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Profiles of Young and Upcoming Figure Skaters

Young figure skaters have dreams of competing in World and Olympic competition. Learn more about these aspiring young skaters.
How Can Financial Donations Be Given to Competitive Figure Skaters?
Figure skating is very expensive. Most figure skaters and their families struggle to pay for skating. This short article gives some information on the ways that tax-deductable donations can be given to aspiring figure skaters.
Upcoming Figure Skaters
There are many young figure skaters in the United States. This is a description of just a few of these dedicated young people.
Profile on Young Figure Skater Sam Anderson
Sam Anderson is a young figure skater who hopes to compete in the Olympics someday.
Figure Skater Mirielle Chambers
Mirielle Chambers, a child of a ballet intructor and choreographer, began skating at a young age. She is now a teen, and has left her home and family to train with a top coach. She dreams of competing in the United States National Championships and perhaps being in the Olympics in 2010.
Heather Fielding - Figure Skater and Ice Dancer
Heather Fielding hopes to be a member of a senior synchronized figure skating team at college, to go as far as she can in ice dance with her partner, pass her gold tests in freestyle, moves in the field, and ice dance, attend college and study abroad in Europe.
Rachael Flatt - Young Figure Skating Champion
In 2005, Rachael Flatt won the U.S. National Novice Ladies Figure Skating title at age twelve and went on to win the silver medal in the Junior Ladies division in 2006. In 2007, she won the Senior Ladies title at both the Southwestern Regional and Midwestern Sectional competitions. Rachael hopes to compete in figure skating at the Olympics.
Rachael Flatt Photo Gallery
Most observers that see Rachael Flatt skate are impressed with her beautiful artistic presence and athletic ability.
Kylie Gleason - 2007 Eastern Ladies Figure Skating Champion
Kylie Gleason is the 2007 Eastern Ladies Figure Skating Champion. Winning that title is the first step in possibly making the United States World and Olympic figure skating team.
Profile of Young African American Figure Skater Theron James
African American figure skater, Theron James, is working hard. He has natural talent and is considered one of the best male skaters in Connecticut.
Danielle Kahle - Two-Time Pacific Coast Senior Ladies Sectional Champion
Danielle Kahle, a figure skater from Thousand Oaks, California, won the Senior Ladies event at the Pacific Coast Figure Skating Championship two years in a row.
Armin Mahbanoozadeh - 2007 U.S. National Novice Men's Figure Skating Champion
Armin Mahbanoozadeh, a figure skater from Fairfax, Virginia, won the 2007 U.S. National Novice Men's title.
Olivia Oltmanns & Tyler Broderick - US Juvenile Pair Champions 2008
Olivia Oltmanns and Tyler Broderick won the United States National Juvenile Pair Skating title in 2008. They began to skate together when they were only eight and nine years old. This article profiles the pair.
Olivia Oltmanns and Tyler Broderick Photo Gallery
In 2007 and 2008, Oltmanns and Broderick not only competed together in pairs, but also competed in ice dancing. In addition, both competed in singles.
Profile on Christie Reneau - A Young Skater From a Big Family
What is unusual about young figure skater Christie Reneau is that she is part of a very large family. Most children from very large families are not able to skate seriously. Christie is unique and hope and dreams of competing in the Olympics.
Upcoming Figure Skater Roxanna E. Schmidt
Roxanna Schmidt is an aspiring and successful young ice skater. She has had some personal trials, but continues to love and improve at figure skating.
Douglas C.J. Stevenson - Figure Skater and Ice Dancer
Douglas Stevenson dreams of making the Olympics in ice dancing someday. He also dreams of coaching skating. He has qualified for Junior Nationals in 2006 and 2007.
Zachariah Szabo - A Figure Skater of Many Talents
Zachariah Szabo did something unusual. He taught himself to skate by reading library books.
Ana Vinson -- Young Figure Skater
Ana Vinson is an aspiring young figure skater. She began skating at age five and shows much talent and promise.
Caroline Zhang Video
Caroline Zhang won the silver medal at the United States National Figure Skating Championships in the Junior Ladies division in 2007. She also is the winner of the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. This is a video of Caroline Zhang practicing her program.
Caroline Zhang - 2007 Junior World Figure Skating Champion
Caroline Zhang won the silver medal at the 2007 United States National Figure Skating Championships in the Junior Ladies division. She went on to win the Junior World Championship. She is known for landing triple jump after triple jump. Many consider her talent equal to the talent of figure skating legend Michelle Kwan.
Profile of Young Ice Dancer Joylyn Yang
Joylyn Yang passed her Gold Ice Dance when she was only nine years old.
Cordero Zuckerman - A Figure Skater From Alaska
The mother of Cordero Zuckerman, says the following: "This kid loves to skate". Cordero lives in the far north town of Fairbanks, Alaska where skating for years has been very popular.
Figure Skater Cordero Zuckerman by Jo Zuckerman
The mother of figure skater Cordero Zuckerman writes about her son and his love of figure skating.
Photos of Young Figure Skaters
This is a gallery that includes photos of young and upcoming figure skaters.
Unseen Skaters
This link includes biographies and information about many, many young and upcoming figure skaters throughout the United States.
African American Figure Skaters
This link gives information on African American figure skaters who are important in figure skating history.

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