Joseph Jacobsen is an American

United States

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 pair skater.

Early in his career, he competed with Janey Mayne. He then teamed up with Bianca Butler

Bianca Butler

Bianca Butler is an American pair skater.For almost ten years, she competed with Joseph Jacobsen. They were the 2007 US National junior silver medalists...

, with whom he competed for ten years. Butler & Jacobsen were the 2007 US National junior silver medalists

2007 United States Figure Skating Championships

The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. In addition to determining the national champions, the event is used to determine the U.S. teams for the World Figure Skating Championships, World Junior Figure...

. They qualified for the 2005 Junior Grand Prix Final in their first year on the circuit, and placed sixth.

Although they placed seventh on the day, they were later moved up a spot to a sixth place finish at the 2007-2008 Junior Grand Prix Final following the retroactive disqualification of first-place-finishers Vera Bazarova

Vera Bazarova

Vera Yevgenyevna Bazarova is a Russian pair skater. With partner Yuri Larionov, she is the 2011 European bronze medalist, 2010 and 2011 Russian bronze medalist and 2007 World Junior silver medalist. They have won four senior Grand Prix medals.- Career :...

 & Yuri Larionov

Yuri Larionov

Yuri Yuryevich Larionov is a Russian pair skater. With partner Vera Bazarova, he is the 2011 European bronze medalist, 2010 and 2011 Russian bronze medalist and 2007 World Junior silver medalist. They have won four senior Grand Prix medals.- Career :...

 due to a positive doping sample from Larionov.

Their partnership ended following the 2008-2009 season. Jacobsen teamed up with Amanda Dobbs

Amanda Dobbs

Amanda J. Dobbs is an American figure skater who has competed as a single skater and pair skater. As a single skater, she placed 7th at the 2008-2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. She teamed up with Joseph Jacobsen in 2009 and began competing with him in pairs while also competing in singles. She...

. They won the pewter medal at the 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships to qualify for the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Joseph Jacobsen is now a principle skater with Disney On Ice portraying the role of Flynn Rider from the movie Tangled.

Competitive highlights

(with Dobbs)

Event	2009-2010
U.S. Championships	7th
Pacific Coast Sectionals	4th

(with Butler)

Event	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008	2008-2009
World Junior Championships World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...						11th
U.S. Championships	7th N.	7th N.	2nd N.	5th J.	2nd J.	9th	13th
Junior Grand Prix Final ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international invitational junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Junior figure skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...				6th		6th
Junior Grand Prix, Germany 2007-2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2007–2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 11th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2007–2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level skaters...						5th
Junior Grand Prix, USA 2007-2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2007–2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 11th season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2007–2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level skaters...						4th
Junior Grand Prix, Japan 2005-2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2005–2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the ninth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level skaters....				3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Andorra 2005-2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2005–2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the ninth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level skaters....				1st
Triglav Trophy Triglav Trophy The Triglav Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition held in the spring in Jesenice, Slovenia. The competition takes its name from the nearby mountain Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia....			2nd J.
Pacific Coast Sectionals	2nd N.	1st N.	1st N.		1st J.		3rd
Southwest Pacific Regionals	1st N.	2nd N.

• N = Novice level; J = Junior level

External links

• Official Site