Taylor Tran
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | September 15, 1992 Loma Linda, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Partner | Saulius Ambrulevičius |
| Coach | Marina Zueva |
| Skating club | Baltų Ainiai |
| Began skating | 1998 |
| Retired | April 15, 2017 |
Taylor Tran (born September 15, 1992 in Loma Linda, California) is an American-born former competitive ice dancer who competed for Lithuania with partner Saulius Ambrulevičius. Together, they are the 2015 Pavel Roman Memorial silver medalists and 2015 Lithuanian national champions. They qualified to the free dance at the 2017 European Championships.
Ice dance with Saulius Ambrulevičius (for Lithuania)
Tran began learning to skate in 1998.[1] She began a partnership with Samuel Kaplun in July 2012.[2] The two finished 13th in senior ice dancing at the 2013 U.S. Championships.
Around July 2014,[3] Tran teamed up with Lithuania's Saulius Ambrulevičius, who had decided to switch from single skating. They elected to represent Lithuania and made their international debut at the Tallinn Trophy in December 2014. At the Estonian event, they finished 5th and earned the minimum scores to appear at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm.[3][4] They missed the cut for the free dance in Sweden and at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Tran/Ambrulevičius qualified to the final segment at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic; they ranked 20th in the short dance, 17th in the free, and 18th overall. After the 2017 World Championships Ambrulevičius and T. Tran announced that they were separating and would not compete together any more.[5]
Programs
Ice dance with Saulius Ambrulevičius (for Lithuania)
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2016–17 [1] |
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| 2015–16 [6] |
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| 2014–15 [7] |
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Ice dance with Sam Kaplun (for the United States)
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2012–13 [2] |
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