Figure Skater Mirielle Chambers

Birthday:

August 1, 1990 in Wichita, Kansas

Hometown and Home Skating Club:

Mirielle's hometown is Wichita, Kansas, and she represents the Wichita Figure Skating Club.

Family:

Parents Leigh and Christie Chambers and brother Quinn

Training Town:

Mirielle now trains in Edmond, Oklahoma. She lives with a family there: Karen and David Peterson.

Favorite Famous Skaters:

Sasha Cohen, Kimmie Meissner, Katy Taylor, Evan Lysacek, Stephane Lambiel, Johnny Weir, Kurt Browning, and Matt Savoie

How Mirielle Began Skating:

Mirielle's mother, Christie, is a ballet, tap, and jazz dance instructor-choreographer and musical theater performer. At age six, her parents put Mirielle in figure skating lessons to give her opportunities in addition to dancing and performing. Mirielle loved skating.

How Mirielle Became Serious About Figure Skating:

Mirielle enjoyed the challenge of learning new things. She loves the competitive figure skating environment and also gets pleasure through performing in front of people. At age fifteen, she moved two hours from home to train full time with coach Jackie Brenner. It was very hard for her to leave her family, home, and friends, but she's dedicated to working hard at figure skating.

Test Record and Competition Experience:

Mirielle has passed her Senior Moves in the Field, Junior Freeskating Test, Juvenile Pairs, Juvenile Free Dance, and all the Silver Dances. She competed at the 2003 U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships in ice dance. She has competed in the Southwestern Regional Championships every year since 2000. At the 2006 Southwestern Regionals, she qualified for the Novice singles finals.

• Understanding Test Structure
• Understanding Competitions
• How to Qualify for Regionals

Favorite Skating Music:

Mirielle's favorite music to skate to is Piano Concerto #2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff and music from the Motion Picture Bicentennial Man. Other favorites include Pirates of the Carribean, National Treasure, and the "Lord of the Dance."

More About Mirielle:

Hobbies:

Photography, creative writing, going to movies and hanging out with friends.

Talents:

Air Hockey, flute, designing skating dresses and music editing for skaters.

Best Skating Moves:

Change of edge Bielman spiral, layback spin with variations, triple loop, double and triple lutz

Coaches:

Jackie Brenner, Scott Brown, Diane Miller, Viktoria Page, Christie Chambers

Training Schedule:

Mirielle skates five days a week for two hours a day on ice. In addition, she does daily off-ice conditioning.

Goals and Dreams:

Short term goals are to make it to United States Nationals at the Junior level in the next two years. Mirielle's long term goal is to compete in 2010 Olympics. Following a competitive career in singles, Mirielle desires to return to ice dancing to compete again at that branch of figure skating.

Financial concerns:

Figure Skating is expensive. Mirielle's parents are working hard to finance Mirielle's skating. If anyone is interested in sponsoring or sending a donation towards Mirielle Chamber's figure skating, please contact her mother, Christie Chambers.