Nicholas LaRoche > Senior Men
2002 US National Junior Men's Champion
Nicholas LaRoche, born on July 29, 1983, in Gardner, MA, is the 2002 U.S. National Junior Men's Champion. In a February 2002 interview with Unseen Skaters, he said: "Winning Nationals was definitely an amazing feeling... I have had problems with the long program in the past, but with all my hard work, I proved to everybody, including myself, that I am capable of being the best!"
LaRoche began skating at the age of nine after watching Kristi Yamaguchi win the 1992 Olympic Games. His favorite jump is the triple lutz, which he describes as "a very large jump for me, and with the speed I get it's very exciting."
LaRoche trains in El Segundo, CA and represents the All Year FSC. He is coached by Nedda Soltani, and his 2002-2003 senior programs are choreographed by Grant Rorvick and Phillip Mills.
Competitive Record
- 2003 U.S. Championships - 8th
- 2002 Junior Grand Prix (Germany) - 3rd
- 2002 Junior Grand Prix (Canada) - 5th
- 2002 Junior World Championships - 10th
- 2002 U.S. Championships-Junior - 1st
- 2002 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior - 1st
- 2002 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior - 2nd
- 2001 North American Challenge Skate (Vancouver)-Junior - 2nd
- 2001 U.S. Championships-Junior - 7th
- 2001 Eastern Sectional-Junior - 4th
- 2001 New England Regional-Junior - 1st
- 2000 U.S. Championships-Junior - 7th
- 1999 Junior Grand Prix (Norway) - 5th
- 1999 Junior Grand Prix (Netherlands) - 12th
- 1999 U.S. Championships-Novice - 2nd
- 1999 New England Regional-Novice - 1st
- 1998 U.S. Championships-Novice - 4th
- 1998 Eastern Sectional-Novice - 4th
- 1998 New England Regional-Novice - 2nd
- 1997 North American Challenge Skate-Novice - 5th
- 1997 Junior Olympics-Intermediate - 2nd
- 1997 Eastern Sectional-Intermediate - 2nd
- 1997 New England Regional-Intermediate - 1st
- 1996 New England Regional-Juvenile - 4th
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Biography written by Sylvia (with additional source material from the USFSA); May 2003. Photograph courtesy Dave Amorde.
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