78 Facts About Gracie Gold

Gracie Gold is a 2014 Olympic team event bronze medalist, the 2014 NHK Trophy champion, the 2015 Trophee Eric Bompard champion, and a two-time US national champion.

Gracie Gold is a two-time World Team Trophy champion.

Gracie Gold holds the record for the highest short program score ever recorded by an American woman: 76.43, scored in the 2016 World Championships.

Grace Elizabeth Gracie Gold was born on August 17,1995, in Newton, Massachusetts.

Gracie Gold is the daughter of Denise, an ER nurse, and Carl Gold, an anesthesiologist.

Gracie Gold was raised in Springfield, Missouri, before moving to Springfield, Illinois.

Gracie Gold has stated that she has lived in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Gracie Gold attended ninth grade at Glenwood High School in Chatham, Illinois, before switching to online education through the University of Missouri.

Gracie Gold has taken ballet lessons to improve her performance.

Gracie Gold has been open about her mental health struggles, including her treatment for anxiety, depression, and an eating disorder.

Gracie Gold discussed having suicidal thoughts after moving alone to Michigan in 2017 and isolating herself in her apartment.

Gracie Gold started skating at age 8 after attending a friend's birthday party at her local rink in Springfield, Missouri.

Gracie Gold subsequently began training with Amy Vorhaben and Max Liu before changing coaches to work with Alexia Griffin.

Gracie Gold was fourth on the novice level at the 2010 US Championships.

Gracie Gold made her international debut at the Junior Grand Prix in Tallinn, Estonia, winning gold.

Gracie Gold's total of 178.92 points is a record for a junior lady at the US Championships.

Gracie Gold won gold in all seven of her competitions this season leading into the US Championships.

Gracie Gold then competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus.

Gracie Gold was named to the US team for the 2012 World Team Trophy.

Gracie Gold finished seventh in her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2012 Skate Canada.

Gracie Gold then worked with a sports psychologist on her focus and refined her programs in Canton, Michigan.

At her first senior US Nationals, Gracie Gold placed ninth in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall with a score of 186.57 points.

Gracie Gold was named to compete at the 2013 Four Continents, where she finished sixth.

At the 2013 World Team Trophy in Tokyo, Gracie Gold placed third in the short program and third in the free skate to finish third overall, setting a personal and season best score total of 188.03 points.

Gracie Gold took silver at her first event of the season, the US International Figure Skating Classic.

Gracie Gold was the third alternate for the Grand Prix Final.

At the 2014 US Championships, Gracie Gold placed first in the short program with 72.12 points, the highest-ever ladies' score earned at the US Championships under the ISU Judging System.

Gracie Gold went on to win the free skate with another record score of 139.57, thus securing her first senior national title.

Gracie Gold was named to the US team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Gracie Gold won a bronze medal in the Olympic team event and finished fourth in the ladies singles event with a score of 205.53 points.

Gracie Gold was assigned to the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, where she placed fifth overall.

Gracie Gold began her season at the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event, where she won the bronze medal behind Russians Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Alena Leonova.

Gracie Gold won bronze at Skate America and gold at NHK Trophy, the latter marking her first win at a Grand Prix event, and the first time an American woman won the event.

Gracie Gold won a silver medal at the 2015 US Championships with a score of 205.54 after finishing second in both the short program and free skate.

At the 2015 Four Continents Championships, Gracie Gold placed second in the short program with a score of 62.67 but fifth in the free skate with a score of 113.91, finishing fourth overall with a score of 176.58.

At the 2015 World Championships, Gracie Gold placed eighth place in the short program with a score of 60.73, her lowest score of the season.

Gracie Gold came back in the free skate with a score of 128.23, which was her season's best and second highest free skate score of the ladies event.

Gracie Gold finished fourth overall, her highest placement at a World Championship so far.

Gracie Gold competed on Team USA at the 2015 World Team Trophy.

Gracie Gold placed first in the short program with a score of 71.26, the highest score ever recorded for an American woman in an ISU event.

Gracie Gold won the silver medal at Skate America, behind Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva.

Gracie Gold then continued her season placing first in the short program at Trophee Eric Bompard, with a score of 73.32.

On January 23, Gracie Gold earned her second National title at the 2016 US Championships in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Gracie Gold went on to competing at the 2016 World Championships in Boston where she placed first in the short program with a score of 76.43, the highest short program score ever recorded by an American woman.

Gracie Gold was assigned to two Grand Prix events, Skate America and Trophee de France.

Gracie Gold began her season at the 2016 Japan Open.

At 2016 Skate America, Gracie Gold placed third in the short program with a score of 64.87 behind American Ashley Wagner and Japan's Mai Mihara after a fall on her triple flip.

Gracie Gold struggled in the free skate, suffering multiple falls, and dropped to 5th overall with a total score of 184.22.

Gracie Gold cited "post worlds summer depression" as a reason for not being prepared, commenting that she had only recently "felt like herself again".

Gracie Gold's struggles continued at the 2016 Trophee de France; she scored a combined total of 165.89 for 8th place, the worst Grand Prix finish of her career.

In late December 2016, Gracie Gold resumed her collaboration with her former coach, Alex Ouriashev, training with him in Chicago before returning to Los Angeles, where she was coached by Frank Carroll.

Gracie Gold finished 6th at the 2017 US Championships, and was left off the Four Continents and World Championship teams for the first time in her senior career; she had previously been on every world championship team starting in 2013.

Gracie Gold didn't inform Gold before telling the media, causing major backlash on social media.

However, Gracie Gold still stated that despite being surprised about Carroll's decision to tell the media before informing her, she maintained the "upmost respect for Frank" and would take the time to make the right decision on coaching arrangements heading into the Olympic season.

On February 8,2017, Gracie Gold announced that Marina Zoueva and Oleg Epstein would be her trainers at the Arctic Edge ice rink in Canton, Michigan.

Gracie Gold wrote that pressure from Nike's coaches helped trigger Gold to show disordered eating so profound she considered taking her own life.

Gracie Gold withdrew from the Japan Open, set to be her season open, and withdrew from the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy due to personal reasons.

Gracie Gold had been assigned to two Grand Prix events, 2017 Cup of China and 2017 Internationaux de France, both of which she withdrew from in October due to ongoing treatment for anxiety, depression, and an eating disorder.

Gracie Gold later withdrew from US Nationals stating she would not have proper training beforehand.

Gracie Gold scored 37.51, the lowest short program score she has ever received since the start of her junior career, placing her in 10th and last place.

Gracie Gold announced via Twitter her withdrawal from the free skate in order to not damage her mental health and confidence because of her short program.

Gracie Gold stated that she is working towards the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Restencourt began posting promising videos of Gracie Gold attempting triple Axels and quadruple salchows in harness on his Instagram, as well as every triple jump.

At the 2020 US South Atlantic Regional Atlantic Championships, Gracie Gold placed third in the short program and fourth in the free program after making significant errors in both programs.

However, Gracie Gold placed third overall and advanced to the 2020 Eastern Sectional Championships, where she won the bronze medal, thus earning her a qualifying spot for the 2020 US Championships.

Gracie Gold was assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate America, the ISU having decided to run the Grand Prix based mainly on skaters' training locations to limit international travel during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gracie Gold was sixth in the short program at the 2022 US Championships, but dropped to tenth place overall after the free skate.

Gracie Gold was twelfth at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, and placed sixth at the 2022 Skate America.

At the 2023 US Figure Skating Championships, Gracie Gold landed a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination in her short program to place 5th.

Gracie Gold placed 11th in the free skate to place 8th overall, her best result since 2017.

Gracie Gold is best known for her fast spins and strong jumps.

Gracie Gold has executed multiple triple-triple jump combinations in international competition, including the 3Lz-3T, 3S-3T, 3F-3T, 3Lo+3T, 3T+3T, as well as the 2A-3T, 3F-2T, 3F+2T+2T, 2A+3T+2T, 3F+2A and the 3Lz+2A+2T combo.

Gracie Gold has landed the 2A-Eu-3F and the 2A-Eu-3F-3T in practice.

Gracie Gold has resumed trying to learn the triple Axel after several years not training the element, but she is only at the stage where she is using a harness.

Gracie Gold has recently began training the quadruple salchow and the quadruple lutz, but is in the stage where she is solely using the harness.

In October 2013, Gracie Gold was named as a face of CoverGirl.

Gracie Gold appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated's February 2014 issue, GQ Japan, and Teen Vogue.

Gracie Gold is an ambassador for the KOSE Infinity beauty product.