Lindsay Thorngren
| Lindsay Thorngren | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  United States |
| Born | December 5, 2005 White Plains, New York |
| Home town | Montclair, New Jersey |
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Coach | Julia Lautowa |
| Former coach | Viktor Petrenko |
| Choreographer | Benoît Richaud, Nina Petrenko |
| Skating club | Ice House FSC of NJ |
| Training locations | Hackensack, New Jersey |
| Began skating | 2009 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 199.42 2022 Junior Worlds |
| Short program | 70.24 2021 JGP Slovenia |
| Free skate | 133.28 2022 Junior Worlds |
Lindsay Thorngren (born December 5, 2005) is an American figure skater.[1][2] She is the 2022 World Junior bronze medalist and 2022 Challenge Cup silver medalist. She is also 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. Her mother, Elizabeth, is from Dominican Republic. She has a older sister named Avrianny and a younger sister named 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: World Junior bronze
Thorngren was a fan of the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit, choosing to skate her free program to Carlos Rafael Rivera's original score for the program and portray lead character Beth Harmon. She analogized that Harmon "falls in love with chess, competes and she fights to win a chess game. So in my program, I'm fighting to land all my jumps and skate cleanly and perform the best I can."[5]
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.[6] 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."[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] She was subsequently assigned to the International Challenge Cup, winning the silver medal.[4]
Thorngren was assigned to compete at the 2022 World Junior Championships, but events would soon complicate the situation. Shortly after the conclusion of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Russia invaded Ukraine. As a result, the International Skating Union banned all Russian athletes from competing at ISU championships.[11] As Russian women had dominated international figure skating in recent years, this had a significant impact on the field, and Thorngren was considered a medal contender.[12] Due to both the invasion and the Omicron variant, the World Junior Championships could not be held as scheduled in Sofia in early March, and were rescheduled for mid-April in Tallinn.[13] Thorngren finished fourth in the short program, 0.14 points behind third-place Yun Ah-sun of South Korea.[14] She went on to place third in the free skate, rising to third overall, almost four points ahead of Yun.[15] Standing on the podium alongside fellow American Isabeau Levito, she concurred that "the medal is a reflection of our training and how hard we've worked this season, and I'm really happy."[5]
2022–23 season
In her first competition of the season, Thorngren won the silver medal at the Philadelphia Summer International.[4] She was then assigned to the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy on the Challenger series, where she finished in sixth place.[16]
Thorngren was invited to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate Canada International, coming ninth of twelve skaters.[17]
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2022–2023 [18] |
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| 2021–2022 [19] |
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| 2020–2021 [20] |
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| 2019–2020 [21] |
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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 | 22–23 |
| GP Finland | TBD | ||||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 9th | ||||||||
| CS Finlandia | 6th | ||||||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 5th | ||||||||
| Challenge Cup | 2nd | ||||||||
| Philadelphia | 2nd | ||||||||
| International: Junior[4] | |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 26th | 3rd | |||||||
| JGP Final | C | ||||||||
| JGP France | 1st | ||||||||
| JGP Slovenia | 3rd | ||||||||
| JGP Poland | 8th | ||||||||
| International: Advanced novice | |||||||||
| Bavarian Open | 2nd | ||||||||
| National[20] | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| ISP Points Challenge | 9th | ||||||||
| USCS Virginia | 1st | ||||||||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled 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
| 2022–2023 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 28–30, 2022 | 2022 Skate Canada International | 10 55.16 |
6 120.93 |
9 176.09 |
| October 4–9, 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 14 52.86 |
5 112.23 |
6 165.09 |
| August 4–7, 2022 | 2022 Philadelphia Summer International | 2 69.57 |
2 134.05 |
2 203.62 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 13–17, 2022 | 2022 World Junior Championships | 4 66.14 |
3 133.28 |
3 199.42 |
| 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 |
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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
- ^ Elfman, Lois. "NJ's Lindsay Thorngren skated to first international win". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Sam. "13-year-old New Jersey student is future star of figure skating". WABC-TV. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Championships women's preview: who delivers under pressure?". NBC Sports. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Competition Results: Lindsay THORNGREN". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b Slater, Paula (April 17, 2022). "USA's Isabeau Levito skates to gold in Tallinn". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Russian junior skaters out of French events". International Figure Skating. 10 August 2021.
- ^ "USA celebrates gold medal sweep as ISU Junior Grand Prix starts in Courchevel". International Skating Union. August 23, 2021.
- ^ "Russia sweeps gold medals at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ljubljana (SLO)". International Skating Union. September 27, 2021.
- ^ "Figure skating Grand Prix Final cancelled over travel rules". CBC Sports. December 2, 2021.
- ^ Slater, Paula (January 8, 2022). "Mariah Bell takes first National title". Golden Skate.
- ^ "ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis – Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus". International Skating Union. March 1, 2022.
- ^ "2022 World Junior Championships". International Figure Skating.
- ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 allotted to Tallinn (EST)". International Skating Union. March 4, 2022.
- ^ Slater, Paula (April 16, 2022). "USA's Isabeau Levito leads Women at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Isabeau Levito (USA) strikes gold in Junior World debut". International Skating Union. April 17, 2022.
- ^ "Hawayek and Baker secure ice dance silver in Finland". U.S. Figure Skating. October 9, 2022.
- ^ Rutherford, Lynn (October 29, 2022). "Starr Andrews skates to historic silver medal at Skate Canada". United States Olympic Committee.
- ^ "Lindsay THORNGREN: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. July 17, 2022.
- ^ "Lindsay THORNGREN: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021.
- ^ a b "2021-22 Figure Skating Roster: Lindsay Thorngren". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. U.S. Figure Skating.
- ^ "Lindsay THORNGREN: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 16, 2019.