Ashley Wagner
Ashley Wagner | |||||||||||||||||||
nation | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
birthday | May 16, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Heidelberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
size | 160 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
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society | SC of Wilmington | ||||||||||||||||||
Trainer |
Rafael Arutunian , Nadia Kanaeva, John Nicks (Former Trainers : Priscilla Hill , Shirley Hughes) |
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choreographer | Shae-Lynn Bourne | ||||||||||||||||||
status | active | ||||||||||||||||||
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last change: October 23, 2016 |
Ashley Wagner (born May 16, 1991 in Heidelberg , Germany ) is an American figure skater who starts in a single run .
Career
Ashley Wagner was born to a US soldier who was stationed in Heidelberg at the time of her birth. She began figure skating in Alaska at the age of five . When she watched Tara Lipinski's Olympic victory on television in 1998, she began to want to take part in the Olympic Games .
In 2008, Wagner won the bronze medal at the US championships and qualified for the first time for four continents championships and for world championships . At her debuts there she finished eighth and 16th respectively.
In January 2012, Ashley Wagner became the US champion for the first time in San José, California . In February she won the gold medal at the Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs . She improved her personal best in all segments and achieved a total score of 192.41 points. At the World Championships in Nice , she finished fourth.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Wagner was able to achieve a 7th place. With 193.20 points in the freestyle (127.99 points) and short program (63.21 points), she was just below her personal best. In the team competition before, however, she won a bronze medal.
At the domestic world championships in Boston in 2016, she was runner-up and won her first world championship medal.
Wagner starts for the SC of Wilmington . From 2008 to 2011 she was trained by Priscilla Hill . In the summer of 2011 she moved to John Nicks .
In contrast to most figure skaters, Wagner performs their jumps and pirouettes in a clockwise direction. She has already landed triple-triple combinations in the competition.
Results
Championship / year | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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winter Olympics | 7th | |||||||||||
World championships | 16. | 4th | 5. | 7th | 5. | 2. | 7th | |||||
Four continents championships | 8th. | 1. | ||||||||||
Junior World Championships | 3. | 3. | ||||||||||
American championships | 3rd J | 3. | 4th | 3. | 6th | 1. | 1. | 4th | 1. | 3. | ||
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Grand Prix competition / season | 06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 11/12 | 12/13 | 13/14 | 14/15 | 15/16 | 16/17 | 17/18 |
Grand Prix Final | 4th | 2. | 3. | 3. | 4th | |||||||
Skate America | 1. | 2. | 1. | |||||||||
Skate Canada | 5. | 3. | 2. | 1. | 3. | |||||||
Cup of Russia | 2. | 3. | ||||||||||
Eric Bompard Trophy | 3. | 1. | 1. | 3. | ||||||||
NHK Trophy | 4th | 3. | 5. | 4th | 4th | |||||||
Cup of China | 4th |
J = juniors
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Ashley Wagner in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Figure skating. Results individual women. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on January 7, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Wagner, Ashley |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American figure skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg , Germany |