Megan Williams-Stewart (born June 27, 1987) is an American former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. She is the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion and 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist. She began representing

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in the 2008–09 season and became the 2009 Puerto Rican national silver medalist.

Personal life

Williams-Stewart was born on June 27, 1987, in

Takoma Park, Maryland Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C., Washington, and part of the Washington metropolitan area. Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called "Azalea ...

. She was raised in Ellicott, Maryland. Her mother, Ellen Williams, competed in

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marathon speed skat ...

, appearing five times at the U.S. Speed Skating Championships and winning a medal at the North American Speed Skating Championships.

Career

Williams-Stewart first qualified for the

U.S. Figure Skating Championships The U.S. Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organized by U.S. Figure Skating to crown the national champions of the United States. The first U.S. Championships were held in 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, a ...

in the 2002–03 season. Skating on the junior level, she finished 13th at the 2003 U.S. Championships. In the 2004–05 season, she qualified for the 2005 U.S. Championships on the senior level and placed 10th. Because of that placement, she was given a Junior Grand Prix assignment the following season. In the 2005–06 season, Williams-Stewart competed at the

2005–06 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2005–06 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the ninth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the Grand Prix of Figur ...

event in

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and finished 5th. At the 2006 U.S. Championships, she repeated her 10th-place finish from the previous year. In the 2006–07 season, having aged out of Juniors, Williams-Stewart was no longer eligible to compete on the Junior Grand Prix. She was sent to the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial, a senior international competition, and won the event ahead of former European Champion

Júlia Sebestyén Júlia Sebestyén (; born 14 May 1981) is a Hungarian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2004 European Champion and 2002–2010 Hungarian national champion. At the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, she became the first Hun ...

. At the 2007 U.S. Championships, she placed 13th. In the 2007–08 season, Williams-Stewart was assigned to another senior international competition, the

Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the German Ice Skating Union () and held in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition debuted in 1969 and is na ...

. There, she won the silver medal behind reigning European Champion

Carolina Kostner Carolina Kostner (born 8 February 1987) is an Italian figure skater. She is the Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships, 2012 World champion, a five-time European Figu ...

and ahead of Finnish skater

Laura Lepistö Laura Anneli Lepistö (born 25 April 1988) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 world bronze medalist, the 2009 European champion, and a two-time (2008 and 2010) Finnish national champion. After missing two seasons ...

, who would go on to win the bronze medal at the 2008 European Championships. At the 2008 U.S. Championships, Williams-Stewart repeated her 13th-place finish of the previous year. Following the 2007–08 season, Williams-Stewart switched to compete representing

. She was released by the U.S. Figure Skating Association in the summer of 2008 and began representing Puerto Rico in club competitions over the summer.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

References

Ondrej Nepela Memorial 2006 Ladies results

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams-Stewart, Megan American female single skaters University of Delaware people Puerto Rican figure skaters Sportspeople from Takoma Park, Maryland 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Ellicott City, Maryland