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{{short description|American pair skater}}
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{{Infobox figure skater
| name = Amanda Evora Will
| 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 YorkCity]], 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
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| 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]]
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'''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==
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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 Goldgold 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.
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! 2011–2012 <br /> <ref name=in120118/>
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* [[The Man I Love (song)|The Man I Love]] <br /><small> by [[George Gershwin]] </small>
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* [[Daphnis et Chloé]] <br /><small> by [[Maurice Ravel]] </small>
* [[List of compositions by Claude Debussy|Reverie]] <br /><small> by [[Claude Debussy]] </small>
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! 2010–2011
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* [[The Mask of Zorro]] <br /><small> by [[James Horner]] </small>
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* [[Nessun dorma|Nessun Dorma]] <br /><small> by [[Giacomo Puccini]] </small>
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! 2009–2010
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* Portuguese Love Theme <br /><small> (from [[Love Actually]]) <br /> by [[Craig Armstrong (composer)|Craig Armstrong]] </small>
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* [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor]] <br /><small> by [[Sergei Rachmaninov]] </small>
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! 2008–2009
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* Santorini <br /><small> by [[Yanni]] </small>
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* Pas De Deux <br /><small> (from [[The Nutcracker]]) <br /> by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] </small>
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* [[Your Song]] <br /><small> (from [[Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film|Moulin Rouge!]]) <br /> performed by [[Ewan McGregor]] </small>
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! 2007–2008 <br /> <ref name=in120118/>
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* Stray Cat Strut <br /><small> by the [[Stray Cats]] and [[Brian Setzer]] </small>
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* [[Daphnis and Chloe]] <br /><small> by [[Maurice Ravel]] </small>
* Reverie <br /><small> by [[Claude Debussy]] </small>
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! 2006–2007
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* [[Black Magic Woman]] <br /><small> by [[Carlos Santana]] </small>
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* [[West Side Story]]
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! 2005–2006
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* [[Hotel California]] <br /><small> by [[The Eagles]] </small>
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* [[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)|Romeo and Juliet]] <br /><small> by [[Sergei Prokofiev]] </small>
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! 2004–2005
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* [[Fanfare for the Common Man|Theme for the Common Man]] <br /><small> by [[Aaron Copland]] </small>
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* Butterfly Suite <br /><small> by [[Vanessa-Mae]] </small>
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* Smokie Joe's Cafe
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* Scheherazade <br /><small> by [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] </small>
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| 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
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| align=left | [[Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships|Eastern Sect.]] || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || ||
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| colspan=11 align=center | <small> GP = Grand Prix </small>
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| align=left | [[United States Figure Skating Championships|U.S. Championships]] || 8th J.
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| align=left | [[Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships|Eastern Sectional Championships]] || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J.
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| align=left | South Atlantic Regionals || bgcolor=gold | 1st J.
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| colspan=2 align=center | <small> J. = Junior level </small>
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<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 | 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 |archive-url=https://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/64pB7D9X0?url=web/20121017212710/http://www.chron.com/sports/olympics/article/Sugar-Land-skater-took-long-journey-to-Winter-1535703.php |archive-date=JanuaryOctober 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 | access-date =January 28, 2010 }}</ref>
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<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 | 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 | 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]] | 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 | firstfirst1 = Sarah S. | lastlast1 = 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>
 
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Amanda Evora}}
* {{Officialwebarchive 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}}
* {{USOCTeam profileUSA|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}}
 
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[[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:SportspeopleFigure skaters from New York City]]
[[Category:State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota alumni]]
[[Category:University of South Florida olympians]]
[[Category:University of South Florida alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]
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