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Line 1: {{short description\|American pair skater}} {{Cleanup bare URLs\|date=August 2022}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox figure skater ~~\| name = Amanda Evora~~ \| image = Amanda EVORA Mark LADWIG Skate America 2009.jpg \| caption = Evora & Ladwig in 2009. \| country = [[United States]] \| fullname = Amanda Evora Will \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1984\|11\|17}} \| birth_place = [[New York, ~~New York~~City]], U.S. \| hometown = \| residence = [[Bradenton, Florida]], U.S. \| height = 5 ft 0 in \| formerpartner = [[Mark Ladwig]] <br /> Michael Adler \| formercoach = [[Jim Peterson (figure skater)\|Jim Peterson]] <br /> [[Lyndon Johnston]] <br /> Allison Smith <br /> Kerry Leitch <br /> [[Ron Ludington]] <br /> Dawn Franklin \| formerchoreographer = [[Jim Peterson (figure skater)\|Jim Peterson]] \| skating club = Southwest Florida FSC Line 18 ⟶ 19: \| retired = April 10, 2012 \| worldranking = \| pbrankings = '''14''' (''[[2011–2012 figure skating season\|2011–2012]]'')<ref name=1112ts/> <br /> '''16''' (''[[2010–2011 figure skating season\|2010–2011]]'')<ref name=1011ts/> <br /> '''12''' (''[[2009–2010 figure skating season\|2009–2010]]'')<ref name=0910ts/> <br /> '''18''' (''[[2008–2009 figure skating season\|2008–2009]]'')<ref name=0809ts/> \| combined total = 171.92 \| combined date = [[2010 Winter Olympics]] Line 27 ⟶ 28: }} '''Amanda Evora''' (born November 17, 1984) is an ~~[[United States\|~~American]] former competitive [[pair skater]]. She competed with [[Mark Ladwig]]. They are two-time (2010, 2011) [[United States Figure Skating Championships\|U.S. silver medalists]], 2012 [[United States Figure Skating Championships\|U.S. bronze medalists]] and two-time (2007, 2009) U.S. pewter medalists. ==Personal life== Evora was born in [[New York City]]. Her family moved to [[Houston]] in 1995. Before that, they had lived in [[Bahrain]], [[Dallas, Texas]], and [[Virginia]].<ref name=houstonchron/> She is [[Filipino American]].<ref name=houstonchron/><ref name=inside/> Her father is a [[chemical engineering\|chemical engineer]].<ref name=houstonchron/> Evora graduated from the [[State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thebradentontimes.com/meet-us-olympic-figure-skaters-amanda-evora-and-mark-ladwig-p3780-158.htm\|title=Meet U.S. Olympic figure skaters: Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig\|website=thebradentontimes.com\|date=June 18, 2015 \|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref> and earned a degree in business administration from the [[University of South Florida]].<ref name=nbcoly/>. Amanda married Dustin Will on December 28, 2019. ==Career== Evora began skating after she discovered her sister's ice skates and, since they fit, decided to give them a try. When she was 18, she left her family's home in Texas to further her skating career. Early in her pairs career, Evora skated with Michael Adler. They won the bronze medal at the 2002 Eastern Sectional Championships on the junior level<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_related_details.asp?ri=/content/events/200102/east/jrpairs-free.htm \| title = 2002 Eastern Sectional Championships Junior Pairs Final Standings \| publisher = [[U.S. Figure Skating]] \| ~~accessdate~~access-date = November 3, 2009 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613162435/http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_related_details.asp?ri=%2Fcontent%2Fevents%2F200102%2Feast%2Fjrpairs-free.htm \| archive-date = June 13, 2011 \| url-status = dead \| df = mdy-all }}</ref> and placed 8th on the junior level at the [[2002 United States Figure Skating Championships]].<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_related_details.asp?ri=/content/events/200102/so-atl/jrpairs.htm \| title = 2002 South Atlantic Regional Championships Junior Pairs Final Standings \| publisher = [[U.S. Figure Skating]] \| ~~accessdate~~access-date = November 3, 2009 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613162440/http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_related_details.asp?ri=%2Fcontent%2Fevents%2F200102%2Fso-atl%2Fjrpairs.htm \| archive-date = June 13, 2011 \| url-status = dead \| df = mdy-all }}</ref> Evora and Ladwig teamed up in 2002. The 2005/2006 season was their first on the [[Grand Prix of Figure Skating\|Grand Prix]]. They placed 9th at the [[2005 Skate America]] and 8th at the [[2005 Skate Canada International]]. They were the bronze medalists at the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy and finished as high as fourth in GP events. Line 49 ⟶ 50: In June 2012, Evora was invited by [[United States Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]] to attend a luncheon in honor of [[Benigno S. Aquino III]], the [[President of the Philippines]].<ref name=in120612/> In January 2016, Evora returned to the U.S. Nationals as part of the coaching team for Tarah Kayne and Daniel O'Shea <ref>http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/team/kayne_oshea {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701201806/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/team/kayne_oshea \|date=July 1, 2018 }}</ref><ref>http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/01/23/162679902 {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125061048/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/01/23/162679902 \|date=January 25, 2016 }}</ref> who won the ~~Gold~~gold medal in the pairs competition.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2016/18516/results.html \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=January 23, 2016 \|archive-date=September 12, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912175203/https://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2016/18516/results.html \|url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2013, Evora teamed up with Scott Thornton in the Canadian TV show "Battle of the Blades." The duo then went on to win the competition. As of September 2019, Evora has returned to the show and partnered up with Colton Orr. Line 63 ⟶ 64: ! Exhibition \|- ! 2011–2012 <br /> <ref name=in120118/> \| * [[The Man I Love (song)\|The Man I Love]] <br /><small> by [[George Gershwin]] </small> \| * [[Daphnis et Chloé]] <br /><small> by [[Maurice Ravel]] </small> * [[List of compositions by Claude Debussy\|Reverie]] <br /><small> by [[Claude Debussy]] </small> \| \|- ! 2010–2011 \| * [[The Mask of Zorro]] <br /><small> by [[James Horner]] </small> \| * [[Nessun dorma\|Nessun Dorma]] <br /><small> by [[Giacomo Puccini]] </small> \| \|- ! 2009–2010 \| * Portuguese Love Theme <br /><small> (from [[Love Actually]]) <br /> by [[Craig Armstrong (composer)\|Craig Armstrong]] </small> \| * [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)\|Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor]] <br /><small> by [[Sergei Rachmaninov]] </small> \| \|- ! 2008–2009 \| * Santorini <br /><small> by [[Yanni]] </small> \| * Pas De Deux <br /><small> (from [[The Nutcracker]]) <br /> by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] </small> \| * [[Your Song]] <br /><small> (from [[Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film\|Moulin Rouge!]]) <br /> performed by [[Ewan McGregor]] </small> \|- ! 2007–2008 <br /> <ref name=in120118/> \| * Stray Cat Strut <br /><small> by the [[Stray Cats]] and [[Brian Setzer]] </small> \| * [[Daphnis and Chloe]] <br /><small> by [[Maurice Ravel]] </small> * Reverie <br /><small> by [[Claude Debussy]] </small> \| \|- ! 2006–2007 \| * [[Black Magic Woman]] <br /><small> by [[Carlos Santana]] </small> \| * [[West Side Story]] Line 110 ⟶ 111: ! 2005–2006 \| * [[Hotel California]] <br /><small> by [[The Eagles]] </small> \| * [[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)\|Romeo and Juliet]] <br /><small> by [[Sergei Prokofiev]] </small> \| \|- ! 2004–2005 \| * [[Fanfare for the Common Man\|Theme for the Common Man]] <br /><small> by [[Aaron Copland]] </small> \| * Butterfly Suite <br /><small> by [[Vanessa-Mae]] </small> \| \|- Line 126 ⟶ 127: * Smokie Joe's Cafe \| * Scheherazade <br /><small> by [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] </small> \| \|} Line 174 ⟶ 175: \|- \| align=left \| [[United States Figure Skating Championships\|U.S. Champ.]] \|\| 12th \|\| 10th \|\| 5th \|\| 7th \|\| bgcolor=d1c571 \| 4th \|\| 5th \|\| bgcolor=d1c571 \| 4th \|\| bgcolor=silver \| 2nd \|\| bgcolor=silver \| 2nd \|\| bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd \|- ~~\| align=left \| [[Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships\|Eastern Sect.]] \|\| bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd \|\| \|\| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \|\| \|\| bgcolor=gold \| 1st \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\| \|\|~~ \|- ~~\| colspan=11 align=center \| <small> GP = Grand Prix </small>~~ \|} Line 187 ⟶ 184: \|- \| align=left \| [[United States Figure Skating Championships\|U.S. Championships]] \|\| 8th J. \|- ~~\| align=left \| [[Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships\|Eastern Sectional Championships]] \|\| bgcolor=cc9966 \| 3rd J.~~ \|- ~~\| align=left \| South Atlantic Regionals \|\| bgcolor=gold \| 1st J.~~ \|- ~~\| colspan=2 align=center \| <small> J. = Junior level </small>~~ \|} Line 200 ⟶ 191: <ref name=isucrAEML>{{cite web \| url = http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00007159.htm \| title = Competition Results: Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG \| work = International Skating Union }}</ref> <ref name=1112ts>{{cite web \| url = http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2011-12/sbtspto.htm \| title = ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2011/2012 : Pairs \| publisher = International Skating Union \| date = March 30, 2012 \| ~~accessdate~~access-date =April 10, 2012 }}</ref> <ref name=1011ts>{{cite web \| url = http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtspto.htm \| title = ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Pairs \| publisher = International Skating Union \| date = May 6, 2011 \| ~~accessdate~~access-date =June 17, 2011\| ~~archiveurl~~archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110713064440/http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtspto.htm\| ~~archivedate~~archive-date= July 13, 2011 \| url-status= live}}</ref> <ref name=0910ts>{{cite web \| url = http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2009-10/sbtspto.htm \| title = ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Pairs \| publisher = International Skating Union \| date = March 24, 2010 \| ~~accessdate~~access-date =June 17, 2011}}</ref> <ref name=0809ts>{{cite web \| url = http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2008-09/sbtspto.htm \| title = ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2008/2009 : Pairs \| publisher = International Skating Union \| date = April 18, 2009 \| ~~accessdate~~access-date =June 17, 2011}}</ref> <ref name=houstonchron>{{cite news\|first=David \|last=Barron \|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/oly/6861469.html \|title=Sugar Land skater took long journey to games \|publisher=[[Houston Chronicle]] \|date=February 11, 2010 \|~~archiveurl~~archive-url=https://~~www~~web.~~webcitation~~archive.org/~~64pB7D9X0?url=~~web/20121017212710/http://www.chron.com/sports/olympics/article/Sugar-Land-skater-took-long-journey-to-Winter-1535703.php \|~~archivedate~~archive-date=~~January~~October 2017, 2012 \|url-status=live \|df=mdy }}</ref> <ref name=inside>{{cite news \| url = http://insidesports.ph/features/filipino-american-in-2010-winter-olympics \| title = FILIPINO-AMERICAN IN 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS \| publisher = Inside Sports \| date = January 21, 2010 \| ~~accessdate~~access-date =January 28, 2010 }}</ref> <ref name=nbcoly>{{cite news\|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=11776/bio/index.html \|title=Amanda Evora \|~~archiveurl~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131233142/http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D11776/bio/index.html \|work=NBC Olympics \|~~archivedate~~archive-date=January 31, 2010 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name=ic051811>{{cite news \| url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110518&content_id=19225270&vkey=ice_news \| title = Evora, Ladwig commit to skate next season \| first = Amy \| last = Rosewater \| date = May 18, 2011 \| work = IceNetwork \| ~~accessdate~~access-date =June 18, 2011\| ~~archiveurl~~archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110519092757/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110518&content_id=19225270&vkey=ice_news\| ~~archivedate~~archive-date= May 19, 2011 \| url-status= live}}</ref> <ref name=in120118>{{cite news \| url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120109&content_id=26295476&vkey=ice_news \| title = Popular Evora and Ladwig have golden chance \| first = Lynn \| last = Rutherford \| date = January 18, 2012 \| work = IceNetwork \| ~~accessdate~~access-date =January 19, 2012 }}</ref> <ref name=usfs120410>{{cite news \| url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120410&content_id=28327696&vkey=ice_pressrelease \| title = 2010 Olympians Evora, Ladwig end partnership \| work = [[U.S. Figure Skating]] \| publisher = Ice Network \| date = April 10, 2012 \| access-date = April 10, 2012 \| archive-date = January 14, 2014 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140114224101/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120410&content_id=28327696&vkey=ice_pressrelease \| url-status = dead }}</ref> <ref name=mh100216>{{cite news \| url = http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/16/1482034/chinese-pair-in-front.html \| title = Figure skating gold goes to Chinese pair \| ~~accessdate~~access-date =April 30, 2010 }}</ref> <ref name=0809aac>{{cite web \| url = http://www.usfigureskating.org/content/AthletesAdvisoryTree.pdf \| title = U.S. Figure Skating Athletes Advisory Committee 2008–09 Permanent Committee ~~\| format= PDF~~ \| publisher = [[U.S. Figure Skating]] \| ~~accessdate~~access-date =November 3, 2009}}</ref> <ref name=in120612>{{cite news \| url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120612&content_id=33162774&vkey=ice_news \| title = The Inside Edge: Evora's extraordinary lunch \| ~~first~~first1 = Sarah S. \| ~~last~~last1 = Brannen \| first2 = Drew \| last2 = Meekins \| work = Icenetwork \| date = June 12, 2012 \| access-date = June 12, 2012 \| archive-date = June 20, 2012 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120620100840/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120612&content_id=33162774&vkey=ice_news \| url-status = dead }}</ref> }} Line 230 ⟶ 221: ==External links== {{Commons category\|Amanda Evora}} * {{~~Official~~webarchive ~~website~~\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208234238/http://www.evora-ladwig.com/ \|date=mdy \|title=Amanda Evora & Mark Ladwig official website}} * {{ISU figure skater \| id=00007159 \| name=Amanda Evora /& Mark Ladwig}} * {{USFSA name \| category=AthletePairBio \| id=19383 \| name=Amanda Evora /& Mark Ladwig}} * {{~~USOC~~Team ~~profile~~USA\|new_id=amanda-evora\|old_id=EV/Amanda-Evora\|archive=20211226161358}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{IOC profile\|amanda-evora}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{SR/Olympics profile\|ev/amanda-evora-1}} {{NavigationGoldenSpinChampionsFigureSkatingPairs}} Line 245 ⟶ 236: [[Category:American female pair skaters]] [[Category:American sportspeople of Filipino descent]] [[Category:Olympic figure skaters offor the United States]] [[Category:Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Battle of the Blades participants]] [[Category:~~Sportspeople~~Figure skaters from New York City]] [[Category:State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota alumni]] [[Category:University of South Florida alumni]] [[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]