1. Christina Gao was born on March 7,1994 and is an American former figure skater.
18 Facts About Christina Gao
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Christina Gao is the 2012 Skate America silver medalist, the 2009 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and the 2009 US Junior bronze medalist.
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Christina Gao's father was a junior national badminton champion in China.
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Christina Gao moved up to the Intermediate level the following year and won the pewter medal at her regional championship to qualify for the United States Junior Championships, where she placed 11th in her qualifying group and did not advance to the final.
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Christina Gao won the silver medal at her regional championship and the gold medal at her sectional championship to qualify for the 2009 US Championships.
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Christina Gao had been assigned to the event in Turkey, where she won another bronze earning 135.01 points.
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Christina Gao earned new personal bests in both segments of the competition.
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Christina Gao was assigned to compete at the 2010 World Junior Championships.
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Christina Gao won the silver medal in her first event with a total of 167.14 points.
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Christina Gao withdrew from the competition in Japan but was reassigned to Germany based on her result in Austria.
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Christina Gao finished 5th at the US Championships at the senior level.
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Christina Gao was fourth at the 2011 World Junior Championships.
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Christina Gao was assigned to the 2011 Cup of China and 2011 Cup of Russia for the Grand Prix season.
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Christina Gao placed fourth in the free skate with a score of 100.47 to finish fifth.
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Christina Gao placed tenth in the free skate with a score of 78.13, to place tenth overall.
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Christina Gao then competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships and finished 7th at the event.
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In March 2012, Christina Gao left Toronto and returned to Cincinnati.
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Christina Gao was fifth at the 2013 US Championships and was named in the United States team to the 2013 Four Continents in Osaka, Japan where she finished 4th and was the highest ranking American at the event ahead of teammates Gracie Gold and Agnes Zawadzki.