Background
Quinn Carpenter was born February 24, 1996 in Bethesda, Maryland.
Quinn Carpenter was born February 24, 1996 in Bethesda, Maryland.
In August 2012, they finished sixth in their Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, in Courchevel, France.
He was homeschooled before enrolling at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland, where he is studying mechanical engineering. Carpenter"s parents introduced him to ice skating when he was two or three years old. He skated one season with his first partner.
Carpenter began competing with Lorraine McNamara in October 2006.
2012-2013 season
In 2012-2013, McNamara/Carpenter became age-eligible for junior internationals. They placed fourth the following month at their second JGP assignment, in Istanbul, Turkey.
After winning the junior bronze medal at the United States. Championships, McNamara/Carpenter were assigned to the World Junior Championships in Milan. They placed 8th in the short dance, 11th in the free dance, and 9th overall in Italy.
2013-2014 season
2014-2015 season
In March, they were awarded the silver medal at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
Third in both segments, they finished second overall to Russia"s Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov by a margin of 9.09 points and ahead of Ukraine"s Oleksandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin by 0.82. 2015-2016 season
In December 2015, they were awarded gold at the 2015-2016 JGP Final, outscoring silver medalists Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd by over eight points. In March, they competed at the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
(with McNamara).
With partner Lorraine McNamara, he is the 2016 World Junior champion, 2015 JGP Final Champion, and a two-time United States. national junior champion. They won the junior bronze medal at the 2012 United States. Championships but McNamara was too young to be sent to the 2012 World Junior Championships. McNamara/Carpenter won their first international medals during the 2013-2014 JGP series, taking silver in Riga, Latvia and then gold in Minsk, Belarus. Their results qualified them to the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they won the bronze medal. The duo won the junior silver medal at the 2014 United States. Championships and finished fourth at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, after placing third in the short and fifth in the free. In the 2014-2015 JGP series, McNamara/Carpenter won bronze in Ostrava, Czechoslovakian Republic and silver in Dresden, Germany, finishing as second alternates for the JGP Final. In January 2015, they won the junior titles at the Mentor Nestle Nesquik Torun Cup and then at the United States. Championships. McNamara/Carpenter won gold at both of their 2015-2016 JGP assignments, in Colorado Springs, Colorado and ToruĊ, Poland. In January 2016, they won their second national junior title, finishing ahead of Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons by 4.58 points. Ranked second in the short dance and first in the free dance, McNamara/Carpenter won the gold medal by a margin of 0.91 over the Parsons.
