Sasha Cohen

Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen ( born October 26, 1984 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California) is an American figure skater who starts in a single run.

Her parents are Roger and Galina Cohen. The mother, Galina Cohen, nee Feldman, a Jewish emigrant from the Ukrainian SSR, which has undergone a ballet training. Therefore Sasha Cohen understands the Russian language. Her father is a lawyer at Dorsey & Whitney. Her sister Natasha is a concert pianist.

Cohen began skating at the age of seven years. Previously, she was a gymnast. Professionally she started at the age of eleven years with the figure skating. Your trainer is John Nicks. Before that, she had numerous other coaches, including Tatiana Tarasova and Robin Wagner. Cohen trained in Aliso Viejo Ice Palace and starts for the Orange County Figure Skating Club.

In Olympic 2002 Cohen made ​​his first big international in appearance than she was in her first world championship and their first Olympics straight away fourth. The fourth place was defended also in the subsequent World Cup in 2003 and won this season also at the Grand Prix Final. 2004 in Dortmund, she was Vice World Champion behind Shizuka Arakawa and 2005 in Moscow behind Irina Sluzkaja. 2006 Cohen won the U.S. Championships for the first time. In her second Olympic Games, she won the silver medal in Turin behind Arakawa. In the subsequent World Championships she won the bronze medal. Then she left the competitive sport and toured with the ice revues Champions on Ice and Stars on Ice. She also worked as an actress. She had guest appearances in " Las Vegas " and " CSI: NY ". Cohen tried for the Olympic Games in Vancouver to qualify, but missed it in fourth at the national championships.

Published in 2005 her autobiography "Fire on Ice".

Results

  • Z = Withdrawn

* Cohen did not take part in the seasons 2006/ 07, 2007/ 08 and 2008/ 09

Works

  • Sasha Cohen, Amanda Maciel: Fire on Ice: Autobiography of a Champion Figure Skater. Avon Books, New York 2005, ISBN 0-06-072490-0.
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