Zack Sidhu

Zack Sidhu
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1991-10-21) October 21, 1991
San Dimas, California
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Partner Jessica Calalang
Former partner Arielle Trujillo, Tori Vollmer, Jennifer Osibov
Coach Todd Sand, Jenni Meno, Christine Binder, John Nicks
Choreographer Pasquale Camerlengo
Skating club Las Vegas FSC
Training locations Aliso Viejo, California
Began skating 1997
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 157.45
2014 Rostelecom Cup
Short program 59.02
2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
Free skate 106.58
2014 Rostelecom Cup

Zack Sidhu (born October 21, 1991) is an American pair skater. With partner Jessica Calalang, he has won two ISU Challenger Series medals.

Personal life

Zack Sidhu was born on October 21, 1991 in San Dimas, California.[1] He is interested in software engineering.[2]

Career

Sidhu skated with Arielle Trujillo from 2001 to 2003 and with Jennifer Osibov in 2005.[2] He and Tori Vollmer teamed up in 2008 and competed in one ISU Junior Grand Prix event before splitting in 2010.[3][4]

Sidhu teamed up with Jessica Calalang in August 2010.[2] They made their JGP debut in 2010 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The following season, they won a bronze medal at the 2011 JGP competition in Tallinn, Estonia. After winning the junior silver medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships, they were assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy, where they finished ninth.

Calalang/Sidhu moved up to the senior level in the 2013–14 season. They won silver at the 2013 International Cup of Nice but finished 11th at the 2014 U.S. Championships. The pair began the following season on the ISU Challenger Series, winning silver at the 2014 U.S. International Classic and bronze at the 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic, before making their Grand Prix debut at the 2014 Cup of China.

Programs

With Calalang

Season Short program Free skating
2014–2015
[1]
2013–2014
[2]
2012–2013
[5]
2011–2012
[6]
  • Elite Syncopations
    by Scott Joplin
2010–2011
[2]

With Vollmer

Season Short program Free skating
2009–2010
[3]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Calalang

International[7]
Event 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
GP Cup of China 7th
GP Rostel. Cup 5th
GP NHK Trophy 7th
CS Autumn Classic 3rd
CS U.S. Classic 2nd
CS Ice Challenge 4th
Cup of Nice 2nd
International: Junior[7]
Junior Worlds 9th
JGP Austria 6th
JGP Croatia 8th
JGP Czech Rep. 10th
JGP Estonia 3rd
JGP Poland 4th
National[2]
U.S. Champ. 8th J. 4th J. 2nd J. 11th 5th 5th
Pacific Coast 2nd J. 1st J. 1st
J. = Junior level

With Vollmer

International[8]
Event 2008–09 2009–10
JGP Poland 8th
National[4]
U.S. Championships 5th N. 2nd N.
Pacific Coast Sectionals 1st N. 1st N.
N. = Novice level

References

  1. 1 2 "Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jessica Noelle Calalang / Zack Sidhu". IceNetwork.
  3. 1 2 "Tori VOLLMER / Zack SIDHU: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Tori Vollmer & Zack Sidhu". Tracings.net. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
  7. 1 2 "Competition Results: Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU". International Skating Union.
  8. ↑ "Competition Results: Tori VOLLMER / Zack SIDHU". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014.

External links

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