Margaret Purdy

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Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 ⁄2 in) Former partner Michael Marinaro Retired May 2007		Began skating 2002 Country represented Canada Name Margaret Purdy

Born January 18, 1995 (age 29) ( 1995-01-18 ) London, Ontario Former coach Scott Rachuk, Alison Purkiss Former skating club Competitive Skating Centre of Strathroy Combined total 154.70 2013 Junior Worlds
Former choreographer Alison Purkiss Former training locations Strathroy-Caradoc

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Margaret Purdy (born January 18, 1995) is a Canadian pair skater. With Michael Marinaro, she is the 2013 World Junior silver medalist and 2010 Canadian national junior champion.

Margaret PURDY / Michael MARINARO - FS

Personal life

Purdy will attend the University of Western Ontario from September 2014, studying social sciences.. She dates Jeremy Foran, also of London.

Career

Purdy started skating at age four as a hockey player and switched to figure skating at age seven.

In May 2007, Purdy teamed up with Michael Marinaro to train in pairs. In the 2009–10 season, they debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and won the Canadian junior title. The pair placed eighth in The Hague at their first World Junior Championships.

In the 2011–12 season, Purdy/Marinaro won their first JGP medal — bronze in Latvia — and placed fifth at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk. The following season, they won gold at their two JGP assignments, in the United States and Croatia, and qualified for the JGP Final, where they placed fourth. The pair took silver at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, behind Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier.

In September 2013, Purdy/Marinaro and their coaches moved their training base from Strathroy to Komoka. The pair appeared at two senior Grand Prix events, the 2013 Skate America and 2013 Skate Canada International, finishing eighth at both. After placing fifth at the 2014 Canadians, they were assigned to the 2014 Four Continents and came in sixth. On May 27, 2014, they announced the end of their partnership and Purdy retired from elite competition.