Audrey Sumin Shin was born on March 12,2004 and is an American figure skater who currently competes in the pairs discipline with Balazs Nagy.
35 Facts About Audrey Shin
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Audrey Shin is bilingual and able to communicate in both English and Korean fluently.
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Audrey Shin started skating in 2010 at the age of five after a new ice rink was built next to her family's church.
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Audrey Shin's dad, Eric, was a former speed skater and thus encouraged Shin and her sister to try skating recreationally.
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Audrey Shin ultimately fell in love with the sport and decided to pursue it competitively.
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Audrey Shin first made her appearance at the US Championships in 2014 at the juvenile level, placing ninth.
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Similarly, after placing fifth at the 2016 Eastern Sectionals at the novice level, Audrey Shin did not qualify for the 2016 US Championships.
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Audrey Shin placed ninth at the novice level at the 2017 US Championships and ninth at the junior level at the 2018 US Championships.
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Audrey Shin was assigned to her first international competition, the 2017 Asian Open, where she placed seventh at the junior level.
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Audrey Shin started the season at the 2018 JGP Amber Cup, where she placed seventh.
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In January, Audrey Shin competed at the 2019 US Championships at the junior level, where she placed second behind Gabriella Izzo.
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Audrey Shin was then assigned to compete at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy, where she placed fourth at the junior level.
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Audrey Shin underwent ankle surgery in May 2019 to remove a ganglion cyst and was unable to train for a month following the surgery.
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Audrey Shin began the season with a silver medal at the 2019 Philadelphia Summer international at the junior level and was assigned to JGP Russia, where she placed 12th.
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Audrey Shin experienced several issues with her boots and blades that contributed to an unsuccessful start to the season.
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Audrey Shin failed to qualify for the 2020 US Championships due to a sixth-place finish at the Eastern Sectional Final and coupled with her rough start to the season, considered quitting the sport.
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Audrey Shin was later assigned to compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she placed seventh.
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Audrey Shin described the Youth Winter Olympics as a "huge motivating factor" in her career.
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Audrey Shin was instead assigned to the modified Grand Prix event, 2020 Skate America.
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Audrey Shin stated that she was working on both a triple Axel and quadruple toe loop with her coach, Tammy Gambill.
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Audrey Shin dealt with an injury in the off-season that caused her to scrap plans to attempt to up her technical content for the new season.
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Audrey Shin began the season at her first Challenger event, the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, where she won the bronze medal.
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Audrey Shin was twelfth of twelve skaters at the 2021 Skate America, and went on to finish fourth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria.
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Ninth in the short program at the 2022 US Championships, Audrey Shin rose to sixth overall with a fifth-place free skate, despite several underrotated jumps.
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Audrey Shin's placement earned Shin an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships.
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Audrey Shin was fifth in both segments and placed fourth overall with a new personal best score of 203.86.
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Audrey Shin began her season with a gold medal at the 2022 Cranberry Cup International.
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Audrey Shin then went on to finish fourth at the 2022 CS US International Figure Skating Classic.
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At her second event, the 2022 NHK Trophy, Audrey Shin finished fourth in the short program, less than three points back of third-place Rion Sumiyoshi.
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Audrey Shin was fifth in the free skate, but remained fourth overall, 4.12 points behind bronze medalist Sumiyoshi.
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Audrey Shin finished fourth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International to start the season.
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Audrey Shin struggled with jump underrotations and a fall in the free skate, placing ninth in the segment and dropping to seventh overall.
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Audrey Shin went on to finish ninth at the 2023 Cup of China.
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Audrey Shin got in contact with former US pair skaters, Chris Knierim and Brandon Frazier to help her learn various pair elements.
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Audrey Shin agreed to this and after a week of skating together, the pair agreed to form a partnership.