Matthew Blackmer

Matthew Blackmer (born December 12, 1991, in Findlay, Ohio) is a retired American pair skater turned ice dancer. With former pairs partner Britney Simpson, he is the 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2012 U.S. Junior silver medalist and the 2013 U.S. Junior Champion. He also skated with ice dancer Alexandra Aldridge.

Personal life Blackmer began skating at the age of 12, having switched over from hockey. Blackmer is a graduate of Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan.

Career Blackmer started out with Silver Blades, which is a figure skating club in Findlay, Ohio.

Partnership with Simpson Blackmer teamed up with Simpson in February 2011 after his previous partner, Kaitlin Budd, quit.

Partnership with Aldridge On July 31, 2015, IceNetwork announced that Blackmer had teamed up with ice dancer Alexandra Aldridge, though they had teamed up two months prior. They began work with coaches Anjelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, and Natalia Annenko-Deller, him moving to Detroit Skate Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from Broadmoor Skating Club in Colorado. He passed sixteen dance tests in one week in order to compete with her.

Programs With Aldridge +SeasonShort DanceFree DanceExhibition2015–2016 Masquerade Waltz Radetzky March Oblivion Tango de Amor Thinking Out Loud

With Simpson Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2013–2014