Sasha Cohen

Sasha Cohen
Full name	Alexandra Pauline Cohen
nation	United States
birthday	October 26, 1984
place of birth	los Angeles
size	157 cm
Weight	43 kg
Career
society	Orange County FSC
Trainer	John Nicks, Rafael Arutunian, Tatjana Tarasowa, Robin Wagner
choreographer	Lori Nichol, Nikolai Morozov, David Wilson, Marina Zouewa, Igor Shpilband, Jekaterina Gordejewa
status	unknown
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 0 × 2 × 1 ×
winter Olympics silver Turin 2006 Ladies  World figure skating championships silver Dortmund 2004 Ladies silver Moscow 2005 Ladies bronze Calgary 2006 Ladies
Personal best
Total points 197.60 Skate Canada 2003  Freestyle 130.89 Skate America 2003  Short program 71.12 Skate Canada 2003

Alexandra "Sasha" Pauline Cohen (born October 26, 1984 in Los Angeles ) is an American figure skater who starts in a single run .

Life

Cohen was born in the Westwood neighborhood . Her parents are Galina and Roger Cohen. The mother, Galina Cohen, née Feldman, is a Jewish emigrant from the Ukrainian SSR who trained in ballet . Therefore, Sasha Cohen also understands the Russian language. Her father is a lawyer with Dorsey & Whitney. Her sister Natasha is a concert pianist.

Cohen started ice skating at the age of seven. Before that she was a gymnast. Professionally, she began figure skating at the age of eleven. Your trainer is John Nicks . Before that, she had numerous other coaches, including Tatjana Tarasowa and Robin Wagner . Cohen trains at the Aliso Viejo Ice Palace and starts for the Orange County Figure Skating Club.

In the Olympic year of 2002, Cohen made an international appearance for the first time when she finished fourth straight away at her first World Cup and her first Olympic Games . She also defended fourth place at the subsequent World Championship in 2003 and also won the Grand Prix final that season . In 2004 in Dortmund she was runner-up behind Shizuka Arakawa and in 2005 in Moscow behind Irina Sluzkaja . In 2006 Cohen won the US championships for the first time . At her second Olympic Games in Turin , she won the silver medal behind Arakawa. At the subsequent World Cup , she won the bronze medal. After that, she left competitive sports and toured with the ice revues Champions on Ice and Stars on Ice. She also worked as an actress. She had guest appearances in " Las Vegas " and " CSI: NY ". Cohen tried to qualify for the Vancouver Olympics, but failed to finish fourth in the national championships.

In 2005 her autobiography "Fire on Ice" was published.

Results

Competition / season	1999/2000	2000/2001	2001/2002	2002/2003	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2009/2010
winter Olympics			4th				2.
World championships			4th	4th	2.	2.	3.
Grand Prix Final				1.	2.
Junior World Championships	6th
American championships	2.	Z	2.	3.	2.	2.	1.	4th

• Z = withdrawn

* Cohen did not participate in the 2006/07, 2007/08, and 2008/09 seasons

Works

• Sasha Cohen, Amanda Maciel: Fire on Ice: Autobiography of a Champion Figure Skater . Avon Books, New York 2005, ISBN 0-06-072490-0 .

Web links

Commons : Sasha Cohen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Sasha Cohen in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Sasha Cohen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Sasha Cohen in the Internet Movie Database (English)