Saulius Ambrulevičius

Saulius Ambrulevičus
Ambrulevičus at the 2011 European Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Lithuania
Born	June 10, 1992 Kaunas, Lithuania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Coach	Marina Zueva
Former coach	Eglė Kliučakienė
Choreographer	Marina Zueva, Oleg Epstein
Skating club	Baltų Ainiai
Training locations	Canton, Michigan
Began skating	1998
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	131.34 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
Short dance	53.18 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
Free dance	78.16 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial

Saulius Ambrulevičius (born June 10, 1992 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian figure skater. As a single skater, he is the 2007 and 2008 Lithuanian national champion. Competing in ice dancing with Taylor Tran, he is the 2015 Pavel Roman Memorial silver medalist and 2015 Lithuanian national champion.

Career

Ambrulevičius began learning to skate in 1998.^[1] He won the Lithuanian senior title for the first time in 2007. His first major international competition was the 2007 Junior Worlds; he placed 45th in the short program and did not qualify for the free skate.

In the 2007–08 season, Ambrulevičius won his second national title. He competed in the 2008 Junior Worlds and once again placed last, this time 47th. He competed at the 2008 World Championships, where he finished 45th.

In the summer of 2014, Ambrulevičius teamed up with American skater Taylor Tran to compete in ice dancing for Lithuania.^[2] They made their international debut at the Tallinn Trophy in December 2014.

Programs

With Tran

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2016–17 [1]	Blues: Goodnight Moon by Shivaree Rock'n'Roll	Adagio pour piano by Saint-Preux
2015–16 [3]	Carousel The Carousel Waltz June Is Busting Out All Over	Nights of Cabiria by Nino Rota
2014–15 [4]	Paso doble: La Paloma Paso doble: El Classico Taurino	Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber Waltz for Evita Don't Cry For Me Argentina A New Argentina

Single skating

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–14 [5]	Tears of the Sun by Hans Zimmer	Sherlock Holmes by Hans Zimmer
2012–13 [6]	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Sherlock Holmes by Hans Zimmer
2011–12 [7]	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	28 Days Later
2010–11 [8]	Quixote by Bond	28 Days Later
2009–10	Quixote by Bond	Bandits of St. Petersburg by Igor Kornelyuk
2008–09 [9]	El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez	Bandits of St. Petersburg by Igor Kornelyuk
2007–08 [10]	Nu Ar Det Vi by Tobias Kessler	Bandits of St. Petersburg by Igor Kornelyuk
2006–07 [11]	Blues	Jazz medley

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Ice dancing with Tran

International[12]
Event	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17
Europeans	24th	25th
CS Finlandia			8th
CS Nepela Memorial			9th
CS U.S. Classic		8th
CS Warsaw Cup		6th
Autumn Classic		7th
Bavarian Open		11th
Pavel Roman		2nd
Tallinn Trophy	5th
National[12]
Lithuanian Champ.	1st
TBD = Assigned

Singles career

International[13]
Event	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13
Worlds			45th	49th	38th		42nd
Europeans				37th	34th	34th		27th
Golden Spin								7th
Nebelhorn Trophy						21st		30th
Nepela Memorial							17th
NRW Trophy						23rd
Universiade						26th
Warsaw Cup								11th
International: Junior and novice[13]
Junior Worlds		45th	47th	33rd		38th
JGP France				18th
JGP Hungary					16th
JGP U.K.			26th
EYOF		17th J
Warsaw Cup	11th N
National[13]
Lithuanian		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

1. "Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
2. Daugėlaitė, Lina (17 December 2014). "S. Ambrulevičius: apie pilietybės klausimą dar negalvoju" [S. Ambrulevičius: not thinking about the issue of citizenship]. Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 30 December 2014.
3. "Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
4. "Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
5. "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014.
6. "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013.
7. "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012.
8. "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
9. "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009.
10. "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 26, 2008.
11. "Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007.
12. "Competition Results: Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS". International Skating Union.
13. "Competition Results: Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.

External links

• Taylor Tran / Saulius Ambrulevicius at the International Skating Union
• Saulius Ambrulevicius at the International Skating Union