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Christina Gao (; born March 7, 1994) is an American figure skater . She is the 2009-2010 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and 2009 U.S. Junior bronze medalist . , she was ranked 36th in the world by the International Skating Union (ISU). Gao was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father was a junior national badminton champion in China. Early careerGao began skating at age 7. In the 2004-2005 season, competing on the Juvenile level, she won the silver medal at her regional championship to qualify for the U.S. Junior Championships, where she placed 12th. She moved up to the Intermediate level the following year and won the pewter medal at her regional championship to qualify for the U.S. Junior Championships, where she placed 11th in her qualifying group and did not advance to the final. She moved up to the Novice level for the 2006-2007 season and placed 13th at her regional championship and did not qualify to her sectional championship. In the 2007-2008 season, competing again on the novice level, Gao won both her regional and sectional championship to qualify for the 2008 United States Figure Skating Championships, where she finished 12th. The following season, Gao moved up to the 4th level. She won the silver medal at her regional championship and the gold medal at her sectional championship to qualify for the 2009 United States Figure Skating Championships. At the 2009 U.S. Championships, she placed third in the short program and second in the free skating, winning the bronze medal overall. 2009-2010 seasonGao made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2009-2010 season. She won the bronze medal at the 2009-2010 Junior Grand Prix event in Poland with an overall score of 134.55 points. She had also been assigned to the event in Turkey, where she won another bronze earning 135.01 points. She qualified for the 2009-2010 Junior Grand Prix Final . At the Junior Grand Prix, she placed fifth in the short program with 52.82 points and third in the free skate with 98.65 points, winning the bronze medal overall with a score of 151.47 points. She earned new personal bests in the both segments of the competition. At the 2010 United States Figure Skating Championships in January 2010, she placed fifth in the short program with a score 56.26 points and fifth in the free skate with 100.27. She placed 5th overall with 156.53. She was assigned to compete at the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. She placed eight overall. 2010-2011 seasonGao has been assigned to the 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix events in Austria and Japan. She won the silver medal in her first event with a total of 167.14 points. Gao withdrew from the competition in Japan but was reassigned to Germany based on her result in Austria. She placed second totalling 155.67 points. Those placements qualified her for the 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final , where she cme in sixth position earning 145.01 points.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Christina Gao".
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