennifer Wester in March 2003.

Although Wester and Barantsev started skating together in 2003, due to paperwork issues, they were unable to compete nationally until 2005, and were unable to compete internationally until the 2007-2008 season due to the Russian federation's refusal to give Barantsev a release to compete for the United States. He finally obtained his release, allowing him to compete for the United States team internationally in January 2007. However, this coincided with Wester injuring her knee in a practice immediately prior to the 2007 U.S. Championships, in which they skated to a 6th place finish, forcing them to wait until the following fall season to receive international assignments. In May 2007, she had surgery to remove bone that had split from the rest of the kneecap.^[1]

In the summer of 2007, Wester & Barantsev changed training locations to begin skating under the tutelage of Anjelika Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.^[1] They skated in their first international circuit competition as a team in September 2007 (winning the Nebelhorn Trophy) but continued to nevertheless be plagued with injuries and illness from that point forward.

Their highest international ranking was a 4th place at their first major ISU Championship together, the 2008 Four Continents Championship.

Personal life

Wester and Barantsev were married on May 6, 2006. They are expecting their first child in December 2011.^[2]

Programs

(with Wester)

Season	Original dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2008–2009[1]	Too Darn Hot by Cole Porter	Requiem for a Tower by Corner Stone Cues Mythodea by Vangelis Requiem for a Dream by Kronos Quartet	Rama Lama by Roslin Murphy

Competitive highlights

Results for the United States

(with Wester)

Event	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009
Four Continents Championships			4th
U.S. Championships	7th	6th	5th	WD
Trophée Eric Bompard				8th
Skate Canada International				7th
Nebelhorn Trophy			1st
Midwestern Sectionals	1st		1st

• WD = Withdrawn

Results for Russia

(with Romaniuta)

Event	1997–1998	1998–1999	1999–2000	2000–2001	2001–2002
World Championships			16th
European Championships					WD
World Junior Championships	7th	3rd	1st	1st
Russian Championships				3rd	3rd
Russian Junior Championships	2nd	1st	1st	1st
Cup of Russia					5th
Sparkassen Cup on Ice				6th	3rd
NHK Trophy				9th
Finlandia Trophy				2nd
Junior Grand Prix Final	5th	3rd	1st
Junior Grand Prix, Sweden			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands			1st
Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia		1st
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria		2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Ukraine	2nd
Junior Grand Prix, France	4th

• WD = Withdrew

References

• World Junior Figure Skating Championships: ISU Results: DancePDF (11.0 KB)

1. ^ ^{a b c} Mittan, Barry (November 26, 2008). "Long and Winding Road for American Ice Dancers". SkateToday. http://www.skatetoday.com/2008/11/26/long-and-winding-road-for-american-ice-dancers/. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
2. ^ Brannen, Sarah S.; Meekins, Drew (June 30, 2011). "The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew - June 30". icenetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110630&content_id=21206080&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved June 30, 2011. 

External links

• Wester & Barantsev Official Site
• Wester & Barantsev at the International Skating Union
• Romaniuta & Barantsev Official Site
• Romaniuta & Barantsev at the International Skating Union
• Daniil Barantsev at the United States Figure Skating Association

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Name	Barantsev, Daniil
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