Sasha Cohen

American figure skater (born 1984)

This article is about the figure skater. For the British actor and comedian, see Sacha Baron Cohen.

Sasha Cohen

Cohen skating in 2009

Full name| Alexandra Pauline Cohen
Born|  (1984-10-26) October 26, 1984 (age 40)
Westwood, California, United States
Hometown| Newport Beach, California
Height| 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country|  United States
Discipline| Women's singles
Began skating| 1992
Retired| 2010
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Olympic Games | 0  | 1  | 0
World Championships | 0  | 2  | 1
Grand Prix Final | 1  | 1  | 0
U.S. Championships | 1  | 4  | 1

Medal list

Olympic Games
|  | 2006 Turin | Singles

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World Championships
|  | 2004 Dortmund | Singles

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| 2005 Moscow | Singles

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| 2006 Calgary | Singles

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Grand Prix Final
|  | 2002–03 Saint Petersburg | Singles

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| 2003–04 Colorado Springs | Singles

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U.S. Championships
|  | 2006 St. Louis | Singles

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| 2000 Cleveland | Singles

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| 2002 Los Angeles | Singles

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| 2004 Atlanta | Singles

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| 2005 Portland | Singles

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| 2003 Dallas | Singles

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Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen (born October 26, 1984) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World Championship medalist, the 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and the 2006 U.S. Champion. She is known for her artistry, flexibility and body lines, and musical interpretation.[1][2][3] As of 2024[update], Cohen is the most recent American woman to medal individually in figure skating at the Olympics.

## Early life

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Cohen was born in Westwood, California, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. Her nickname "Sasha" is a Russian diminutive of "Alexandra". Her mother, Galina Cohen (née Feldman), is a Jewish immigrant from Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union and a former ballet dancer. Her father, Roger Cohen, is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law and formerly a law partner at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Cohen has a younger sister, Natalia (nicknamed "Natasha"). She understands and can speak Russian, but refuses to speak it in public.[citation needed]

Cohen graduated from Futures High School in Mission Viejo, California in 2002. Cohen graduated from Columbia University in 2016 with a degree in political science. As a university student, she has used the name Alex rather than Sasha.[4][5]

In 2005, Cohen published her autobiography, Fire on Ice. The autobiography was republished in 2006 with a new chapter on the 2006 season.

## Skating career

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Cohen as a pre-teen skater in Baltimore in 1996)

### Early career

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A gymnast from an early age, Cohen switched to figure skating when she was seven years old, but it wasn't until she was eleven that she began to take the sport seriously. One of her early skating coaches was Victor Yelchin, father of late actor Anton Yelchin.[6]

Cohen rose to prominence in the skating community during the 2000 U.S. Championships. Just up from juniors, Cohen was first in the short program and finished second overall after the free skate, provisionally qualifying for the senior World team. A loophole in the ISU's age rules at the time would have allowed her to compete at the senior World Championships if she medaled at the World Junior Championships but she finished 6th at the junior event.[7]

### Senior development

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Cohen performing a layback spin at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Cohen did not compete at the 2001 U.S. Nationals due to a stress fracture in her back. She resumed full training in June 2001.[8] Cohen won the silver medal at the 2002 U.S. Championships, earning her a trip to the Olympics. Cohen competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, finishing 4th. She also finished 4th at the 2002 World Championships, held in Nagano. Cohen was coached by John Nicks in California.[9]

In the summer of 2002, Cohen moved to the East Coast to train with Tatiana Tarasova at the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury, Connecticut.[10][9][11] She won her first ISU Grand Prix event at the 2002 Skate Canada and then won the 2002 Trophée Lalique. She won the silver medal at the 2002 Cup of Russia. These three placements earned her a spot to the 2002–03 Grand Prix Final, where she became the champion. At the 2003 U.S. championships she won the bronze medal, and at the 2003 World Championships, held in Washington, D.C., Cohen placed 4th, repeating her placement in the previous season.

Cohen performs an I-spin at the 2003 Skate Canada competition in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Her best season was 2003–04, when she took gold at the 2003 Skate America, at the 2003 Skate Canada (setting a world record in the short program) and at the 2003 Trophée Lalique and won silver at the 2003–04 Grand Prix Final.[12] In late December 2003, she changed coaches and began training with Robin Wagner in Hackensack, New Jersey.[9][13] She placed second at both the 2004 U.S. Championships and the 2004 World Championships, getting a medal at Worlds for the first time in her career.

In the 2004–05 season, Cohen withdrew from her Grand Prix events due to a recurring back injury. In late December 2004, Cohen decided to return to California and train again with her first coach John Nicks.[14][15] She placed 2nd at the 2005 U.S. Championships in Portland and the 2005 World Championships in Moscow, Russia.

### 2006 Olympic season

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Cohen started her Olympic season by placing first at the Campbell's International Figure Skating Challenge. Soon after she withdrew from Skate America due to a hip injury.[14] She took second place at Trophée Eric Bompard, where she fell on a triple salchow during her free skate. In 2006, Cohen captured her first U.S. Championship.[12] With this victory Cohen automatically secured her place on the U.S. Olympic team for the 2006 Winter Olympics, a spot made official on January 14 of that year by the United States Figure Skating Association.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Cohen was in first after the short program, leading Russia's Irina Slutskaya by a mere .03 points. In the final free skate, Cohen fell on her first jump, a triple lutz, and had her hands down on her second jump, the triple flip. She completed the rest of her elements, including five triples. Cohen finished with an Olympic silver medal,[12] 7.98 points behind gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa of Japan.

A month later at the 2006 World Championships in Calgary, Canada, Cohen was in first place after the short program. Completing only one jump combination and falling on the triple salchow, she placed fourth in the free skate and won the bronze medal, finishing almost ten points behind her teammate, gold medalist Kimmie Meissner.

### Champions on Ice and hiatus

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Cohen performs a Charlotte spiral at the 2008 Stars on Ice tour stop in Portland, Oregon

In April 2006, Cohen started the Champions on Ice tour, participated in the second annual "Skating with the Stars, Under the Stars" gala in Central Park and performed in the Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating International Showcase. On April 15, 2006, Cohen announced that she intended to compete in the 2010 season and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She said via her official website, "I will decide after the COI Tour how much skating and what events I will do next season."

In December 2006, Cohen announced that she needed "a little downtime from competing" and that she would not defend her U.S. Figure Skating Championship title in 2007. She said that her "major goals" were the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 Olympics; "I know I want to be in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics."[16]

Cohen did not compete in 2007, 2008, or 2009, although she did not give up her Olympic eligibility. She performed in exhibitions, including the Rockefeller Christmas Tree lighting and USFSA-approved events. She was a headliner in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 Stars on Ice tour.

### Return to competition

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Cohen announced on May 6, 2009, that she planned to make a comeback for the 2010 Winter Olympics.[17] She said she would train with Rafael Arutyunyan.[18] Cohen received invitations to compete in the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard and in the 2009 Skate America in the 2009–10 Grand Prix series but withdrew from both due to tendinitis in her right calf.[19][20] In November 2009, she changed coaches to John Nicks, who worked closer to where she lived.[21][22]

On January 21, 2010, Cohen competed for the first time in four years at the 2010 U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington. She debuted her program to España cañí, and skated a strong performance landing a triple lutz-double toe, a triple flip, a double Axel, along with her signature spiral sequence and spins earning 69.63 points putting her in second place, just 0.43 from first-place finisher Mirai Nagasu. In her free skate, set to Moonlight Sonata, she fell on a triple flip and had two-footed landings on a number of other jumps. She finished fourth in the championships, behind Rachael Flatt, Mirai Nagasu and Ashley Wagner, and was not selected for the Olympic team, rather appointed as second alternate to the 2010 U.S. Olympic team and the 2010 World Championship team.[12] She retired from figure skating in 2010.[23]

## Halls of Fame

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In 2015, Cohen was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[24] The next January 22, U.S. Figure Skating made her part of the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame Class of 2016.[25]

## Skating trademarks

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Cohen performs a combination spin at the 2006 U.S. Nationals in St. Louis, Missouri Cohen performs a Russian split jump

Cohen is the first skater to receive +3s for spirals under the International Skating Union Judging System (IJS) for "Grade of Execution (GOE)", and was also the first female skater to break the +130 barrier on a free skate under the IJS.[26] According to figure skating historian James R. Hines, Cohen's "potential as a talented, artistic, and extremely flexible skater was never completely realized owing to her inability to present two clean programs in the same competition, especially in world and Olympic competition".[27]

## Ice shows

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Cohen has participated in the ice show Stars On Ice for several years, as well as starring in the 2010 Art On Ice alongside Stéphane Lambiel. She joined 2010 Olympic ladies champion Yuna Kim in the All That Skate ice show, scheduled for July 23–25, 2010 in Goyang, South Korea, alongside other skaters including Michelle Kwan, Stéphane Lambiel and Brian Joubert.[28]

## Television and film

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Cohen has appeared, as herself and as an actress playing a role, in commercials, television episodes, documentaries and feature films.

### Television

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Cohen has done commercials for Citizen Watch, Simply Saline, and Got Milk?. She appeared in Episode 7 of the second season of Project Runway wherein designers were challenged to design a skating dress for her. The winning dress (by Zulema Griffin) did not fit and the dress had to be resized. Cohen made a brief appearance guest starring as herself on the May 5, 2006 episode of the NBC drama, Las Vegas.[29] In April 2008, she appeared as a contortionist on the premiere episode of Secret Talents of the Stars and advanced to the semifinals, although the show was cancelled before she could perform again. She made a guest appearance as an ice skater in CSI: NY season 3 episode 12 "Silent Night". Cohen also participated in the 2013 edition of "Tornado Week" on The Weather Channel, helping break the myth that small tornadoes are not as destructive by demonstrating a tight spin.

### Film

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Cohen played Fiona Hughes, Moondance Alexander's archenemy, in the Don Johnson movie Moondance Alexander.[30] At the 2006 Academy Awards, Cohen served as a guest correspondent for Inside Edition. This experience led to an encounter with Ben Stiller and a discussion about having a part in a future comedy about figure skating, which Cohen said she would enjoy. In 2007, she appeared as herself in Blades of Glory. Later that year, she also had a role in Bratz: The Movie. In 2017, Cohen appeared as herself in the SyFy TV movie, Sharknado 5.

Cohen was featured in The Weight of Gold (2020), an HBO Sports Documentary which "explor(es) the mental health challenges that Olympic athletes often face."[31][32]

## Personal life

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On July 5, 2015, it was announced that Cohen was engaged to hedge fund manager Tom May.[33] On August 20, 2016, the couple married in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[34] In February 2018, she and May were living apart and going through divorce proceedings.[35] Cohen now works as an associate at Morgan Stanley.[36] In October 2019, Cohen announced her engagement to Geoffrey Lieberthal, an equity partner who is also the son of political scientist Kenneth Lieberthal. They have two children: a son born in January 2020[37] and a daughter born in August 2021.[38] Cohen and Lieberthal married in September 2022 in Aspen Mountain, Colorado.[39]

## Programs

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Cohen performs a Biellmann spiral on the 2008 Stars on Ice tour stop in Halifax Season  | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition

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2009–2010  |

* España cañí
by Pascual Marquina Narro
choreo. by Lori Nichol

* Moonlight Sonata
by Ludwig van Beethoven
choreo. by Nikolai Morozov

* Sick and Tired
by Anastacia
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

* * *

* Hallelujah
by Leonard Cohen
performed by Jeff Buckley
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

* * *

* Mein Herr
(from Cabaret)
by Kander and Ebb
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

2008–2009  | Did not compete  |

* Moonlight Sonata
by Ludwig van Beethoven
choreo. by Nikolai Morozov

* * *

* Don't Stop The Music
by Rihanna
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

* * *

* I Could Not Ask For More
by Sara Evans
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

* * *

* Hard To Say I'm Sorry
by Chicago
performed by Peter Cetera
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

* * *

* Blue Christmas
by Elvis Presley
performed by Peter Cetera
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

2007–2008  |

* What's Left Of Me
by Nick Lachey
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

* * *

* Hurt
by Christina Aguilera
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

2006–2007  |

* It's So Hard To Say Goodbye
by Boyz II Men
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

* * *

* Anytime, Anywhere
by Sarah Brightman
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

2005–2006
[14] |

* Dark Eyes
(Russian folk song)
choreo. by Nikolai Morozov

* Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)
by Nino Rota, André Rieu
choreo. by David Wilson

* God Bless America
by Celine Dion
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

* * *

* Don't Rain on My Parade
by Barbra Streisand
choreo. by John Nicks, Sasha Cohen

2004–2005
[40] |

* Pas de deux
(from The Nutcracker)
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
choreo. by Marina Zueva, Igor Shpilband

* Don't Rain on My Parade
by Barbra Streisand
choreo. by John Nicks, Sasha Cohen

2003–2004
[10][41] |

* Malagueña
by Ernesto Lecuona
choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova, Nikolai Morozov

* Swan Lake
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova

* My Fair Lady (1964 film)
by Frederick Loewe
choreo. by Robin Wagner

* * *

* Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)
by Nino Rota, André Rieu
choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova

2002–2003
[42] |

* Piano Concerto No. 2
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova, Nikolai Morozov

* Romeo and Juliet (1968 film)
by Nino Rota, André Rieu
choreo. by Tatiana Tarasova

* * *

* One Day I'll Fly Away
(from Moulin Rouge!)
by Nicole Kidman
choreo. by Sasha Cohen

2001–2002
[43] |

* My Sweet and Tender Beast
by Eugen Doga
choreo. by John Nicks, Sasha Cohen

* Carmen
by Georges Bizet
choreo. by John Nicks, Sasha Cohen

* Hernando's Hideaway
by Ella Fitzgerald
choreo. by John Nicks, Sasha Cohen

* * *

* Aria
by Heitor Villa-Lobos
choreo. by John Nicks, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Sasha Cohen

2000–2001  |

* Dark Eyes
(Russian folk song)
orchestrated by
the London Festival Orchestra
choreo. by John Nicks, Sasha Cohen

* Anytime, Anywhere
by Sarah Brightman
choreo. by John Nicks, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Sasha Cohen

* * *

* To Love You More
by Celine Dion
choreo. by John Nicks, Sasha Cohen

1999–2000  |

* Adagio in G minor
by Tomaso Albinoni
* The Four Seasons: Summer (Presto) by Antonio Vivaldi,
choreo. by John Nicks, Sasha Cohen

* Violin Concerto
by Felix Mendelssohn
choreo. by John Nicks, Sasha Cohen

* Madame Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini
choreo. by John Nicks, Sasha Cohen

1998–1999  |

* Piano Concerto No. 2
by Sergei Rachmaninoff

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## Competitive highlights

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GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

International[44]

Event  | 98–99 | 99–00 | 00–01 | 01–02  | 02–03  | 03–04  | 04–05  | 05–06  | 09–10
Olympics |  |  |  | 4th |  |  |  | 2nd |
Worlds |  |  |  | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd |
GP Final |  |  |  |  | 1st | 2nd |  |  |
GP Cup of Russia |  |  | 4th |  | 2nd |  |  |  |
GP Lalique/Bompard |  |  |  | 3rd | 1st | 1st |  | 2nd | WD
GP Skate America |  |  |  | 5th |  | 1st |  |  | WD
GP Skate Canada |  |  |  |  | 1st | 1st |  |  |
GP Sparkassen |  |  | 5th |  |  |  |  |  |
Finlandia Trophy |  |  |  | 1st |  |  |  |  |
International: Junior[44]
Junior Worlds |  | 6th |  |  |  |  |  |  |
JGP Sweden |  | 1st |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gardena | 1st J |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
National
U.S. Champ. | 2nd J | 2nd | WD | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th

## Detailed results

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From left to right: Kimmie Meissner (silver), Sasha Cohen (gold), Emily Hughes (bronze), and Katy Taylor (pewter) at the 2006 U.S. Championships. 2009–2010 season

Date  | Event  | QR  | SP  | FS  | Total
January 14–24, 2010  | 2010 U.S. Championships | –  | 2
69.63  | 4
104.65  | 4
174.28
2005–2006 season
Date  | Event  | QR  | SP  | FS  | Total
March 21–23, 2006  | 2006 World Championships | 3
27.59  | 1
66.62  | 4
114.67  | 3
181.29
February 21–23, 2006  | 2006 Winter Olympics | –  | 1
66.73  | 2
116.63  | 2
183.36
January 7–15, 2006  | 2006 U.S. Championships | –  | 1
65.15  | 1
134.03  | 1
199.18
November 17–20, 2005  | 2005 Trophée Eric Bompard | –  | 2
60.96  | 2
114.16  | 2
175.12
2004–2005 season
Date  | Event  | QR  | SP  | FS  | Total
March 21–23, 2005  | 2005 World Championships | 1
28.41  | 2
61.37  | 2
124.61  | 2
185.98
January 9–16, 2005  | 2005 U.S. Championships | –  | 2  | 2  | 2
3.0
2003–2004 season
Date  | Event  | QR  | SP  | FS  | Total
March 21–23, 2004  | 2004 World Championships | 1
| 1
| 3
| 2
4.0
January 9–16, 2004  | 2004 U.S. Championships | –  | 1  | 2  | 2
2.5
December 11–14, 2003  | 2003–04 Grand Prix Final | –  | 2
60.80  | 2
116.68  | 2
177.48
November 13–16, 2003  | 2003 Trophée Lalique | –  | 1
69.38  | 1
127.81  | 1
197.19
October 28–31, 2003  | 2003 Skate Canada International | –  | 1
71.12 | 1
126.48  | 1
197.60
October 23–26, 2003  | 2003 Skate America | –  | 1
66.46  | 1
130.89 | 1
197.35
2002–2003 season
Date  | Event  | QR  | SP  | FS  | Total
March 24–30, 2003  | 2003 World Championships | 3
| 5
| 3
| 4
7.2
February 28 – March 2, 2003  | 2002–03 Grand Prix Final | 1
(SP)  | 2
(FS1)  | 1
(FS2)  | 1
2.6
January 12–19, 2003  | 2003 U.S. Championships | –  | 3  | 2  | 2

November 22–24, 2002  | 2002 Cup of Russia | –  | 2  | 2  | 2
3.0
November 14–17, 2002  | 2002 Trophée Lalique | –  | 2  | 1  | 1
2.0
October 31 – November 3, 2002  | 2002 Skate Canada International | –  | 1  | 1  | 1
1.5
2001–2002 season
Date  | Event  | QR  | SP  | FS  | Total
March 16–24, 2002  | 2002 World Championships | 2  | 5  | 4  | 4
February 21–23, 2002  | 2002 Winter Olympics | –  | 3  | 4  | 4
5.5
January 6–13, 2002  | 2002 U.S. Championships | –  | 2  | 2  | 2
3.0
November 15–18, 2001  | 2001 Trophée Lalique | –  | 3  | 3  | 3
4.0
October 24–28, 2001  | 2001 Skate America | –  | 4  | 5  | 4
7.0

* 2001: Goodwill Games – 4th; Finlandia Trophy – 1st
* 2000: U.S. Championships – 2nd; World Junior Championships – 6th; Nations Cup – 5th; Cup of Russia – 4th
* 1999: U.S. Championships, Junior – 2nd

## See also

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* List of select Jewish figure skaters
* List of Jewish Olympic medalists

## Further reading

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* Cohen, Sasha. (2006). Fire on Ice (Revised Edition): Autobiography of a Champion Figure Skater. Collins. ISBN 0-06-115385-0

## References

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2. ^ "Sasha Cohen impressive at Campbell's Classic". ESPN. October 9, 2005.
3. ^ "#TB to Sasha Cohen, a Ballerina on the Ice". Dance Spirit. February 22, 2018.
4. ^ "Senior profile: Sasha Cohen, GS – Columbia Daily Spectator". www.columbiaspectator.com. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
5. ^ "Skater Girl". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
6. ^ Itier, Emmanuel (January 30, 2008). "On Top of the Teenage World as 'Charlie Bartlett' & as Pavel Chekov in 'Star Trek' Reboot". Buzzine. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
7. ^ Loosemore, Sandra (March 16, 2000). "Junior skaters shouldn't face senior pressure". CBS Sportsline. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008.
8. ^ Rosewater, Amy (December 26, 2001). "Cohen Continues Her Comeback". The New York Times.
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10. ^ a b Mittan, Barry (December 18, 2003). "Cohen Has Breakout Season". Golden Skate.
11. ^ Elliott, Helene (August 16, 2002). "Cohen Set to Drop Longtime Coach". Los Angeles Times.
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13. ^ Faulkner, Cynthia (March 27, 2004). "Cohen: Experience a major asset". ESPN.
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15. ^ "Sasha Cohen returns to former coach John Nicks". ESPN. Associated Press. December 22, 2004.
16. ^ "Cohen pulls out of 2007 national championships". ABC News. December 22, 2006. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
17. ^ "Sasha Cohen planning a comeback for Vancouver Olympics". USA Today. May 7, 2009.
18. ^ Hersh, Philip (May 6, 2009). "Cohen poised for comeback; '06 silver medalist eyes 2010 Vancouver Games". Chicago Tribune. p. 76.
19. ^ "Cohen withdraws from Grand Prix event". ESPN. Associated Press. October 9, 2009.
20. ^ "Lingering tendinitis shelves Cohen". ESPN. Associated Press. November 9, 2009.
21. ^ Macur, Juliet (January 7, 2010). "Cohen Remains the Wild Card in Women's Skating". The New York Times.
22. ^ Ford, Bonnie D. (January 22, 2010). "Legends bring spark to nationals again". ESPN. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012.
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33. ^ "Olympic Figure Skater Sasha Cohen Is Engaged". People. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
34. ^ "Sasha Cohen Marries Tom May in Cape Cod". Yahoo!. August 22, 2016.
35. ^ "Newly Single Olympic Skater Sasha Cohen Finds New Purpose in Helping Kids — and a Career in Finance". People. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
36. ^ "Warren Buffett inspired my journey to Wall Street: Olympic figure skating silver medalist Sasha Cohen". CNBC. February 21, 2018.
37. ^ Pasquini, Maria (January 22, 2020). "Sasha Cohen Is a Mom! Olympic Figure Skater Welcomes Son Dashiell Lev: 'Completely in Love'". People. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
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## Works cited

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* Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.

## External links

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Winter Olympics scores

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World Championships scores

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ISU Grand Prix Finals

* 2003–04 GPF
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United States Nationals scores

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* 2004 Nationals
* 2003 Nationals
* 2002 Nationals
* 2000 Nationals

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Championships – Women's singles

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* t
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U.S. figure skating champions (women's singles)

* 1914: Theresa Weld
* 1918: Rosemary Beresford
* 1920–24: Theresa Weld-Blanchard
* 1925–27: Beatrix Loughran
* 1928–33: Maribel Vinson
* 1934: Suzanne Davis
* 1935–37: Maribel Vinson
* 1938–40: Joan Tozzer
* 1941–42: Jane Vaughn
* 1943–48: Gretchen Merrill
* 1949–50: Yvonne Sherman
* 1951: Sonya Klopfer
* 1952–56: Tenley Albright
* 1957–60: Carol Heiss
* 1961: Laurence Owen
* 1962: Barbara Ann Roles
* 1963: Lorraine Hanlon
* 1964–68: Peggy Fleming
* 1969–73: Janet Lynn
* 1974–76: Dorothy Hamill
* 1977–80: Linda Fratianne
* 1981: Elaine Zayak
* 1982–84: Rosalynn Sumners
* 1985: Tiffany Chin
* 1986: Debi Thomas
* 1987: Jill Trenary
* 1988: Debi Thomas
* 1989–90: Jill Trenary
* 1991: Tonya Harding
* 1992: Kristi Yamaguchi
* 1993: Nancy Kerrigan
* 1995: Nicole Bobek
* 1996: Michelle Kwan
* 1997: Tara Lipinski
* 1998–2005: Michelle Kwan
* 2006: Sasha Cohen
* 2007: Kimmie Meissner
* 2008: Mirai Nagasu
* 2009: Alissa Czisny
* 2010: Rachael Flatt
* 2011: Alissa Czisny
* 2012–13: Ashley Wagner
* 2014: Gracie Gold
* 2015: Ashley Wagner
* 2016: Gracie Gold
* 2017: Karen Chen
* 2018: Bradie Tennell
* 2019–20: Alysa Liu
* 2021: Bradie Tennell
* 2022: Mariah Bell
* 2023: Isabeau Levito
* 2024–25: Amber Glenn

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Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final champions (women's singles)

* 1995:  Michelle Kwan
* 1996:  Tara Lipinski
* 1997:  Tara Lipinski
* 1998:  Tatiana Malinina
* 1999:  Irina Slutskaya
* 2000:  Irina Slutskaya
* 2001:  Irina Slutskaya
* 2002:  Sasha Cohen
* 2003:  Fumie Suguri
* 2004:  Irina Slutskaya
* 2005:  Mao Asada
* 2006:  Yuna Kim
* 2007:  Yuna Kim
* 2008:  Mao Asada
* 2009:  Yuna Kim
* 2010:  Alissa Czisny
* 2011:  Carolina Kostner
* 2012:  Mao Asada
* 2013:  Mao Asada
* 2014:  Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
* 2015:  Evgenia Medvedeva
* 2016:  Evgenia Medvedeva
* 2017:  Alina Zagitova
* 2018:  Rika Kihira
* 2019:  Alena Kostornaia
* 2022:  Mai Mihara
* 2023:  Kaori Sakamoto
* 2024:  Amber Glenn

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Skate Canada International champions (women's singles)

* 1973:  Lynn Nightingale
* 1974:  Lynn Nightingale
* 1975:  Susanna Driano
* 1976:  Kim Alletson
* 1977:  Linda Fratianne
* 1978:  Lisa-Marie Allen
* 1980:  Elaine Zayak
* 1981:  Tracey Wainman
* 1982:  Vikki de Vries
* 1983:  Katarina Witt
* 1984:  Midori Ito
* 1985:  Caryn Kadavy
* 1986:  Elizabeth Manley
* 1987:  Debi Thomas
* 1988:  Natalia Lebedeva
* 1989:  Kristi Yamaguchi
* 1990:  Josée Chouinard
* 1991:  Surya Bonaly
* 1992:  Maria Butyrskaya
* 1993:  Chen Lu
* 1994:  Krisztina Czakó
* 1995:  Michelle Kwan
* 1996:  Irina Slutskaya
* 1997:  Michelle Kwan
* 1998:  Olena Liashenko
* 1999:  Michelle Kwan
* 2000:  Irina Slutskaya
* 2001:  Sarah Hughes
* 2002:  Sasha Cohen
* 2003:  Sasha Cohen
* 2004:  Cynthia Phaneuf
* 2005:  Alissa Czisny
* 2006:  Joannie Rochette
* 2007:  Mao Asada
* 2008:  Joannie Rochette
* 2009:  Joannie Rochette
* 2010:  Alissa Czisny
* 2011:  Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
* 2012:  Kaetlyn Osmond
* 2013:  Yulia Lipnitskaya
* 2014:  Anna Pogorilaya
* 2015:  Ashley Wagner
* 2016:  Evgenia Medvedeva
* 2017:  Kaetlyn Osmond
* 2018:  Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
* 2019:  Alexandra Trusova
* 2021:  Kamila Valieva
* 2022:  Rinka Watanabe
* 2023:  Kaori Sakamoto
* 2024:  Kaori Sakamoto

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Skate America champions (women's singles)

* 1979:  Lisa-Marie Allen
* 1981:  Vikki de Vries
* 1982:  Rosalynn Sumners
* 1983:  Tiffany Chin
* 1985:  Debi Thomas
* 1986:  Tiffany Chin
* 1988:  Claudia Leistner
* 1989:  Tonya Harding
* 1990:  Kristi Yamaguchi
* 1991:  Tonya Harding
* 1992:  Yuka Sato
* 1993:  Oksana Baiul
* 1994:  Surya Bonaly
* 1995:  Michelle Kwan
* 1996:  Michelle Kwan
* 1997:  Michelle Kwan
* 1998:  Maria Butyrskaya
* 1999:  Michelle Kwan
* 2000:  Michelle Kwan
* 2001:  Michelle Kwan
* 2002:  Michelle Kwan
* 2003:  Sasha Cohen
* 2004:  Angela Nikodinov
* 2005:  Elena Sokolova
* 2006:  Miki Ando
* 2007:  Kimmie Meissner
* 2008:  Yuna Kim
* 2009:  Yuna Kim
* 2010:  Kanako Murakami
* 2011:  Alissa Czisny
* 2012:  Ashley Wagner
* 2013:  Mao Asada
* 2014:  Elena Radionova
* 2015:  Evgenia Medvedeva
* 2016:  Ashley Wagner
* 2017:  Satoko Miyahara
* 2018:  Satoko Miyahara
* 2019:  Anna Shcherbakova
* 2020:  Mariah Bell
* 2021:  Alexandra Trusova
* 2022:  Kaori Sakamoto
* 2023:  Loena Hendrickx
* 2024:  Wakaba Higuchi

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Grand Prix de France figure skating champions (women's singles)

* 1987:  Jill Trenary
* 1988:  Claudia Leistner
* 1989:  Surya Bonaly
* 1990:  Surya Bonaly
* 1991:  Midori Ito
* 1992:  Surya Bonaly
* 1993:  Surya Bonaly
* 1994:  Surya Bonaly
* 1995:  Josée Chouinard
* 1996:  Michelle Kwan
* 1997:  Laëtitia Hubert
* 1998:  Maria Butyrskaya
* 1999:  Maria Butyrskaya
* 2000:  Maria Butyrskaya
* 2001:  Maria Butyrskaya
* 2002:  Sasha Cohen
* 2003:  Sasha Cohen
* 2004:  Joannie Rochette
* 2005:  Mao Asada
* 2006:  Yuna Kim
* 2007:  Mao Asada
* 2008:  Joannie Rochette
* 2009:  Yuna Kim
* 2010:  Kiira Korpi
* 2011:  Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
* 2012:  Ashley Wagner
* 2013:  Ashley Wagner
* 2014:  Elena Radionova
* 2015:  Gracie Gold
* 2016:  Evgenia Medvedeva
* 2017:  Alina Zagitova
* 2018:  Rika Kihira
* 2019:  Alena Kostornaia
* 2021:  Anna Shcherbakova
* 2022:  Loena Hendrickx
* 2023:  Isabeau Levito
* 2024:  Amber Glenn

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