Louann Donovan

Donovan initially played ice hockey. She began taking figure skating lessons after watching Nancy Kerrigan compete at the 1992 Olympics.^[1]

Donovan won the junior title at the 2002 U.S. Championships. She was assigned to the 2002 World Junior Championships and placed sixth. The following season, Donovan won a silver medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and then debuted on the senior level at the U.S. Championships, placing ninth. She was sent to the 2003 World Junior Championships and finished tenth.

Donovan won gold in her senior international debut at the 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy. Doing a triple flip after the event, she broke the navicular bone of her right foot in half.^[2] As doctors initially believed it was a sprain, she attempted to compete at the 2004 Finlandia Trophy and injured her foot further.^[2]

As of 2007, Donovan works as a skating director at the Icenter in Salem, New Hampshire.^[2]

• Louann Donovan at the International Skating Union
• "Louann Donovan Online". Archived from the original on November 3, 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)