Anastasia Cannuscio(born July 1, 1992) is an American former competitiveice dancer.With her skating partner,Colin McManus,she is the 2013Ice Challengechampion, a three-time bronze medalist on theISU Challenger Series,and the2016 U.S. nationalpewter medalist.
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| Born | July 1, 1992 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania |
| Hometown | Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey |
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | United States |
| Partner | Colin McManus |
| Coach | Karen Ludington, Christie Moxley |
| Skating club | UDFSC Newark |
| Began skating | 1995 |
| Retired | May 2017 |
Personal life
editAnastasia Cannuscio was born inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.She is the younger sister of American ice dancerIsabella Cannuscio.[2]
Career
editCannuscio teamed up withColin McManusin March 2008.[3]They were coached by Karen Ludington, Christie Moxley-Hutson, and Alexandr Kirsanov at theUniversity of DelawareinNewark, Delaware.[4]The two debuted on theISU Junior Grand Prixseries in autumn 2009.
Cannuscio/McManus won a silver medal at the2010 Junior Grand Prixevent in France and bronze on the junior level at the2011 U.S. Championships.[5]They were sent to the2011 World Junior Championshipsand finished 7th.
Cannuscio/McManus made their senior-level debut at the2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial.They finished seventh at their first Grand Prix event, the2012 Skate America.The following season, they won gold at the 2013Ice Challenge.
In the 2014–2015 season, Cannuscio/McManus took bronze at both of theirISU Challenger Seriesevents – theFinlandia Trophyand theU.S. International Classic.They placed fifth at their Grand Prix assignment, the2014 Skate America,as well as the2015 U.S. Championships.
Cannuscio/McManus received the pewter medal for fourth place at the2016 U.S. Championships.They announced their retirement from competition in May 2017.[6]
Programs
edit(with McManus)
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| 2016–2017 [2] |
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| 2015–2016 [7][8] |
Cinderella bySergei Prokofiev
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| 2012–2013 [10][3] |
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| 2011–2012 [11] |
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| 2009–2010 [3][13] |
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Competitive highlights
editGP:Grand Prix;CS:Challenger Series;JGP:Junior Grand Prix
With McManus
edit| International[14] | |||||||||
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| Event | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
| GPCup of China | 7th | ||||||||
| GPNHK Trophy | 6th | 8th | |||||||
| GPSkate America | 7th | 5th | 5th | ||||||
| CSFinlandia | 3rd | ||||||||
| CSNebelhorn | 3rd | ||||||||
| CSOndrej Nepela | 7th | ||||||||
| CSTallinn Trophy | 4th | ||||||||
| CSU.S. Classic | 6th | 8th | 3rd | ||||||
| Ice Challenge | 1st | ||||||||
| Ondrej Nepela | 5th | ||||||||
| International: Junior[14] | |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 7th | ||||||||
| JGPBelarus | 7th | ||||||||
| JGPFrance | 2nd | ||||||||
| JGPJapan | 4th | ||||||||
| JGPTurkey | 7th | ||||||||
| National[3] | |||||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 10th J | 7th J | 3rd J | 6th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 6th |
| Eastern Sect. | 2nd J | 2nd | 2nd | ||||||
| J = Junior level | |||||||||
With Copely
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| Event | 06–07 | 07–08 | |||||||
| JGPCroatia | 7th | ||||||||
| JGPU.K. | 8th | ||||||||
| National | |||||||||
| U.S. Championships | 3rd N | 8th J | |||||||
| Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | |||||||||
References
edit- ^Ashe, Kelly (February 1, 2011)."Egg Harbor Township's Anastasia Cannuscio earns a berth in a world championship ice dancing event".The Press of Atlantic City.RetrievedSeptember 21,2013.
But Egg Harbor Township's Anastasia Cannuscio and her partner, Colin McManus, will get one more opportunity to perform at the 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, Feb. 28-March 6.
- ^ab"Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2016/2017".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^abcdefg"Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus".IceNetwork.com.Archivedfrom the original on May 20, 2017.
- "Earlier versions: 2012 to 2013".Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
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- "Earlier versions: 2012 to 2013".Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
- ^abSlater, Paula (October 4, 2014)."Rejuvenated, Cannuscio and McManus push ahead".Golden Skate.
- ^Walker, Elvin (January 26, 2011)."Copely takes Lichtman to the dark side and to a gold medal".GoldenSkate.com.RetrievedApril 9,2011.
- ^Brannen, Sarah S. (May 11, 2017)."The Inside Edge: Edmunds returns following layoff".IceNetwork.com.Archived fromthe originalon May 20, 2017.RetrievedMay 20,2017.
- ^Backman, Daphne (April 8, 2015)."Ludington & Moxley rebuilding UD ice dance program".ice-dance.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2015-05-12.Retrieved2015-05-09.
- ^"Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2015/2016".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2014/2015".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon May 13, 2015.
- ^"Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2012/2013".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2011/2012".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2010/2011".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2009/2010".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ab"Competition Results: Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS".International Skating Union.Archivedfrom the original on May 20, 2017.