Austin Kanallakan

Austin Kanallakan
Kanallakan (left) in 2007
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	May 23, 1991 Woodland Hills, California
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Former coach	Peter Oppegard, Karen Kwan, Nikolai Morozov, Damon Allen, Dalilah Sappenfield, Tom Zakrajsek, Tammy Gambill
Former choreographer	Peter Oppegard
Skating club	Broadmoor SC Los Angeles FSC
Former training locations	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Began skating	1998
Retired	2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	173.69 2007 JGP Croatia
Short program	66.68 2009 JGP Poland
Free skate	116.91 2007 JGP Croatia
Medal record Competitor for United States Figure skating: Men's singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2005-06 Ostrava Men's singles

Austin Kanallakan (born May 23, 1991) is an American former competitive figure skater. He won three gold medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and silver at the 2006 JGP Final.

In his first year on the JGP circuit, Kanallakan qualified for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed second.^[1] He qualified twice more for the event but did not make the podium again. At the 2007 U.S. Championships, he overcame a poor result in the short program to win the free skate and claim the bronze medal on the junior level.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2009–2010 [2][3]	Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson Leyenda by Andy Hill	Pink Panther
2008–2009 [3]	Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson	Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell
2007–2008 [3][4]	Beethoven's Last Night by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra	Tocata in Fog by Deviations Project
2006–2007 [3][5]	Leyenda by Vanessa Mae	Toccata and Fugue by J.S. Bach (modern arrangement)
2005–2006 [1][6]	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Johann Sebastian Bach

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[7]
Event	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
JGP Final		2nd	8th	6th
JGP Belarus					8th
JGP Canada		4th
JGP Croatia				1st
JGP France			1st
JGP Norway			1st
JGP Poland		2nd				2nd
JGP Turkey						4th
JGP USA				2nd
Gardena	2nd J.
National[3]
U.S. Champ.	1st N.	13th J.	3rd J.	10th J.	5th J.	6th J.
Pacific Coast	1st N.				2nd J.	1st J.
SWP Regionals	2nd N.
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

1. Mittan, Barry (December 17, 2005). "U.S. Novice Men’s Champion Makes Splash at Junior Grand Prix Final". Skate Today.
2. "Austin KANALLAKAN: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 13, 2011.
3. "Austin Kanallakan". IceNetwork. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011.
   • Earlier versions: 2005 to 2008 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Austin KANALLAKAN: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 2, 2008.
5. "Austin KANALLAKAN: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 4, 2007.
6. "Austin KANALLAKAN: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 25, 2006.
7. "Competition Results: Austin KANALLAKAN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013.

External links

• Austin Kanallakan at the International Skating Union
• Official site