Jacob Sanchez was born on April 23,2007 and is an American figure skater.
18 Facts About Jacob Sanchez
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Jacob Sanchez is Puerto Rican and serves as an ambassador of Diversify Ice, an organization that strives to support competitive figure skaters from minority groups.
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Jacob Sanchez has expressed interest in becoming a physical therapist after completing his competitive figure skating career.
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Jacob Sanchez began figure skating in 2012 at the age of five.
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Jacob Sanchez originally wanted to be a hockey player so his mother enrolled him into "Learn to Skate" lessons.
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Jacob Sanchez ultimately decided that he enjoyed the feeling of balancing and gliding across the ice in those skates.
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Jacob Sanchez then began training under 1984 Olympic pair bronze medalists, Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov at the Hudson Valley Figure Skating Club.
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Jacob Sanchez won the silver medal at the 2018 US Juvenile Championships before going on to win bronze at the 2019 US Intermediate Championships.
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Jacob Sanchez started the season by the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2021 Cranberry Cup International.
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In January, Jacob Sanchez competed at the 2022 US Junior Championships, coming in ninth.
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Qualifying for the 2023 US Junior Championships, Jacob Sanchez won the silver medal behind Lucas Broussard.
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Jacob Sanchez then ended the season by taking gold on the junior level at the 2023 Coupe du Printemps.
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Jacob Sanchez was then named to the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic team.
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Jacob Sanchez started the season by on the junior level at the 2022 Cranberry Cup International, where finished second behind New Zealand skater, Yanhao Li.
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In Slovenia, Jacob Sanchez managed to win a second gold medal.
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At that event, Jacob Sanchez placed second in the short program with a score of 79.24, only 0.15 points behind leader, Rio Nakata.
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However, with an overall score 227.38, Jacob Sanchez earned enough to win the gold medal overall.
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In mid-November, Jacob Sanchez made his senior international debut at the 2024 Tallinn Trophy, where he won the gold medal.