Alexander Gamelin

Alexander Gamelin (born February 22, 1993) is an American-born South Korean–representing ice dancer. and finished 9th at the 2007 U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships. While Esman remained the principle coach throughout the duo's juvenile, intermediate and novice dance career, Evgeny Platov choreographed their programs and provided additional coaching. The Gamelins won the gold medal in juvenile dance at both the 2008 North Atlantic Regionals and the 2008 U.S. Eastern Sectionals and the bronze medal at the 2008 U.S. Junior Championships.

The following season, skating on the intermediate level, the Gamelins won the silver medal at the 2009 Eastern Sectionals and gold at the 2009 U.S. Junior Championships. Shortly after that, the New York State Senate together with the New York State Assembly passed a resolution honoring both for inspiring young people in the State of New York through their work ethic and commitment to excellence. During this and the previous season, the Gamelin twins incorporated a unique choreographic feature into their programs, an inverted eagle, which became known as the "Gamelin Eagle" and the team's signature move.

The Gamelin twins advanced to the novice level the following season. They won the silver medal in novice dance at the 2010 U.S. Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships and finished 5th at the 2010 U.S. Championships. They were recognized by U.S. Figure Skating as 2010 Athlete Ambassadors.

At the start of the 2010–11 season, the Gamelins relocated to Newark, Delaware to train at the University of Delaware's High-Performance Figure Skating Center under Christie Moxley-Hutson, Karen Ludington, and Alexandr Kirsanov. At home, they won the bronze medal in junior dance the 2011 U.S.Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships and finished 7th at the 2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Early in the 2011–12 season, the Gamelins finished 9th at the 2012 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Latvia, 4th at the 2012 Eastern Sectionals and in 12th at the 2012 U.S. Championships. Ahead of their first senior season, 2012–13, the Gamelins relocated to Silver Spring, Maryland to train at the Wheaton Skating Academy with Alexei Kiliakov and Elena Novak. They finished 4th at Eastern Sectionals and 11th at the U.S. Championships. Remaining with Kiliakov for their second season as seniors, the Gamelins won the bronze medal at the 2014 Eastern Sectionals and finished 12th at the 2014 U.S. Championships.

In May 2014, the Gamelins relocated to Novi, Michigan to train with a coaching team led by Igor Shpilband. Under the coaching team of Shpilband, Fabian Bourzat, Greg Zuerlein, and Adrienne Lenda, and moved up five places from the previous season to finish in 7th place in Championship Dance at the 2015 U.S. Championships.

Partnership with Yura Min for South Korea

2015–2016 season In June 2015, Gamelin partnered with Yura Min to represent her home country, South Korea.

Min and Gamelin made their international debut in the fall of 2015 at four international events – the 2015 CS Ice Challenge (5th place), 2015 NRW Trophy (4th place), and 2015 CS Warsaw Cup (7th place) – before winning the silver medal behind Rebeka Kim and Kirill Minov at the 2016 South Korean Championships.

2016–2017 season Starting their second competitive season together with an early event, the 2016 Lake Placid Ice Dance International, Min and Gamelin placed third in the short dance and second in the free dance, winning the bronze medal overall. and made their ISU Grand Prix debut at Skate America finishing in 10th place.

Programs

With Yura Min Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition 2017–18