1. Camden Pulkinen competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and is the first male figure skater to compete on behalf of Team USA in the men's singles event at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
37 Facts About Camden Pulkinen
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Camden Pulkinen finished within the top five at the 2022 World Championships and within the top six at the 2018 World Junior Championships.
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Camden Pulkinen is the former world record holder for the junior men's short program.
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Camden Pulkinen's father is of Finnish and French descent, and his mother is from Thailand.
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Camden Pulkinen attended University of Colorado Colorado Springs part-time for a few years before transferring to Columbia University in August 2022, where he studied psychology and economics.
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Camden Pulkinen was coached by Karen Gesell at the Coyotes Skating Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Camden Pulkinen placed seventh at the competition, held in February 2016.
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Camden Pulkinen relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado in June 2016, where Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin, and Drew Meekins became his coaches.
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Camden Pulkinen then returned to the junior level, winning gold at a 2017 JGP competition in September in Salzburg, Austria.
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In early August 2018, Camden Pulkinen placed fourth in the senior ranks at the Philadelphia Summer International.
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Camden Pulkinen next competed at the senior level at the 2018 CS Alpen Trophy, his debut on the Challenger series.
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Camden Pulkinen placed fourth in the short, sixth in the free, and sixth overall.
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Camden Pulkinen commented afterward that he believed he had not trained the free skate sufficiently.
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Camden Pulkinen was nevertheless named to the US team for the 2019 World Junior Championships.
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Camden Pulkinen placed first in the short program there, winning a gold small medal, but struggled again in the free skate, where he placed ninth.
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In May 2019, Camden Pulkinen announced that he had left coach Tom Zakrajsek to train under Tammy Gambill and Damon Allen.
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Camden Pulkinen began his first full senior season at the Philadelphia Summer International, where he placed fifth.
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Camden Pulkinen placed fifth at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International.
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Camden Pulkinen made his senior Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Skate Canada International, where he placed second in the short program, landing a ratified quadruple toe loop.
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Camden Pulkinen dropped to fourth place following the free skate, while still setting a new personal best in that segment and in total score.
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Camden Pulkinen had less success at the 2019 Cup of China, where he placed eighth.
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Camden Pulkinen was assigned to compete at the 2020 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea.
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Camden Pulkinen competed in a virtual Peggy Fleming Trophy artistic contest in the summer.
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Camden Pulkinen commented afterward that it had been a "difficult season", but that he was anticipating preparing for the next year.
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Camden Pulkinen withdrew from the 2021 CS Asian Open, instead competing at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he finished fourteenth.
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At the Grand Prix, Camden Pulkinen placed eleventh at the 2021 NHK Trophy.
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Camden Pulkinen delivered one of the strongest performances of his career at the 2022 US Championships, where he finished fifth.
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Camden Pulkinen placed twelfth in the short program, third in the free skate, and fifth overall, scoring personal bests in each segment and earning a small bronze medal for the free skate.
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Camden Pulkinen placed fifth at the 2022 Skate Canada International, his first Grand Prix assignment, and fifth as well at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.
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Camden Pulkinen went on to win the gold medal at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
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At the 2023 US Championships, Camden Pulkinen finished eighth and was named as the first alternate for the World Championships.
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Camden Pulkinen began the season by finishing fourth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.
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Ahead of the 2024 US Championships, Camden Pulkinen was preemptively named to the US team for the 2024 Four Continents Championships, which were to be held the week after the US Championships in Shanghai.
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At the US Championships, Camden Pulkinen was fifth after the short program.
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Camden Pulkinen was assigned to compete at the 2024 World Championships and subsequently withdrew from his Four Continents assignment to focus on preparing for the World Championships.
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At the 2024 World Championships, Camden Pulkinen came in 20th overall.
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Camden Pulkinen began the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2024 Cranberry Cup International.