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31 Facts About Lindsay Thorngren

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Lindsay Thorngren was born on December 5,2005 and is an American figure skater.

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Lindsay Thorngren is the 2023 NHK Trophy silver medalist and 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion.

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At the junior level, Thorngren was the 2022 World Junior bronze medalist, the 2021 JGP France I champion, and the 2020 US national junior champion.

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Lindsay Thorngren was born on December 5,2005, in White Plains, New York, to parents Edward and Elizabeth.

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Lindsay Thorngren began learning to skate in 2009 as a four-year-old in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

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Lindsay Thorngren participated in her first competition in 2010 at the age of five.

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Lindsay Thorngren began training under her current coach, Julia Lautowa when her family relocated from Minnesota to New Jersey.

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Lindsay Thorngren competed at her first US Championship in 2017 at the juvenile level, where she finished sixth.

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Lindsay Thorngren went on to win the US intermediate women's title in 2019 and the junior title in 2020.

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Lindsay Thorngren made her junior international debut on the Junior Grand Prix in September at the 2019 JGP Poland, where she placed eighth.

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Lindsay Thorngren placed twenty-sixth in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate.

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Lindsay Thorngren was a fan of the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit, choosing to skate her free program to Carlos Rafael Rivera's original score for the program and portray lead character Beth Harmon.

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Lindsay Thorngren attempted a triple Axel in the free skate, but the jump was downgraded due to a forward landing.

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Lindsay Thorngren made her senior international debut at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, where she finished fifth.

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Lindsay Thorngren was assigned to the International Challenge Cup, winning the silver medal.

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Lindsay Thorngren was assigned to compete at the 2022 World Junior Championships, but events would soon complicate the situation.

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Lindsay Thorngren finished fourth in the short program, 0.14 points behind third-place Yun Ah-sun of South Korea.

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Lindsay Thorngren went on to place third in the free skate, rising to third overall, almost four points ahead of Yun.

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Lindsay Thorngren was then assigned to the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy on the Challenger series, where she finished in sixth place.

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Lindsay Thorngren was invited to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate Canada International, placing ninth of twelve skaters.

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Lindsay Thorngren finished fourth in the short program at her second event, the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, but dropped to sixth place after the free skate.

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Lindsay Thorngren went on to win the gold medal at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, earning a personal best in the free skate.

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At the 2023 US Championships, Lindsay Thorngren placed sixth in the short program and fifth in the free skate, finishing sixth overall.

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Lindsay Thorngren began the season by winning gold at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International.

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Lindsay Thorngren remained in fifth place after the free skate.

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At her second assignment, the 2023 NHK Trophy, Lindsay Thorngren sprained her ankle in practice before the short program, but won the segment by a margin of 5.49 points over Belgian Nina Pinzarrone.

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Lindsay Thorngren finished second in the segment and second overall behind training mate Ava Marie Ziegler, with the two time violation deductions comprising more than the margin between them.

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Lindsay Thorngren resumed training triple jumps the week prior to the national championships, where she ultimately placed seventh.

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Lindsay Thorngren went on to finish twelfth at the Four Continents Championships.

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Lindsay Thorngren started the season by competing at the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy, finishing fourth.

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Lindsay Thorngren finished the season with a twelfth-place finish at the 2025 US Championships.