Jenni Meno Explained

Jenni Meno
Country:	United States
Birth Place:	Westlake, Ohio, U.S.
Height:	4feet
Partner:	Todd Sand
Formerpartner:	Scott Wendland
Formercoach:	John Nicks
Retired:	1998
Show-Medals:	yes

Jenni N. Meno (born November 10, 1970, in Westlake, Ohio)^[1] is an American former competitive pair skater. With her husband Todd Sand, she is the 1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1995, 1996), and a three-time U.S. national champion (1994–96).

Career

Meno first partnered with Scott Wendland and won two medals at the U.S. Championships. She began skating with her future husband Todd Sand in April 1992. They competed in two Olympics and won three national titles and three medals at the World Figure Skating Championships.^[2] ^[3]

Following their amateur career, the pair skated professionally in the Stars on Ice tour for six seasons. Meno also appeared in the 2006 FOX television program "Skating with Celebrities".

Meno and Sand were inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2010.

Meno works as a coach with her husband. They formerly coached John Baldwin / Rena Inoue,^[4] Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker, and Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu.

Personal life

Meno and Sand became engaged the day of their short program at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. They were married July 22, 1995. They have two sons, Jack, born in 2004, and Matthew Kenneth, born on August 14, 2006.

Competitive highlights

Pairs

With Todd Sand

International
Event	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98
align=left			5th				8th
align=left		5th	6th	3rd	3rd	5th	2nd
align=left					4th	WD
align=left			3rd		3rd	2nd
align=left				5th		1st	2nd
align=left					2nd
align=left	Prague Skate	1st
National
align=left		2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	WD
CS = Champions Series from 1995 to 1996 (later renamed Grand Prix) WD = Withdrew

With Scott Wendland

International
Event	1990–1991	1991–1992
align=left			11th
align=left		10th	11th
align=left			5th
National
align=left		3rd	2nd

Notes and References

Jenni Meno . April 23, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150531055932/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/jenni-meno-1.html . May 31, 2015 .
Web site: Despite Foot Injury, Meno-sand Named To Nagano Pairs Team . Articles.chicagotribune.com . 1998-01-10 . 2015-07-10.
Web site: Meno-sand Takes The Hard Road To Winter Games . Articles.chicagotribune.com . 1998-02-07 . 2015-07-10.
News: Meno, Sand to coach Inoue, Baldwin . Icenetwork.com . 2015-07-10 . 2015-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150905214622/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090515&content_id=64731&vkey=ice_pressrelease . dead .