DANA'S figure skating website
Amanda Evora & Mark
Ladwig
Amanda
Evora was born on November 17, 1984 in New York . She
competes with Partner Mark Ladwig. They
are the 2007 U.S. national pewter medalists. The
2005/2006 season was their first on
the Grand Prix. Evora previously skated with Mike Adler.
Her Hobbies are Going to the
beach, collecting sand dollars, shopping, watching hockey, playing
soccer, dancing, swimming, ballet, and traveling.
Fun
facts about Amanda.She began
skating at age 6 because her dad found her sister's old skates and they
fit. Her father works as a chemical engineer, she formerly skated with
Mike Adler (2000-01), was previuosly coached by Megan Faulkner
(1995-99), attends the University of South Florida, majoring in business
administration, teaches private skating lessons and Basic Skating
Skills group lessons part time. Her most prized possessions are the
pictures that remind her of some of the best times in her life. People
may not know she is a proud aunt to her niece and nephew, Ayana and
Logan. Hobbies are going to the beach, spending time with family and
friends, eating at new restaurants and relaxing at home watching
movies. Her closest friends in figure skating are Jeremy Barrett,Mark
Ladwig, Mikey Chau, Robbie Crowley, and Alex Hill, enjoyed traveling to
Korea "because it was an equal balance of great company and beautiful
sites", has a passion for the art of music, ballet, and dance, wants to
contribute back to figure skating after her career as either a coach or
a judge, wants to be a teacher, lists her biggest life-defining moment
as when she moved away from her family to pursue her skating career,
received a letter for Symphony and Orchestra, National Honor Society
member from 1998-2000, would love to meet Bono from U2 because he is
such an inspiration through his music, listens to Dave Matthews on her
iPod.
Mark Ladwig
was born on May
6, 1980
in Fargo, North
Dakota.He
competes with
Partner Amanda Evora. They are the 2007 U.S.
national pewter medalists. The 2005/2006 season was their first year on the
Grand
Prix. Ladwig previously skated with Kelsey Sollom and Keri Blakinger.
He
married Janet Marie Beverley on August
4th 2006.
His
hobbies are Collecting
new state quarters, sailing, reading, and wood working
Fun facts about Mark began skating at
age 5 in the man-made outdoor rink behind his house, participated in
the Basic Skills Program presented by Marshalls for three years,
graduated from Moorhead Senior High School in 1999, and lettered in
track, band, drama and swimming, he is a very busy man - besides training,
he is a bartender/waiter at Gio's Fabulous Martini & Pizza Bar
full time, also helps out at the club's competition every fall in a
variety of capacities, supporter of March of Dimes for Premature
Children - his wife, Janet Beverley Ladwig, was born a premature, and
without the organization's support she would not be around today, Janet graduated from North Dakota State University in May 2008 with a
degree in interior design, formerly paired with Kelsey Sollom
(1990-99), Keri Lynn Blakinger (1999-2001) and Christine Dean (2002),
has been coached by Dawn Franklin (1985-99), Ron Ludington (1999-2002)
and Traci Poletis (1999-2002), was an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scout of
America, was a pole vaulter in high school with a personal best of
11-1/2 feet, sister, Erin, attends the University of Maryland, and
brother, Todd, flies EA-6Bs as a naval flight officer, hobbies include
woodworking, running and sailing, closest friend in skating is Amanda
Evora, favorite foreign country so far is Korea because of its unique
culture and many historic sites and friendly people, has a passion for
reading, has dedication to balance making a living and training to be
on the World and Olympic stage, favorite kind of music is bluegrass,
biggest life-defining moment was marrying his best friend, Janet, says
he and his wife would win on "The Amazing Race," and after skating, he
wants to pay for college by using his winnings from the competition,
would like to meet Stephen Hawking for his personal strength and
creative imagination, listens to Rhonda Vincent, Ray LaMontagne,
Nickelback, Tenacious D, Dave Matthews, Garth Brooks, Miranda Lambert
and Travis Tritt.
Some information courtesy of Amanda and mark official website
