Jessica Rose Paetsch

Jessica Rose Paetsch (born January 31, 1993 in Denver, Colorado) is an American pair skater. With former partner Jon Nuss, she is the 2008 U.S. Junior Champion and a two-time bronze medalist at the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Jessica Rose Paetsch
Paetsch performs a spiral with Drew Meekins in 2008.
Personal information
Full nameJessica Rose Paetsch
Country represented United States
Born (1993-01-31) January 31, 1993
Denver
Home townCentennial, Colorado
Height4 ft 11 in (1.50 m)
Former partnerDrew Meekins
Jon Nuss
CoachDalilah Sappenfield
Laureano Ibarra
ChoreographerZuzanna Szwed
Tom Dickson
Skating clubBroadmoor SC

Career

Paetsch first tried to compete with Brady Miller. She teamed up with Jon Nuss in May 2005.[1] Paetsch & Nuss are the 2006 US National novice champions and 2007 national junior bronze medalists. They won the bronze medal at the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Although they placed fourth on the day, they were later awarded the bronze medal from the 2007–2008 Junior Grand Prix Final following the retroactive disqualification of first-place-finishers Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov due to a positive doping sample from Larionov. This bronze medal guaranteed Paetsch & Nuss a spot on the 2008–2009 Grand Prix of Figure Skating. They were assigned to the 2008 Skate Canada International Grand Prix competition.

Paetsch and Nuss announced the end of their partnership on July 14, 2008.[2] Paetsch teamed up to compete with Drew Meekins. They placed 10th at the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

After qualifying for the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Paetsch and Meekins announced the end of their partnership in December 2009.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2007–2008

Competitive highlights

(with Meekins)

Event 2008–2009 2009–2010
U.S. Championships10th
Midwestern Sectionals3rd
Eastern Sectionals3rd

(with Nuss)

Event 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008
World Junior Championships5th
U.S. Championships1st N.3rd J.1st J.
Junior Grand Prix Final3rd3rd[3]
Junior Grand Prix, Germany1st
Junior Grand Prix, USA5th
Junior Grand Prix, Taipei3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Hungary4th
N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level

References
  1. Mittan, Barry (February 19, 2006). "Paetsch and Nuss Win U.S. Novice Gold". SkateToday.
  2. "Pairs Team Jessica Rose Paetsch and Jon Nuss End Partnership". U.S. Figure Skating. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  3. Entry/Resultlist Archived 2008-06-08 at the Wayback Machine


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