Naomi Nari Nam | |
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![]() Nam and Leftheris in 2006.
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Personal information | |
Country represented | United States |
Born |
Anaheim, California |
July 6, 1985
Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) |
Former partner | |
Former coach |
Peter Oppegard Karen Kwan-Oppegard John Nicks |
Former choreographer | Peter Oppegard |
Skating club | All Year FSC |
Retired | October 10, 2008 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 161.32 2006 Skate America |
Short program | 57.32 2006 Skate America |
Free skate | 104.00 2006 Skate America |
Naomi Nari Nam (born July 6, 1985) is an American figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, she is the 1999 U.S. national silver medalist. As a pair skater, she is the 2006 Skate America bronze medalist and 2007 U.S. national bronze medalist with .
Naomi Nari Nam was born in 1985 on July 6, 1985, in Anaheim, California. She is Korean American and fluent in Korean. She married Tyler Poor on August 2, 2010, in Orange County, California. The couple's son, Aiden Zachary Poor, was born in March 2011, and their daughter, Bella Tatum Poor, on April 16, 2013.
Nam won the novice ladies' title at the 1997 U.S. Championships. She was awarded the pewter medal on the junior level at the 1998 U.S. Championships.
Competing on the senior level, Nam won the silver medal at the 1999 U.S. Championships, behind Michelle Kwan. She subsequently received endorsements in South Korea and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. As Nam did not meet the ISU's age criteria for the 1999 World Championships, 4th-ranked U.S. lady Sarah Hughes was sent in her stead. Although Hughes was also not old enough, she had an exemption due to her medal at the 1999 World Junior Championships. Nam had not competed at Junior Worlds because that season's competition had taken place prior to the U.S. Championships.