Jon Nuss

Infobox Figure skater
title= Jon Nuss


caption=
country= USA
dateofbirth= birth date and age|1987|6|22
residence=
height= convert|173|cm|ftin|abbr=on
partner=
formerpartner= Jessica Rose Paetsch, Kristin Nuss
coach= Dalilah Sappenfield
formercoach=
choreographer=Dalilah Sappenfield
formerchoreographer=
skating club= Broadmoor SC
retired=
combined total= 139.40
combined date= 2007 JGP Germany
SP score= 50.19
SP date= 2007 JGP Germany
FS score= 89.21
FS date= 2007 JGP Germany

Jon Nuss (born June 22, 1987 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American pair skater. With former partner Jessica Rose Paetsch, he is the 2008 U.S. Junior Champion and a two-time bronze medalist at the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Biography

Jon Nuss originally competed with younger sister Kristin Nuss. He teamed up with Jessica Rose Paetsch in May, 2005. He previously competed with younger sister . Paetsch & Nuss are the 2006 US National novice champions and 2007 national junior bronze medalists. They won the bronze medal at the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Although they placed fourth on the day, they were later awarded the bronze medal from the 2007-2008 Junior Grand Prix Final following the retroactive disqualification of first-place-finishers Vera Bazarova & Yuri Larionov due to a positive doping sample from Larionov. This bronze medal guaranteed Paetsch & Nuss a spot on the 2008-2009 Grand Prix of Figure Skating. They were assigned to the 2008 Skate Canada International Grand Prix competition.

Paetsch & Nuss announced the end of their partnership on July 14, 2008. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Pairs Team Jessica Rose Paetsch and Jon Nuss End Partnership |url= http://usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=41636 |work= |publisher= U.S. Figure Skating |date= 2008-07-14 |accessdate=2008-07-14 ]

Competitive highlights

(with Paetsch)

* N = Novice level; J = Junior level

References

External links

* [http://www.figureskatersonline.com/paetsch-nuss/ Official site]
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