Career
He is the 2004 World Junior bronze medalist. Brauninger began skating at age five. He played ice hockey for three years and switched to figure skating after meeting Sergei Grinkov.
He competed first as a pair skater with Samantha Skavdahl.
He landed his first triple toe loop at the age of eleven and his first triple axel when he was 16. He trained in Crescent Springs, Kentucky, coached by Stephanie Miller and Ted Masdea.
He represented Northern Kentucky South Carolina. Brauninger retired from competitive skating during the 2005-2006 season. On June 27, 2007, Disney announced that Brauninger would play the role of Troy Bolton in Disney"s High School Musical: The Ice Tour.
