Loren Galler-Rabinowitz (born January 19, 1986, in Boston, MA) is an American ice dancer

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 and pageant titleholder. She is the 2004 U.S. Ice Dancing Bronze Medalist with David Mitchell. Galler-Rabinowitz competed in the Miss America

Miss America

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

 2011 pageant.

Galler-Rabinowitz graduated from The Park School

The Park School

The Park School is an independent school in Brookline, Massachusetts, for boys and girls in pre-kindergarten through ninth grade. It was founded in 1888 as Miss Pierce’s School. Jerrold I. Katz has been the head of school since 1993.- Campus :...

 and then from Buckingham Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge in 2004 and from Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 in 2010.

Career

Galler-Rabinowitz began figure skating at the age of two and moved into ice dancing

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

 when she was nine. She also played the piano since the age of ten months and won the Massachusetts state piano competition in the junior high division.

Galler-Rabinowitz competed in ice dancing with partner David Mitchell from age 11 to 20. The dance team won the 1999 North American Novice Challenge Skate in Toronto, the 2000 United States Figure Skating Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice), the 2000 United States Championships (Novice), the 2002 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior), and the 2002 United States Championships (Junior). They placed fourth overall at the 2003 Junior World Championships, and were the Junior World Compulsory Dance winners. Galler-Rabinowitz and Mitchell won the pewter medal at the 2003 United States National Championships (senior) and a bronze medal

Bronze medal

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

 at the 2004 United States Figure Skating Championships

United States Figure Skating Championships

The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...

, a total of four national medals in four years.

They missed the following year's national championship due to Mitchell's shoulder injury. The dance team competed on the international (ISU) Junior Grand Prix and Grand Prix circuits and at the Four Continents Championships. Galler-Rabinowitz's partnership with David Mitchell ended following the 2006 Nationals.

In March 2011 the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame awarded her the Marty Glickman Award, as the female Jewish Athlete of the Year.

Competitive highlights

(with Mitchell)

Event	1998–99	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
Four Continents Championships						8th
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...				12th	4th
U.S. Championships United States Figure Skating Championships The United States Figure Skating Championships is figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".Skaters...	5th N.	1st N.	5th J.	1st J.	4th	3rd		9th
Cup of Russia Cup of Russia The Cup of Russia is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It was held as the Rostelecom Cup in 2009 after...								7th
Skate Canada Skate Canada International The Skate Canada International is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by Skate Canada. It is the second competition of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: Ladies' singles, Men's...						9th	9th
Skate America Skate America Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. The location changes yearly...							9th
Bofrost Cup Bofrost Cup on Ice The Bofrost Cup on Ice was a figure skating competition held in Germany between 1986 and 2004. It was part of the Grand Prix series until 2003, when it was replaced by Cup of China. Following being booted out of the Grand Prix series, a new form of competition was introduced to the Bofrost Cup...						6th
NHK Trophy NHK Trophy The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....						7th
Nebelhorn Trophy Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain....								4th
Junior Grand Prix, China 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...					3rd
Junior Grand Prix, USA 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...					3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria 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...				8th
Junior Grand Prix, Norway 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...			9th
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic 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...			8th

• N = Novice level; J = Junior level

Pageants

Galler-Rabinowitz competed in the Miss Massachusetts USA

Miss Massachusetts USA

The Miss Massachusetts USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss USA pageant....

 2010 pageant in 2009 and made the semi-finals. After winning the Miss Collegiate Area local pageant, Galler-Rabinowitz won the Miss Massachusetts

Miss Massachusetts

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Massachusetts USAThe Miss Massachusetts competition is a scholarship pageant put on annually by the Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Foundation, Inc...

 title on June 26, 2010. She competed in the Miss America 2011

Miss America 2011

Miss America 2011 was the 90th Miss America pageant. Since the first Miss America pageant was held 90 years ago, in 1921, the Miss America Organization is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2011. It was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas...

 pageant in January 2011, and won the Children's Miracle Network

Children's Miracle Network

The Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is an international non-profit organization that raises funds for children's hospitals, medical research and community awareness of children's health issues. The organization, founded in 1982 by the Osmond family and John Schneider, is headquartered in...

's Miss Miracle Maker award for raising the most money for charity.

External links

• "2002 US National Junior Dance Champions," 5/03
• Poetry on ice, paper: Loren Galler Rabinowitz takes the creative approach to pre-med