# Alexandra Aldridge

Alexandra Aldridge (born May 7, 1994) is an American ice dancer. With former partner Daniel Eaton, she is the 2014 Four Continents bronze medalist, a two-time (2012, 2013) World Junior bronze medalist, the 2012 JGP Final bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national junior champion.

## Career
### Partnership with Eaton

Aldridge/Eaton teamed up in May 2009. In their first season together, they won the U.S. novice title. The following season, they debuted on the Junior Grand Prix series, placing 6th and 4th in France and England, respectively. They finished 5th on the junior level at the 2011 U.S. Championships.
During the 2011–12 season, Aldridge/Eaton won bronze in Latvia and silver in Austria on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. They won the junior title at the 2012 U.S. Championships. They competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal ahead of Anna Yanovskaya / Sergei Mozgov.
In 2012–13, Aldridge/Eaton won gold medals at their JGP events in Lake Placid, USA and Slovenia. Their results qualified them for the 2012–13 JGP Final in Sochi, Russia, where they won the bronze medal. They won another bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships.
Aldridge/Eaton placed sixth in their senior international debut at the 2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy and then fifth in their sole GP event, the 2013 Cup of China. They finished 5th at the 2014 U.S. Championships and were assigned to the 2014 Four Continents where they won the bronze medal. Aldridge/Eaton joined the U.S. team to the 2014 World Championships as a result of the withdrawal of Meryl Davis / Charlie White and injury to Madison Hubbell (first alternate with Zachary Donohue). They trained at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, coached by Anjelika Krylova, until the end of the season.
Aldridge/Eaton made a coaching change in July 2014, joining Marina Zueva, Massimo Scali, Johnny Johns, and Oleg Epstein at Canton, Michigan's Arctic Edge. After winning gold at the U.S. Classic, they competed at two Grand Prix events, placing sixth at the 2014 Skate Canada International and seventh at the 2014 Rostelecom Cup. They finished sixth at the 2015 U.S. Championships. They announced the end of their partnership on January 30, 2015.
In August 2017, Aldridge/Eaton resumed training together at the Detroit Skating Club, coached by Krylova and Camerlengo.

### Partnership with Blackmer

On July 31, 2015, IceNetwork.com announced that Aldridge had teamed up two months earlier with former pair skater Matthew Blackmer. Anjelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, and Natalia Annenko-Deller served as their coaches. Blackmer passed sixteen dance tests in one week in order to compete with her. Their first competition together was the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, where they placed third in the senior category, finishing fourth in the short dance and third in the free. They finished ninth at the 2016 U.S. Championships.
On September 13, 2016, Aldridge and Blackmer announced the end of their one-year partnership; she intended to continue competing with a new partner while he decided to retire from competition.

## Programs
### With Blackmer

| Season | Short Dance | Free Dance | Exhibition |
| 2015–2016 | Waltz: Masquerade Waltz by Aram Khachaturian March: Radetzky March by Johann Strauss I choreo. by Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo | Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla Tango de Amor (from The Addams Family) by Andrew Lippa choreo. by Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo | Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran |

### With Eaton

| Season | Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
| 2017–2018 | Volverás by Gloria Estefan Let's Get Loud by Gloria Estefan, Kike Santander performed by Jennifer Lopez | Ain't That a Kick in the Head? by Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn performed by Robbie Williams Mack the Knife by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht performed by Robbie Williams | |
| 2014–2015 | Carmen: by Georges Bizet Paso doble: Carmen Ouverture Paso doble: Torreador March choreo. by Marina Zueva, Massimo Scali | Gone with the Wind: by Max Steiner Tara's Theme performed by André Rieu Atlanta Bazaar Fleeing of Atlanta Tara's Theme choreo. by Marina Zueva, Massimo Scali | |
| 2013–2014 | Quickstep: Man with the Hex Foxtrot: The Business of Love (from The Mask) Swing: Hey Pachuco (from The Mask) | Secret Love by Nicos Dhoom Taana (Om Shanti Om) Anarkli Disco (Houseful 2) Songs of 2012 Bollywood | |
| 2012–2013 | Pennsylvania 6-5000 by Brian Setzer Down Home Blues by Gene Harris | Fiddler on the Roof by Isaac Stern | |
| 2011–2012 | I Need to Know by Marc Anthony Mambo No. 8 performed by The Mambo Kings Orchestra | Lord of the Dance by Ronan Hardiman | Proud Mary performed by Ike & Tina Turner |
| 2010–2011 | Falling in Love with Love (from The Boys from Syracuse) by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart Let's Face the Music and Dance by Irving Berlin | Dramatico by Edvin Marton | |
| | Original dance | | |
| 2009–2010 | | The Man in the Iron Mask performed by Bruce Fowler, Suzette Moriarty, Ladd McIntosh and Walt Fowler | |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

### With Eaton

International :
| Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 17–18 |
| Worlds | | | | 17th | | |
| Four Continents | | | | 3rd | | |
| GP Cup of China | | | | 5th | | |
| GP Rostel. Cup | | | | | 7th | |
| GP Skate Canada | | | | | 6th | |
| CS U.S. Classic | | | | | 1st | |
| Nepela Trophy | | | | 6th | | |
| International: Junior |||||||
| Junior Worlds | | 3rd | 3rd | | | |
| JGP Final | | 4th | 3rd | | | |
| JGP Austria | | 2nd | | | | |
| JGP France | 6th | | | | | |
| JGP Latvia | | 3rd | | | | |
| JGP Slovenia | | | 1st | | | |
| JGP U.K. | 4th | | | | | |
| JGP U.S. | | | 1st | | | |
| National |||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 5th J | 1st J | 1st J | 5th | 6th | 8th |
| Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior |||||||

### With Blackmer

National :
| Event | 2015–2016 |
| U.S. Championships | 9th |