Gracie Gold
Grace Elizabeth Gold (born August 17, 1995), known as Gracie Gold, is an American figure skater. She is a 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, a six-time Grand Prix medalist (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), and a two-time U.S. national champion (2014, 2016). Gold placed 4th at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. At the junior level, Gold is the 2012 World Junior silver medalist, the 2011 JGP Estonia champion, and the 2012 U.S. junior national champion.
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| Full name | Grace Elizabeth Gold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 17, 1995 Newton, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Springfield, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Alex Zahradnicek, Pavel Filchenkov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | IceWorks SSC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest WS | 6th (2014–15 & 2015–16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2014, Gold became the first American woman to win the NHK Trophy title on the Grand Prix Series circuit and holds the record for the highest short program score ever recorded by an American woman (76.43) which she achieved at the 2016 World Championships in Boston.
Gold is a mental health advocate and was recognized with the 2022 Bell of Hope Award. She was featured in the HBO Sports Documentary The Weight of Gold (2020), and her memoir Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out, released in February 2024, became a The New York Times Bestseller.