Michael Marinaro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Sarnia, Ontario, Canada | January 7, 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | June 7, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Marinaro (born January 7, 1992) is a Canadian retired competitive pair skater. In an eight-year partnership with Kirsten Moore-Towers from 2014 to 2022, he achieved distinction both domestically and internationally, winning three Canadian national titles (2019–20, 2022). Competing internationally, they are two-time Four Continents medallists (silver in 2019, bronze in 2020), and have won medals on both the Grand Prix and Challenger series, including gold at the 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy and the 2017 U.S. International Classic. The two represented Canada at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.
With former partner Margaret Purdy, he was the 2013 World Junior silver medallist and 2010 Canadian national junior champion.