Jennifer Nicole Wester (born February 27, 1985) is an artist and a former American competitive ice dancer. With partner and husband Daniil Barantsev, she is the 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, 2008 ISU Four Continents 4th place finishers behind Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (Olympic Champions 2010 & 2018), Meryl Davis & Charlie White (Olympic Champions 2014), and Kim Navarro & Brent Bommentre. Wester/Barantsev were also the 2008 World Championship first alternates for Team USA. They teamed up in 2003. They retired from competitive skating in the 2009-2010 season. Following which Wester continued skating professionally, attended and graduated from Yale University with a degree in Computing and the Arts and became a professional artist based out of Dallas, Texas.
Jennifer Wester was born February 27, 1985 in Dallas, Texas. She has an older brother, Chris. She is trained in shooting sports, including air, smallbore, and high-power silhouette. She began studying at Yale University in 2010. She became a multimedia and interdisciplinary artist upon graduation from Yale University with a Bachelors of the Arts degree majoring in intersection of Computer Science and the Fine Art (Computing and the Arts) in 2016.