Gracie Gold

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Gracie Gold figure skating
Gracie Gold at the 2012 World Team Trophy
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 17th August 1995
place of birth Newton, Massachusetts
size 163 cm
Career
society Wagon Wheel FSC
Trainer Frank Carroll
former trainers:
Alexander Ouriashev ,
Oleg Epstein , Toni Hickey
Susan Liss , Amy Project , Max Liu
choreographer Lori Nichol
status active
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze Sochi 2014 team
Personal best
 Total points 211.29 World Cup 2016
 Freestyle 137.41 Skate America 2015
 Short program 76.43 World Cup 2016
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Grand Prix Final 0 0 0
 Grand Prix competitions 2 2 2
last change: April 3, 2016

Grace Elizabeth "Gracie" Gold (born August 17, 1995 in Newton , Massachusetts ) is an American figure skater who starts in a single run .

Career

Gracie Gold started figure skating at the age of seven after watching other girls at a birthday party on the rink.

In 2012, Gracie became Gold Junior Champion in the USA. A little later she won the silver medal at the Junior World Championships in Minsk behind the Russian Julija Lipnitskaja .

In the 2012/13 season, Gold made its debut in the Grand Prix series . At her second Grand Prix, the Cup of Russia , she won her first Grand Prix medal with silver. On her World Cup debut, Gold finished sixth in London, Canada .

In her Olympic debut at the 2014 Olympic Games , she was able to achieve 4th place in the individual competition with 205.53 points and thus only just missed the medal ranks. In the team competition before, however, she won a bronze medal.

Personal

Gold is the daughter of Denise, a nurse , and Carl Gold, an anesthetist . Her dizygoti twin sister Carly also practices figure skating as a competitive sport .

Results

Championship / year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
winter Olympics 4th
World championships 6th 5. 4th 4th
Four continents championships 6th 4th 5.
Junior World Championships 2.
American championships 1st J 2. 1. 2. 1.
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Grand Prix competition / season 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17
Grand Prix Final 5.
Skate America 3. 2. 5.
Skate Canada 7th 3.
Cup of Russia 2.
Eric Bompard Trophy 1.
NHK Trophy 4th 1.

J = juniors

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  1. Figure skating. Results individual women. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on January 7, 2016 .
  2. Sarah Brannen: The Inside Edge: AAC gala brings out glamor . In: IceNetwork.com , May 14, 2013. 
  3. Philip Hersh: Gracie good as gold? . In: Chicago Tribune . December 21, 2011. Accessed on December 21, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.chicagotribune.com  
  4. Denise Manzagol: Gold twins shine on day one at Skate Detroit . Icenetwork. July 22, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.

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