Daniel O'Shea (figure skater)

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Daniel O'Shea
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Personal information
Country representedUnited States
Born (1991-02-13) February 13, 1991 (age 30)
Pontiac, Michigan
Home townGurnee, Illinois
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PartnerChelsea Liu
Former partnerTarah Kayne
Christine Mozer
Caroline Knoop
Jessica Calalang
CoachTodd Sand
Jenni Meno
Former coachJim Peterson
Amanda Evora
Dalilah Sappenfield
Natalia Mishkutionok
ChoreographerAdam Rippon
Former choreographerRandi Strong
Pasquale Camerlengo
Charlie White
Jim Peterson
Skating clubSkokie Valley SC Willmette
Training locationsIrvine, California
Former training locationsMonument, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ellenton, Florida
Began skating1995
ISU personal best scores
Combined total194.29
2019 CS Golden Spin
Short program66.34
2019 Four Continents
Free skate128.09
2019 CS Golden Spin
Medal record
Representing  United States
Figure skating: Pairs
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Taipei Pairs
Silver medal – second place 2014 Taipei Pairs

Daniel "Danny" O'Shea (born February 13, 1991) is an American pair skater. He currently competes with Chelsea Liu. With his former partner, Tarah Kayne, he is the 2018 Four Continents champion, 2014 Four Continents silver medalist, and 2016 U.S. national champion.

Skating career[]

Early career[]

O'Shea began learning to skate in 1995.[1] He competed with Christine Mozer in the 2011–2012 season, Caroline Knoop in 2010–2011, and Jessica Calalang in 2009–2010. He also competed in singles until 2011.

O'Shea teamed up with Tarah Kayne in April 2012.[2]

2012–2013 season[]

Kayne/O'Shea finished seventh in their first trip to the U.S. Championships, in January 2013. Making their international debut, they won the silver medal at the 2013 International Challenge Cup.[3]

2013–2014 season[]

Kayne/O'Shea won bronze medals at the U.S. Classic and Ice Challenge. After placing sixth at the 2014 U.S. Championships, they were assigned to the 2014 Four Continents, where they won the silver medal.

2014–2015 season[]

On July 28, 2014,[4] Kayne underwent surgery due to a labral tear in her right hip.[5] As a result, the pair withdrew from their 2014–15 Grand Prix assignments, the 2014 Cup of China and 2014 Rostelecom Cup.[6] Kayne/O'Shea returned to competition at the 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb, taking bronze at the ISU Challenger Series (CS) event. The pair stepped onto their first national podium at the 2015 U.S. Championships, where they were awarded the bronze medal.

2015–2016 season[]

Kayne/O'Shea began their season with gold at a CS event, the 2015 U.S. International Classic. Kayne injured her right knee at the event.[7]

Making their Grand Prix debut, the pair placed sixth at the 2015 Skate America and fourth at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup. Another Challenger medal followed, bronze at the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb in December.[8] In January, Kayne/O'Shea placed first[9] in both segments at the 2016 U.S. Championships and won the gold medal by a margin of 14.85 points over defending champions Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim.[10]

2016–2017 season[]

After placing fifth at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy, Kayne/O'Shea competed at two Grand Prix events, finishing sixth at the 2016 Skate America and fourth at the 2016 NHK Trophy. The pair withdrew from the 2017 U.S. Championships due to a concussion, Kayne having hit her head while attempting a throw triple flip during the short program on January 19.[11]

During the season, Kayne experienced increasing pain due to right knee tendinitis,[11] the result of her 2015 injury.[7] She received a new cadaver tendon in an operation at the Vail Valley Medical Center on February 14, 2017 and then refrained from walking for seven weeks.[7] She resumed training by July 2017.[7]

2017–2018 season[]

Kayne/O'Shea did not compete in the early part of the season, including the Grand Prix, instead beginning the season at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they won the bronze medal. They took silver at the 2018 U.S. Championships, and were named first alternates for the 2018 Winter Olympics, where the United States had only one pairs spot, as well as part of America's teams for the Four Continents and World Championships.[12]

At the 2018 Four Continents Championships, they were third after the short program and then had a personal best score in the free skate to win the gold medal, the first American team to do so in over a decade.[13] Kayne said she felt "really great about our performance," They anticipated competing at the World Championships.[12] However, following the event, Kayne was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her right knee.[14] As a result, they withdrew from the World Championships, and were replaced by bronze medalists Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay.[15]

They were coached by Jim Peterson, in Ellenton, Florida, until the end of the season.[16]

2018–2019 season[]

On September 7, 2018, Kayne/O'Shea announced a coaching change, deciding to join Dalilah Sappenfield in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[17] They began the season with the seventh-place finish at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Assigned to two Grand Prix events, they first competed at the 2018 NHK Trophy, finishing fifth. At the 2018 Internationaux de France, Kayne/O'Shea were fourth after the short program, but placed second in the free skate, finishing less than two points ahead of bronze medalists Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii. This was their first Grand Prix medal. Kayne remarked that after a "less than desirable" performance in Japan, "to have come to France and make this much improvement in just two short weeks made us both very happy."[18]

At the 2019 U.S. Championships, Kayne/O'Shea placed first in the short program, just ahead of Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc. In the free skate, they made some small opening mistakes on their twist and side-by-side jumps, but then had a major error when they failed to execute their final lift, which caused them to drop to fourth place. O'Shea commented afterward "I didn’t do what I was supposed to do." They were nevertheless named to the American team for the Four Continents Championships over bronze medalists Stellato-Dudek/Bartholomay.[19] They finished in sixth place there, with Kayne saying their performance was a personal disappointment.[20]

2019–2020 season[]

Kayne/O'Shea began with a fourth-place finish at the 2019 CS U.S. Classic. On the Grand Prix, they were sixth to begin at the 2019 Cup of China.[21] Kayne/O'Shea were sixth as well at the 2019 NHK Trophy.[22]

Competing at the 2020 U.S. Championships, Kayne/O'Shea placed second in the short program, seven points behind the leaders, Knierim/Knierim.[23] Third in the free skate, they won the bronze medal behind the Knierims and Calalang/Johnson. O'Shea called it "an improvement as the program has progressed over the first part of the season. We are taking steps in the right direction."[24] They finished the season with a fifth-place finish at the 2020 Four Continents Championships.[25]

2020–2021 season[]

In September, Kayne and O'Shea announced they were leaving coach Dalilah Sappenfield, at the time saying publicly that they were looking forward to exploring new training options and looking forward to staying strong as a team.[26]

They were fourth at the ISP Points Challenge, a virtual domestic competition. They competed at the 2020 Skate America, primarily attended by American pairs teams due to travel restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27] Their previous coaches Jim Peterson and Amanda Evora helped them to prepare for the competition. The permanent training environment of Kayne and O'Shea will be determined after the competition.[28]

On December 10, it was announced that Kayne and O'Shea had split, with Kayne subsequently retiring.[29][30]

Allegations against Dalilah Sappenfield[]

On October 8, 2021, reporter Christine Brennan of USA Today reported that Kayne and O'Shea had left Sappenfield, and that Kayne had subsequently left the sport, due to repeated harassment and abuse from Sappenfield while training. Kayne stated that Sappenfield's behaviour had resulted in her engaging in self-harm that she had been scared to seek treatment for due to the possibility of her coach learning of it. She said to Brennan that "these awful experiences forced me out of the sport I love. Dalilah said multiple times that she wanted to end my career, and she succeeded." O'Shea expressed his support for Kayne's account.[30]

2021–2022 season[]

At the end of June, USFSA added O'Shea to the International Selection Pool, which is a list of teams eligible for international competition, with new partner, Chelsea Liu.[31]

Programs[]

With Liu[]

Season Short program Free skating
2021–2022
  • Lover
    by Taylor Swift
    choreo. by Adam Rippon

with Kayne[]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
[32]
  • Clair de lune
    by Claude Debussy
  • Carmen
    by Georges Bizet
2019–2020
[33]
2018–2019
[34]
  • Swan Lake
    by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne, Shae Zukiwsky
2017–2018
[34][16]
  • All I Ask of You
    (from The Phantom of the Opera)
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    choreo. by Massimo Scali
  • Swan Lake
    by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne, Shae Zukiwsky
2016–2017
[34][1][35]
  • Take Me to Church
    by Hozier
    choreo. by Jim Peterson
  • Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
  • Back to Black
    by Amy Winehouse
    choreo. by Judy Blumberg
  • A Song of India
    by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Marche Slave
    by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    choreo. by Jim Peterson, Judy Blumberg
  • Johanna
    (from Sweeney Todd)
2015–2016
[34][36][37]
  • Take Me to Church
    by Hozier
    choreo. by Jim Peterson
  • The Music of the Night
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart
    performed by Barbra Streisand and Michael Crawford
    choreo. by Jim Peterson
  • Manhattan
    by Sara Bareilles
2014–2015
[34][2][38]
  • Your Song
    by Ewan McGregor
    choreo. by Jim Peterson
  • Spartacus
    by Aram Khachaturian
    choreo. by Jim Peterson
2013–2014
[34][2][39]
  • James Bond medley
    by John Barry
    choreo. by Jim Peterson
2012–2013
[34][2]
  • The Nutcracker
    by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    choreo. by Jim Peterson

Competitive highlights[]

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; Junior Grand Prix

With Liu[]

International
Event 2021–22
GP Skate America 7th
CS Warsaw Cup WD
Cranberry Cup 5th
National
U.S. Championships TBD
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Kayne[]

International[40]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Worlds 13th WD
Four Continents 2nd 8th 4th 1st 6th 5th
GP Cup of China WD 6th
GP France 2nd
GP NHK Trophy 4th 5th 6th
GP Rostelecom Cup WD 4th
GP Skate America 6th 6th 5th
CS Finlandia 5th 7th
CS Golden Spin 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd
CS Tallinn Trophy 2nd
CS U.S. Classic 1st 4th
Challenge Cup 2nd
Ice Challenge 3rd
U.S. Classic 3rd
National[2]
U.S. Champ. 7th 6th 3rd 1st WD 2nd 4th 3rd WD
Eastern Sectionals 1st
ISP Points Challenge 4th
WD = Withdrew

Earlier partnerships[]

National
Event 2009–10
(with Calalang)[41] 		2010–11
(with Knoop)[42] 		2011–12
(with Mozer)[43]
U.S. Championships 5th N WD
Eastern Sectionals 5th J 1st J
Midwestern Sectionals 4th N
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Single skating[]

International[44][45]
Event 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11
JGP Italy 13th
International Challenge Cup 2nd J
National
U.S. Championships 8th N 1st N 10th J
Eastern Sectionals 6th J
Midwestern Sectionals 1st N 1st N 4th J 6th J
South Atlantic Regionals 5th J
Upper Great Lakes Regionals 1st N 2nd N 2nd J 4th J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results[]

With Liu[]

2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
August 13–15, 2021 Cranberry Cup [46] 6
56.31 		5
108.89 		5
165.20

References[]

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