Taylor Tran
# Taylor Tran

Taylor Tran (born September 15, 1992 in Loma Linda, California) is an American-born former competitive ice dancer who competed for Lithuania with partner Saulius Ambrulevičius. Together, they are the 2015 Pavel Roman Memorial silver medalists and 2015 Lithuanian national champions. They qualified to the free dance at the 2017 European Championships.

## Career

Tran began learning to skate in 1998. She began a partnership with Samuel Kaplun in July 2012. The two finished 13th in senior ice dancing at the 2013 U.S. Championships.

### Partnership with Ambrulevičius

Around July 2014, Tran teamed up with Lithuania's Saulius Ambrulevičius, who had decided to switch from single skating. They elected to represent Lithuania and made their international debut at the Tallinn Trophy in December 2014. At the Estonian event, they finished 5th and earned the minimum scores to appear at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm. They missed the cut for the free dance in Sweden and at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Tran/Ambrulevičius qualified to the final segment at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic; they ranked 20th in the short dance, 17th in the free, and 18th overall. After the 2017 World Championships Ambrulevičius and T. Tran announced that they were separating and would not compete together any more.

## Programs

### With Ambrulevičius

| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
| - | - | - |
| 2016–17 | Blues: Goodnight Moon by Shivaree Rock'n'Roll | Adagio pour piano by Saint-Preux |
| 2015–16 | Carousel The Carousel Waltz June Is Busting Out All Over | Nights of Cabiria by Nino Rota |
| 2014–15 | Paso doble: La Paloma Paso doble: El Classico Taurino | Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber Waltz for Evita Don't Cry For Me Argentina A New Argentina |

### With Kaplun

| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
| - | - | - |
| 2012–13 | Feuerfest! - Polka schnell, Op. 269 Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 | La Foule Je Ne Regrette Rien |

## Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

### With Ambrulevičius for Lithuania

International :

| Event | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
| - | - | - | - |
| World Champ. | | | 30th |
| European Champ. | 24th | 25th | 18th |
| CS Finlandia | | | 8th |
| CS Nepela Memorial | | | 9th |
| CS U.S. Classic | | 8th | |
| CS Warsaw Cup | | 6th | |
| Autumn Classic | | 7th | |
| Bavarian Open | | 11th | |
| Pavel Roman | | 2nd | |
| Tallinn Trophy | 5th | | |
| National ||||
| Lithuanian Champ. | | 1st | 1st |
| TBD = Assigned ||||

### With Kaplun

National :

| Event | 2012–13 |
| - | - |
| U.S. Championships | 13th |
