Lydia Manon

Lydia Manon
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	September 16, 1982
Former partner	Brandon Forsyth Ryan O'Meara, Vitali Shalin, Michel Klus, Chris Obzansky
Former coach	Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, J. Santoferrara, Elizabeth Coates, Genrikh Sretenski
Skating club	Arctic Edge FSC
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	173.56 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy
Comp. dance	32.50 2005 Four Continents
Original dance	53.75 2005 Four Continents
Free dance	90.91 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy
Medal record Figure skating Ice dancing Competitor for the  United States Four Continents Championships 2005 Hamilton Ice dancing

Lydia Manon (born September 16, 1982 in Reading, PA) is an American ice dancer. With Ryan O'Meara, she is the 2005 U.S. bronze medalist and Four Continents bronze medalist. They announced the end of their partnership in March 2005.^[1]

Manon began skating with Brandon Forsyth in March 2005.^[2] They skated together until mid-2006 when she retired to pursue academic studies at the George Washington University. Prior to joining forces with O'Meara in 2003, she competed with Michel Klus.

Currently, Manon is a graduate student in the Slavic Department at the University of Virginia.

Competitive highlights

(with O'Meara)

Event	2003–04	2004–05
Four Continents Championships		3rd
U.S. Championships	6th	3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy	6th	1st
Pacific Coast Sectionals		1st
Midwestern Sectionals	1st

(with Shalin)

Event	2002–03
U.S. Championships	10th
Eastern Sectionals	4th

(with Klus)

Event	2000–01
World Junior Championships	14th
U.S. Championships	1st J.
Junior Grand Prix, Poland	5th
Junior Grand Prix, Ukraine	4th
J. = Junior level

(with Obzansky)

Event	1997–1998	1998–1999	1999–2000
U.S. Championships	6th N.	2nd N.	6th J.
N. = Novice level; J. = Junior level

Programs

(with O'Meara)

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2004–2005[3]	You Can't Take that Away From Me 42nd Street musical	Black Cat, White Cat (soundtrack) by Goran Bregovic

References

1. "Two U.S. ice dancing teams announce end of partnerships". U.S. Figure Skating. March 1, 2005.
2. Mittan, Barry (September 13, 2005). "Another Chance for Manon and Forsyth". Skate Today.
3. "Lydia MANON / Ryan O'MEARA: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 1, 2009.

External links

• Manon / O'Meara at the International Skating Union
• Manon / Klus at the International Skating Union