Lindsay Thorngren

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Lindsay Thorngren
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (2005-12-05) December 5, 2005 (age 16)
White Plains, New York
Home townMontclair, New Jersey
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
CoachJulia Lautowa, Viktor Petrenko
ChoreographerBenoît Richaud, Nina Petrenko
Skating clubIce House FSC of NJ
Training locationsHackensack, New Jersey
Began skating2009
ISU personal best scores
Combined total193.77
2021 JGP Slovenia
Short program70.24
2021 JGP Slovenia
Free skate123.65
2021 CS Warsaw Cup

Lindsay Thorngren (born December 5, 2005) is an American figure skater.[1][2] She is the 2022 Challenge Cup silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2021 JGP France I champion, the 2021 JGP Slovenia bronze medalist, and the 2020 U.S. junior champion.[3]

Personal life[]

Thorngren was born on December 5, 2005, in White Plains, New York, to parents Edward and Elizabeth. She is the middle child between sisters Avrianny and Elaura.

Career[]

Early years[]

Thorngren began learning how to skate in 2009 as a four-year-old in Maple Grove, Minnesota. She participated in her first competition in 2010 at the age of five. She began training under her current coach, Julia Lautowa, when her family relocated from Minnesota to New Jersey. Thorngren competed at her first U.S. Championship in 2017 at the juvenile level, where she finished sixth. She went on to win the U.S. intermediate women's title in 2019 and the junior title in 2020.

2019–20 season: Junior international debut[]

Thorngren made her junior international debut on the Junior Grand Prix in September at the 2019 JGP Poland, where she placed eighth. In January she won the US junior national title, earning an assignment to the 2020 World Junior Championships. She placed twenty-sixth in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate.[4]

2020–21 season[]

With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the cancellation of the international junior season, Thorngren's lone major appearance was in making her domestic senior debut at the 2021 U.S. Championships. She finished in sixth place.[4]

2021–22 season: Senior international debut[]

Returning to the Junior Grand Prix, Thorngren's first assignment was the first edition of the 2021 JGP France in Courchevel. Due to French travel rules, Russian women's skaters who normally dominated the Junior Grand Prix were unable to participate in the event.[5] Thorngren won the gold medal in Courchevel. Reflecting on the lack of junior events in the previous year, she said "since there were no competitions, I worked more on building my skills and my jumps."[6] At her second event, the 2021 JGP Slovenia, Thorngren won the bronze medal behind Russians Adeliia Petrosian and Sofia Samodelkina. She attempted a triple Axel in the free skate, but the jump was downgraded due to a forward landing.[7] These results qualified her for the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final, but it was subsequently cancelled due to restrictions imposed as a result of the Omicron variant.[8]

Thorngren made her senior international debut at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, where she finished fifth.[4]

Hoping to qualify for the American Olympic team at the 2022 U.S. Championships, Thorngren was fifth in the short program with a clean skate, only 1.20 points behind third-place Alysa Liu. However, she struggled in the free skate, falling on two jumps and underrotating two others. Seventh in that segment, Thorngren dropped to fifth overall.[9] She was subsequently assigned to the International Challenge Cup, winning the silver medal.[4]

Programs[]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–2022
[10]
2020–2021
[11]
2019–2020
[12]

Competitive highlights[]

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix.

International[4]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
CS Warsaw Cup 5th
Challenge Cup 2nd
International: Junior[4]
Junior Worlds 26th
JGP Final C
JGP France 1st
JGP Slovenia 3rd
JGP Poland 8th
International: Advanced novice
Bavarian Open 2nd
National[11]
U.S. Champ. 6th V 1st I 1st J 6th 5th
Eastern Sect. 10th V 2nd V 7th I 1st I 1st J
North Atlantic 8th V 4th V 1st V 2nd I 1st I
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results[]

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal bests highlighted in bold.

Senior results[]

2021–2022 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 24–27, 2022 2022 Challenge Cup 4
54.87 		2
131.35 		2
186.22
January 3–9, 2022 2022 US Championships 5
70.22 		7
116.16 		5
186.38
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 8
60.75 		4
123.65 		5
184.40
2020–2021 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 11–21, 2021 2021 US Championships 6
62.54 		7
116.35 		6
178.89

Junior results[]

2021–2022 season
Date Event SP FS Total
September 22–25, 2021 2019 JGP Slovenia 3
70.24 		3
123.53 		3
193.77
August 18–21, 2021 2019 JGP France I 2
62.63 		1
118.82 		1
181.45
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 26
49.61 		-
26
49.61
January 20–26, 2020 2020 US Championships 2
59.66 		1
124.10 		1
183.76
September 18–21, 2019 2019 JGP Poland 8
57.44 		9
100.65 		8
158.09

References[]

  1. ^ Elfman, Lois. "NJ's Lindsay Thorngren skated to first international win". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ^ Ryan, Sam. "13-year-old New Jersey student is future star of figure skating". WABC-TV. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Championships women's preview: who delivers under pressure?". NBC Sports. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Competition Results: Lindsay THORNGREN". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "Russian junior skaters out of French events". International Figure Skating. 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ "USA celebrates gold medal sweep as ISU Junior Grand Prix starts in Courchevel". International Skating Union. August 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "Russia sweeps gold medals at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ljubljana (SLO)". International Skating Union. September 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "Figure skating Grand Prix Final cancelled over travel rules". CBC Sports. December 2, 2021.
  9. ^ Slater, Paula (January 8, 2022). "Mariah Bell takes first National title". Golden Skate.
  10. ^ "Lindsay THORNGREN: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021.
  11. ^ a b "2021-22 Figure Skating Roster: Lindsay Thorngren". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. U.S. Figure Skating.
  12. ^ "Lindsay THORNGREN: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019.

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