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{{short description|American figure skater|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox figure skater
| name = Ryan Dunk
| image = 
| caption = 
| fullname = 
| altname = 
| country = {{flagcountry|USA}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|10|14|}}
| birth_place = [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
| hometown = [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
| height = {{convert|1.77|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| coach = Peter Johansson<br>Mark Mitchell
| skating club = Baltimore FSC
| beganskating = 2009
| retired = April 5, 2022
}}'''Ryan Dunk''' (born October 14, 2000) is an American former competitive [[Figure skating|figure skater]]. He is the [[2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2019 U.S. Junior National]] Champion<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00102614.htm|title=Biography|website=www.isuresults.com|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref>and [[2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy|2019 CS Asian Open Trophy]] bronze medalist.

== Early life ==
Ryan Dunk was born on October 14, 2000. He began skating in 2009,<ref name=":0" /> after his mother brought him to a rink and he participated in a group lesson.<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
=== 2018–2019 season ===
Dunk started his season by competing in the [[2018–19 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2018 JGP series]]. At his first JGP event of the season he placed sixth in [[Bratislava, Slovakia]]. At his second JGP event he placed fifth in [[Yerevan, Armenia]].  

He won his first junior national title in 2019 with 68.58 in the short program, 132.85 in the free skate, and 201.43 overall, more than five points above the silver medalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2019/27958/CAT014SEG030.html|title=2019 GEICO U.S. Figure Skating Championships|website=www.usfigureskating.org|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref>
Dunk made his international senior debut at the [[International Challenge Cup|2019 Challenge Cup]], where he finished fifth.

In 2018, Dunk moved to [[Boston]] to train under coaches Peter Johansson and Mark Mitchell.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbaltv.com/article/hereford-high-senior-heads-to-netherlands-for-ice-skating-championship/26307322|title=Hereford senior heads to Netherlands for ice skating championship|last=Hayes|first=Theo|date=2019-02-12|website=WBAL|language=en|access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/olympics/bs-sp-figure-skating-white-hall-resident-hereford-high-school-senior-ryan-dunk-us-junior-national-champion-20190130-story.html|title=White Hall's Ryan Dunk a rising star as U.S. junior men's figure skating champion|last=Lee|first=Edward|website=baltimoresun.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref>

=== 2019–2020 season ===
Returning to the [[2019-20 ISU Junior Grand Prix|Junior Grand Prix]], Dunk was fifth at the [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States|2019 JGP United States]] and sixth at the [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Poland|2019 JGP Poland]]. Making his senior international debut on the [[2019-20 ISU Challenger Series|Challenger series]], he won the bronze medal at the [[2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy|2019 CS Asian Open]]. He then appeared at his first senior [[2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|U.S. national championships]], coming in eleventh.<ref name=ISU-RD/>

=== 2020–2021 season ===
In the [[COVID-19 pandemic|pandemic-limited]] season, Dunk's lone competition appearance was at the [[2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2021 U.S. Championships]], where he came in eleventh.<ref name=ISU-RD/>

=== 2021–2022 season ===
Dunk finished ninth at the [[2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2022 U.S. Championships]].<ref name=ISU-RD/>

On April 5, an article came out announcing that Dunk had retired from competition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norwood |first=Katelyn |title=Going for gold: Suffolk senior reflects on figure skating career |url=https://thesuffolkjournal.com/38022/sports/going-for-gold-suffolk-senior-reflects-on-figure-skating-career/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=The Suffolk Journal}}</ref>

== Programs ==
{| class="wikitable" 
!Season
![[Short program (figure skating)|Short program]]
![[Free skating]]
|-
! 2019–2020
|
* The Blower's Daughter <br>{{small|by [[Chris Mann (singer)|Chris Mann]]}} <br>{{small|[[Christina Aguilera]]}}
|
* Lo Ci Saro<br>{{small|by [[Andrea Boccelli]]}}
|-
!2018–2019
<ref name=":0" />
|
* Illumination <br> {{small|by [[Jennifer Thomas (pianist)|Jennifer Thomas]]}}<br>{{small|choreo. by [[Colin McManus]]}}
|
* [[La La Land (soundtrack)]]<br>{{small|by [[Justin Hurwitz]]}}<br>{{small|choreo. by [[Colin McManus]]}}
|}

==Competitive highlights==
{{smalldiv|
*CS – Event of the [[ISU Challenger Series]]
}}
{{Figure skating competitive highlights
|level=senior|ref=<ref name=ISU-RD/>
|season1=2018–19|season2=2019–20|season3=2020–21
|season4=2021–22|season5=2022–23
|{{FS placements|5|{{small|CS}} [[Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy|Asian Open Trophy]]|p2=3rd}}
|{{FS placements|5|[[International Challenge Cup|Challenge Cup]]|p1=5th}}
|{{FS placements|5|[[U.S. Figure Skating Championships|U.S. Championships]]|p2=11th|p3=14th|p4=9th}}
|{{FS placements|5|[[U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships|U.S. Collegiate Championships]]|p4=1st|p5=1st}}
|{{FS placements|5|{{small|USCS}} [[U.S. Figure Skating Championships#The Championship Series|Massachusetts]]|p4=1st}}
|{{FS placements|5|{{small|USCS}} [[U.S. Figure Skating Championships#The Championship Series|Virginia]]|p4=2nd}}
}}
{{smalldiv|
*JGP – Event of the [[ISU Junior Grand Prix|ISU Junior Grand Prix Series]]
*N – Novice level
*At national events in the United States, pewter medals are awarded for fourth place.
}}
{{Figure skating competitive highlights
|level=junior|ref=<ref name="ISU-RD" />
|season1=2015–16|season2=2016–17|season3=2017–18
|season4=2018–19|season5=2019–20
|{{FS placements|5|{{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Armenia|Armenia]]|p4=5th}}
|{{FS placements|5|{{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria|Austria]]|p3=9th}}
|{{FS placements|5|{{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Poland|Poland]]|p5=6th}}
|{{FS placements|5|{{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia|Slovakia]]|p4=6th}}
|{{FS placements|5|{{small|JGP}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States|United States]]|p5=5th}}
|{{FS placements|5|[[Philadelphia Summer International|Philadelphia]]|p3=1st}}
|{{FS placements|5|[[U.S. Figure Skating Championships|U.S. Championships]]|p1=5th|lv1=N|p2=3rd|p3=4th|pewter3=yes|p4=1st}}
}}

==Detailed results==
{{Figure skating personal bests|float=yes
|205.90|[[2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2019 JGP Poland]]
|72.90|2019 JGP Poland
|39.19|2019 JGP Poland
|34.95|[[2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy|2019 CS Asian Open Trophy]]
|133.00|2019 JGP Poland
|65.32|2019 JGP Poland
|69.20|2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
}}
{{Figure skating personal bests|historical=yes
|170.71|[[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria|2017 JGP Austria]]
|60.85|2017 JGP Austria
|32.25|2017 JGP Austria
|28.60|2017 JGP Austria
|109.86|2017 JGP Austria
|50.56|2017 JGP Austria
|59.30|2017 JGP Austria
}}

===Senior level===

{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2018–19
|Feb 21–24, 2019|{{flagicon|NED}} [[International Challenge Cup|2019 International Challenge Cup]]|7|65.36|5|128.59|5|193.95
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2019–20
|Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2019|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy|2019 CS Asian Open Trophy]]|4|71.56|3|127.47|3|199.03
|Jan 20–26, 2020|{{flagicon|USA}} [[2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2020 U.S. Championships]]|14|67.15|11|132.30|11|199.45
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2020–21
|Jan 11–21, 2021|{{flagicon|USA}} [[2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2021 U.S. Championships]]|14|65.60|13|127.06|14|192.66
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2021–22
|Jul 26–29, 2021|{{flagicon|USA}} [[U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships|2021 U.S. Collegiate Championships]]|1|68.56|2|124.75|1|193.31
|Jan 3–9, 2022|{{flagicon|USA}} [[2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2022 U.S. Championships]]|11|65.66|9|125.70|9|191.36
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2022–23
|Jul 22–24, 2022|{{flagicon|USA}} [[U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships|2022 U.S. Collegiate Championships]]|1|71.02|1|141.21|1|212.23
}}

===Junior level===

{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2016–17
|Jan 14–22, 2017|{{flagicon|USA}} [[2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2017 U.S. Championships]]|4|57.78|3|114.44|3|172.22
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2017–18|pewter3=yes
|Aug 3–5, 2017|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Philadelphia Summer International|2017 Philadelphia Summer International]]|1|60.60|1|117.92|1|178.52
|Aug 23–26, 2017|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria|2017 JGP Austria]]|5|60.85|12|109.86|9|170.71
|Dec 29, 2017 – Jan 8, 2018|{{flagicon|USA}} [[2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2018 U.S. Championships]]|10|53.43|3|119.25|4|172.68
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2018–19
|Aug 22–25, 2018|{{flagicon|SVK}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia|2018 JGP Slovakia]]|6|63.08|6|125.83|6|188.91
|Oct 10–13, 2018|{{flagicon|ARM}} [[ISU Junior Grand Prix in Armenia|2018 JGP Armenia]]|4|68.45|6|126.85|5|195.30
|Jan 19–27, 2019|{{flagicon|USA}} [[2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships|2019 U.S. Championships]]|2|68.58|1|132.85|1|201.43
}}
{{Figure skating detailed results
|season=2019–20
|Aug 28–31, 2019|{{flagicon|USA}} [[2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2019 JGP United States]]|6|63.89|6|124.50|5|188.39
|Sep 18–21, 2019|{{flagicon|POL}} [[2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix|2019 JGP Poland]]|5|72.90|6|133.00|6|205.90
}}

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=ISU-RD>{{Cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00102614.htm |title=Competition Results: Ryan Dunk |website=www.isuresults.com |access-date=2019-04-18 }}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{isu name | id= 00102614 | name= Ryan Dunk }}

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