Parker Pennington

Parker Blair Pennington (born September 13, 1984) is an American figure skater.

Since the 1999 World Junior Championships were scheduled to be held before U.S. Nationals, he competed at a since-discontinued competition to determine the US team.

Pennington was originally scheduled to compete internationally on the Junior Grand Prix in the 2001–02 season.

After placing 13th in his senior-level national debut, he won the junior gold medal at the Gardena Spring Trophy.

[4] He competed out of the Eastern Section in 2003, the only season he represented the Skating Club of New York in national competition.

In 2003, Pennington won one Junior Grand Prix event and placed 6th at the other, missing qualification to the JGP Final.

[6] For the 2004–05 season, Pennington was given his first senior international event, the Finlandia Trophy, where he placed 8th.

[4] His placement of 9th at the 2006 Nationals earned him a trip to the 2006 Nebelhorn Trophy, where he won the silver medal behind Tomáš Verner.

[5] In the summer of 2007, Pennington moved to Fairfax, Virginia, to train under Audrey Weisiger.

He soon resigned from competing nationally, and instead, organized a series of shows called Skate Dance Dream.