Mervin Tran
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Tran at the 2012 World Championships
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Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former country(ies) represented | Canada Japan |
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Born | Regina, Saskatchewan |
September 22, 1990 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Montreal, Quebec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Marissa Castelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former partner | Natasha Purich, Narumi Takahashi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum, Bobby Martin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Julie Marcotte | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | CAP St. Leonard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former skating club | St-Leonard FSC, Montreal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Training locations | St. Leonard, Quebec Boston |
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Began skating | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season's bests | 6 (2011–2012)[1] 14 (2010–2011)[2] 19 (2009–2010)[3] 32 (2008–2009)[4] |
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Combined total | 173.40 2015 Skate Canada International |
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Short program | 61.85 2015 Skate Canada International |
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Free skate | 111.55 2015 Skate Canada International |
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Mervin Tran (born September 22, 1990) is a Canadian pair skater. Competing for Japan with former partner Narumi Takahashi, he is the 2012 World bronze medalist, the 2010 Junior World silver medalist, the 2010 JGP Final champion, and 2008–2010 Japanese national champion. They were the first pair to win a World medal for Japan. After their partnership ended, Tran competed one season with Natasha Purich for Canada. In June 2014, he began a partnership with U.S. skater Marissa Castelli competing for the United States.
Personal life
Tran was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. He moved to Montreal, Quebec in 2007 to train with Richard Gauthier. His parents were refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia.[5] He competed at the provincial track and field championships in the high jump and the 100-meter hurdles, finishing fifth in the hurdles.[5]
Career
Early career
Mervin Tran began skating at age four after his parents enrolled him in a hockey camp but then moved into figure skating after he took CanSkate.[5] He was originally a single skater and placed 9th on the novice level at the 2007 Canadian Championships.[5]
Partnership with Takahashi
In 2007, Richard Gauthier was searching for a pair skating partner for Japanese skater Narumi Takahashi. Bruno Marcotte recommended Mervin Tran, who agreed to come to Montreal, Quebec for a tryout.[6] Takahashi/Tran began training together in July 2007.[5][7] During their career together, they trained in St. Leonard[8] and received funding from the Japanese skating association.[6]
Takahashi/Tran made their international debut on the 2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix, where they placed 12th and 6th at their events. They won the Japan Junior Championships and earned a trip to 2008 Junior Worlds, where they placed 15th.
In the 2008–2009 season, Takahashi/Tran placed 4th at their first Junior Grand Prix event. They won the bronze medal at their second event, qualifying them for the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed 7th. They won the senior title at the 2008–2009 Japanese Championships. At the 2009 Junior Worlds, they placed 7th.
During the 2009–10 season, Takahashi?Tran competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. They won the bronze medal at their first event and gold at their second event, which qualified them for the 2009–10 JGP Final. They also debuted on the senior Grand Prix series with an 8th-place finish at NHK Trophy. They won silver at the JGP Final and at the Junior World Championships. They became the second pair representing Japan to medal at an ISU Championships (Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Markuntsov were the first pair when they won silver in 2001).[9]
During the 2010–11 season, Takahashi/Tran won silver medals at their JGP events and qualified for the JGP Final. They won gold at the event, becoming the first pair representing Japan to win the title. They also won their first medals on the senior Grand Prix series, a bronze at 2010 NHK Trophy, and then silver at 2010 Cup of Russia. As a result, they were first alternates for the senior Grand Prix Final. They won the bronze medal at the 2011 Junior Worlds. They also made their senior World Championships debut, finishing 9th.
During the 2011–12 season, Takahashi/Tran placed fourth at their first Grand Prix assignment, the 2011 Skate Canada International, and then won the silver medal at their second event, 2011 NHK Trophy. In November 2011, Tran said he was considering pursuing Japanese citizenship in order to allow the couple to compete at the Olympics but said it was a difficult decision because it would mean giving up his Canadian citizenship.[10] They became the first Japanese pair to qualify for the senior Grand Prix Final.
At the 2012 World Championships, Takahashi / Tran placed third in both programs and won the bronze medal.[11][12] They became the first pair to medal for Japan at a senior World Championships.[12] They placed third at the 2012 World Team Trophy. In April 2012, Tran said he would continue to consider an application for Japanese citizenship and the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee said he was "willing to make a special request (on behalf of Tran) to the government if necessary."[13][14] In May 2012, a government official said it would be difficult to naturalize Tran because he had never resided in Japan.[15]
In April 2012, Takahashi dislocated her left shoulder while practicing a lift.[16] After five or six recurrences, she decided to undergo surgery on October 30.[17] As a result, the pair withdrew from their 2012–13 Grand Prix events, the 2012 Cup of China and 2012 NHK Trophy.[16] They said they would miss about four to six months.[17] On December 18, 2012, the Japanese Skating Federation announced that the pair had ended their partnership.[18][19]
Partnership with Purich
On March 12, 2013, Tran announced he had teamed up with Natasha Purich to compete for Canada.[20] They debuted at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy and placed sixth. The pair finished fourth at the 2014 Canadian Championships.
Partnership with Castelli
On June 10, 2014, it was announced that Tran and the United States' Marissa Castelli had formed a partnership which would train mainly in Montreal under Bruno Marcotte and to a lesser extent at the Skating Club of Boston under Bobby Martin.[21][22] It was also announced that he was awaiting release from Skate Canada, indicating that they might compete for the United States.[21]
Programs
With Castelli
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2015–2016 [23]:{{{3}}} |
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Journey Medley:
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2014–2015 [22] |
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With Purich
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2013–2014 [24] |
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Life Is Beautiful by Nicola Piovani
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With Takahashi
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2012–2013 [25] |
Gigi (1958 film):
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2011–2012 [26] |
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2010–2011 [27] |
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2009–2010 [28] |
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2008–2009 [29] |
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2007–2008 [30] |
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Competitive highlights
With Castelli for United States
Results[31] | ||
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International | ||
Event | 2014–15 | 2015–16 |
GP Skate Canada | 4th | |
CS U.S. Classic | 2nd | |
CS Golden Spin | 5th | |
SC Autumn Classic | 2nd | |
National | ||
US Championships | 6th | |
GP = Grand Prix |
With Purich for Canada
Results[31] | |
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International | |
Event | 2013–14 |
Four Continents Championships | 5th |
GP Trophée Eric Bompard | 6th |
Nebelhorn Trophy | 6th |
National | |
Canadian Championships | 4th |
GP = Grand Prix |
With Takahashi for Japan
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Results[32] | ||||||||||||
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International | ||||||||||||
Event | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | ||||||
Worlds | 9th | 3rd | ||||||||||
Four Continents | 5th | 7th | 5th | |||||||||
Grand Prix Final | 6th | |||||||||||
GP Cup of China | WD | |||||||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 8th | 3rd | 2nd | WD | ||||||||
GP Rostelecom | 2nd | |||||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 4th | |||||||||||
International: Junior | ||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 15th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||
JGP Final | 7th | 2nd | 1st | |||||||||
JGP Estonia | 12th | |||||||||||
JGP Germany | 6th | 2nd | ||||||||||
JGP Great Britain | 3rd | 2nd | ||||||||||
JGP Mexico | 4th | |||||||||||
JGP Poland | 1st | |||||||||||
JGP USA | 3rd | |||||||||||
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Japan Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||||||
Japan Jr. Ch. | 1st | |||||||||||
Team events | ||||||||||||
World Team | 1T / 3P | |||||||||||
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only. |
References
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External links
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- 1990 births
- Canadian people of Vietnamese descent
- Canadian people of Cambodian descent
- Canadian male pair skaters
- Japanese male pair skaters
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan
- Canadian sportspeople of Asian descent
- World Figure Skating Championships medalists
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists