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Australian Figure Skaters
Miriam Manzano Miriam Manzano was born on Valentine’s Day in 1975 in Sydney. She now lives in Canberra, Australia. She is 155cm tall. She has won the Australian Championship title three times, but has never been to the Olympics. She hoped to go to Turino in 2006, but came in second. Australia only sent one figure skater to the games. Manzano became interested in skating when she was four after she saw an ice show on television. She started on roller skates pretending that she was on the ice. Crowds would gather around her because she was so good. She didn’t take lessons on the ice until she was 12 years old. She landed her first triple when she was 18. The lutz is her favorite jump and the salchow is her hardest. She trains 2-3 hours per day. She also works as a personal assistant in the Attorney General’s office.
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