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.