Mary Orr (figure skater)

Mary Orr

Personal information
Country represented Canada
Born (1996-09-17) September 17, 1996
Burlington, Ontario
Home town Brantford, Ontario
Height 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Partner Phelan Simpson
Former partner Anthony Furiano
Coach Kristy Sargeant-Wirtz, Kris Wirtz
Choreographer Rebecca Babb
Skating club Kitchener-Waterloo FSC
Training locations Waterloo, Ontario
Began skating 2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 132.02
2014 World Junior
Short program 45.14
2014 World Junior
Free skate 86.88
2014 World Junior

Mary Orr (born September 17, 1996) is a Canadian pair skater. With partner Phelan Simpson, she placed sixth at the 2014 World Junior Championships.

Career

Orr trained as a single skater at the Brantford Skating Club before moving to the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club, where she began skating pairs.[1] In January 2013, she and Anthony Furiano became the Canadian junior bronze medalists for the second year in a row.[2]

Orr teamed up with Phelan Simpson in 2013.[1] The pair won the junior bronze medal at the 2014 Canadian Championships. They were assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where they finished sixth.

Orr/Simpson won the national junior title at the 2015 Canadian Championships and were named in Canada's team to the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

Programs

(with Simpson)

Season Short program Free skating
2014–2015
[3]
  • Illumination
    by Secret Garden
2013–2014
[4]
  • Cigarette Girl
    by Elliott Mayers and Telecast Orchestra
  • La Mer
    by Macklin Marrow
  • Cigarette Girl
    by Elliott Mayers and Telecast Orchestra
  • Dueling Banjos
  • Farewell Cheyenne
    by Ennio Morricone
  • Country
    by Didier Riey

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Simpson

International[5]
Event 2013–14 2014–15
Junior Worlds 6th 10th
JGP Croatia 7th
JGP Estonia 6th
JGP Latvia 7th
National[5]
Canadian Champ. 3rd J. 1st J.
J. = Junior level

With Furiano

National[6]
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Canadian Champ. 5th N. 2nd N. 3rd J. 3rd J.
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 Ruby, Michelle (August 20, 2013). "Brantford's Mary Orr has a new partner, new goal". Brantford Expositor.
  2. ↑ Smiley, Brian (January 30, 2013). "Pair 'excited' to make move to senior". Brantford Expositor.
  3. ↑ "Mary ORR / Phelan SIMPSON: 2014/2015". International Skating Union.
  4. ↑ "Mary ORR / Phelan SIMPSON: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Competition Results: Mary ORR / Phelan SIMPSON". International Skating Union.
  6. ↑ "Mary Orr & Anthony Furiano". Tracings.net.

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