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O'Meara, Ryan
- 2006 U.S. National Championships bronze medalist
- Finished fifth at the 2005 Skate America
- 2005 U.S. National Championships bronze medalist with former partner
- Is first season with partner Jamie Silverstein (2005-2006) after former partner left after winning bronze at the 2005 U.S. National Championships
- “He's a really good guy and a really solid, strong skater,” Silverstein told skatetoday.com I feel honored and lucky to have him as a partner. Plus he puts up with my cheeky sense of humor."
- “It is a miracle," said O'Meara's mother, Sue, to Arizona Central about the new partnership. "It couldn't have worked out better for both of them, to have the same desire at the same time. You couldn't have planned it to happen."
- Coaches some kids at the Detroit Skating Club and the Birmingham Ice Rink
- Started playing hockey at age 7, but then switched to figure skating two years later – "I enjoyed skating but not playing hockey," he said to skatetoday.com. "There was a freestyle session after hockey so I tried it out. I started dance when I was 13.”
- Says his most prized possession is his cat, Louie
- Mantra: Live each day to the max
- Enjoys going to dinner with friends and to the movies
- Wants to open an interior design shop and describes himself as “funny, quiet and peaceful”
On his partner: "This girl is amazing in what she was able to do in a short period of time," O'Meara said to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I would never do what she did.”
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Height: 5’9”
Born: 1/5/1984
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Resides: Birmingham, Mich.
Sport: Figure Skating
Event: Ice Dancing
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