Laura Handy

{{short description|American pair skater}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Laura Handy |image= |caption= |fullname= Laura Lynn Handy |altname= |country= United States |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1980|7|25|mf=yes}} |birth_place = Atlantic City, New Jersey |hometown= |height= |skating club= |beganskating = |retired = }}

'''Laura Lynn Handy''' (born July 25, 1980, in Atlantic City, New Jersey) is an American pair skater. With partner Paul Binnebose, she is the 1999 U.S. senior national bronze medalist and 1999 World Junior silver medalist.<ref name=ap991130/> Later that year, Binnebose suffered a skull fracture,<ref name=usat101221/> and he never returned to competitive skating. Handy later competed with Jonathon Hunt<ref name=ap010118/> and Jeremy Allen. Handy is now a coach.<ref name=bcfsc/>

==Programs== '''With Hunt'''

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short program ! Free skating |- ! 2001–2002 | * The Battle on the Ice by Sergei Prokofiev from Alexandr Nevsky | * Symphonic Best Selection by Joe Hisaichi - New Japan Philharmonic |}

'''With Allen''' {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short program ! Free skating |- ! 2003–2004 | *Violin Concerto in E Minor Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn | * Concerto No. 2 in D Minor Op. 18 by Sergei Rachmaninoff |}

== Results == === Pairs ===

'''With Peterson''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Event ! 1996 |- | align=left | U.S. Championships || 10th J. |}

'''With Binnebose'''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | '''International''' |- ! Event ! 1997–1998 ! 1998–1999 |- | align=left | Nebelhorn Trophy || bgcolor=gold | 1st || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | '''International: Junior''' |- | align=left | World Junior Championships || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |- | align=left | JGP Final || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |- | align=left | JGP Germany || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd |- | align=left | JGP Slovakia || || bgcolor=gold | 1st |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | '''National''' |- | align=left | U.S. Championships || 6th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |}

'''With Hunt''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | '''International''' |- ! Event ! 2000–2001 ! 2001–2002 |- | align=left | Karl Schäfer Memorial || bgcolor=gold | 1st || |- | align=left | Nebelhorn Trophy || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | '''National''' |- | align=left | U.S. Championships || 6th || 6th |}

'''With Allen''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! Event ! 2003 ! 2004 |- | align=left | U.S. Championships || 7th || 5th |}

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=ap991130>{{cite news|url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/wire/stories/0,1169,1665105_15,00.html |title=Skater released from hospital after two months |agency=Associated Press |publisher=CBS Sportsline |date=November 30, 1999 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001004230121/http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/wire/stories/0%2C1169%2C1665105_15%2C00.html |archivedate=October 4, 2000 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=ap010118>{{cite news | url = https://www.espn.com/skating/s/2001/0118/1023615.html | title = Handy, Binnebose go separate ways after horrific crash | agency = Associated Press | publisher = ESPN | date = January 18, 2001 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105192420/http://espn.go.com/skating/s/2001/0118/1023615.html | archive-date = November 5, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name=usat101221>{{cite news | url = http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2010-12-21-j-paul-binnebose-skater_N.htm | title = Skater Binnebose back on the ice, teaching after brain surgery | first = H. Darr | last = Beiser | work = USA Today | date = December 21, 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103152023/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2010-12-21-j-paul-binnebose-skater_N.htm | archivedate = November 3, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name=bcfsc>{{cite web | url = http://www.baycountryfsc.org/coaches.html | title = Laura Handy | work = baycountryfsc.org | accessdate= January 18, 2011 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Handy, Laura Lynn}} Category:1980 births Category:American female pair skaters Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Atlantic City, New Jersey Category:World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists Category:21st-century American women Category:20th-century American women