Brandon Frazier

Brandon Frazier
Brandon Frazier
Full name	Brandon Frazier
Born	November 19, 1992 (age 31); Phoenix, Arizona
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Partner	Haven Denney
Coach	John Zimmerman ; Silvia Fontana
Skating club	All Year FSC Culver City
Began skating	2004
Medal record
Representing United States
Pairs' Figure skating
World Junior Championships

Brandon Frazier (born November 19, 1992 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American pair skater. With partner Haven Denney, he is the 2013 World Junior champion and 2012 U.S. national junior champion.

Career

Brandon Frazier and Haven Denney first teamed up in 2002 as roller skaters before switching to the ice.^[1]^[2] As figure skaters, they competed together from 2005–2008, coached by Jim Peterson and Lyndon Johnston.^[3] They won the 2008 U.S. intermediate bronze medal but then split.^[2]

Skating with Mandy Garza, he was 8th at a 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Austria and 5th on the junior level at the 2011 U.S. Championships.^[4] Garza and Frazier announced the end of their partnership in February 2011.^[5]

Denney / Frazier teamed up again in spring 2011.^[1]^[2] They competed on the 2011–2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 8th and 7th in Latvia and Austria. They won the junior title at the 2012 U.S. Championships and were assigned to the 2012 World Junior Championships where they placed 4th. The pair was coached by Dalilah Sappenfield in Colorado Springs, Colorado until the fall of 2012 when they moved to Coral Springs, Florida to train with John Zimmerman and Silvia Fontana at Coral Gables.^[6]

In the 2012–13 season, Denney / Frazier finished 4th at the 2012 JGP USA held in Lake Placid, New York. They won gold at the 2013 World Junior Championships, the first American pair to win the title since 2007.

Personal life

Brandon Frazier was a roller skater from 1998 until 2004.^[7]

Programs

With Denney

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2013–2014 ^[6]		Notre-Dame de Paris choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2012–2013 ^[8]	Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona	La Strada by Nino Rota choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2011–2012 ^[7]	Chicago	Pearl Harbor by Hans Zimmer	All That Jazz (from Chicago) by John Kander, Fred Ebb

With Garza

Season	Short program	Free skating
2010–2011 ^[5]	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Santa Esmeralda	James Bond medley
2009–2010 ^[5]	The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino	Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima

Competitive highlights

With Denney

Results^[9]
International
Event	2007–08	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14
Four Continents				4th
Junior Worlds		4th	1st
JGP Austria		7th
JGP Latvia		8th
JGP USA			4th
National
U.S. Championships	3rd I.	1st J.	5th
JGP = Junior Grand Prix Levels: I. = Intermediate; J. = Junior

With Garza

Results^[10]
International
Event	2009–10	2010–11
JGP Austria		8th
National
U.S. Championships	3rd N.	5th J.
JGP = Junior Grand Prix Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

^ ^a ^b Walker, Elvin (May 27, 2012). "Second time a charm for Denney and Frazier". Golden Skate.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rutherford, Lynn (January 24, 2012). "Colorado junior pairs face California challenge". Ice Network. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
^ "Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier". Ice Network.
^ "Mandy GARZA / Brandon FRAZIER: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mandy Garza / Brandon Frazier". Ice Network. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b Rutherford, Lynn (May 17, 2013). "Change of scenery serves Denney, Frazier well". IceNetwork.
^ ^a ^b "Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Competition Results: Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER". International Skating Union. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Competition Results: Mandy GARZA / Brandon FRAZIER". International Skating Union. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)