Brandon Mroz
Brandon Mroz (born December 22, 1990) is an American figure skater. He is the 2009 U.S. silver medalist and the 2006 & 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist. He has the record of the first skater to complete a quadruple lutz jump in a sanctioned competition.
Personal life
Brandon Mroz was born in St. Louis, Missouri, one of four brothers. His mother and a brother suffered serious injuries in a car accident. Mroz's mother was at one time a synchronized skater, and his father a hockey player.
Mroz aspires to become a dentist. He lives and trains in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In addition to singles skating, he has also trained as an ice dancer and tested in that discipline up to silver level in the U.S. Figure Skating testing structure.
Career
Early career
Mroz began skating at age 3 and a half.
In the 2001–2002 season, Mroz competed on the Juvenile level, the lowest competitive level in the United States. He represented the St. Louis Skating Club in competition. He won his regional competition, the Upper Great Lakes Regional Championship, to qualify at the Juvenile level for the 2002 U.S. Junior Championships, where he placed 6th in his qualifying group and went on to place 18th overall.
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