Polina Edmunds was born on May 18,1998 and is a retired American figure skater.
36 Facts About Polina Edmunds
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Polina Edmunds is the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2014 CS US Classic champion, and a two-time US national silver medalist.
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Polina Edmunds represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, finishing 9th.
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Polina Edmunds was born on May 18,1998, in Santa Clara, California.
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Polina Edmunds's mother, Nina, is a figure skating coach and former figure skater originally from Tver, Russia, who learned how to coach under Alexei Mishin.
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In 2007, Polina Edmunds began taking ballet and jazz lessons at Dance Theatre International in Evergreen, San Jose when she was eight.
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Polina Edmunds was a student at Archbishop Mitty High School and graduated in May 2016.
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Polina Edmunds began studying communication at Santa Clara University in September 2016.
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Polina Edmunds was a member of Santa Clara's chapter of Delta Gamma.
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Polina Edmunds first stepped onto the ice at twenty months old and was taking lessons in both skating and ballet by age four.
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Polina Edmunds cites Carolina Kostner, Sasha Cohen, and Michelle Kwan as her figure skating role models.
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Polina Edmunds trained at the Sharks Ice Rink in San Jose with longtime coaches David Glynn and Nina Edmunds, her mother, who have both coached her since she was four.
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Polina Edmunds placed seventh on the junior level at the 2011 US Championships and then sixth in 2012.
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In mid-2013, Polina Edmunds began receiving coaching from Frank Carroll in addition to David Glynn and Nina Polina Edmunds.
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Polina Edmunds received another gold medal at the JGP in Belarus, after placing second in the short and first in the free.
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Polina Edmunds competed on the senior level for the first time at the 2014 US Championships.
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Polina Edmunds won the silver medal behind Gracie Gold after placing second in both segments of the competition.
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Polina Edmunds placed twelfth in the short program but moved up after placing fifth in the free skate, finishing eighth overall with a score of 187.50.
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Polina Edmunds began her season with gold at the 2014 US International Classic, an ISU Challenger Series event.
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Polina Edmunds was assigned to two Grand Prix events, the 2014 Cup of China and 2014 NHK Trophy.
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At her senior Grand Prix debut, Polina Edmunds finished fourth in China and eighth in Japan.
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At the 2015 US Championships, Polina Edmunds placed third in the short program but fourth in the free skate, finishing fourth overall.
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Polina Edmunds won the pewter medal behind bronze medalist Karen Chen.
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However, Chen was not age-eligible to go to the World Championships, so Polina Edmunds was named to both Four Continents and World teams.
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Polina Edmunds won gold at the 2015 Four Continents after placing fourth in the short program and first in the free skate.
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At the 2015 World Championships, Polina Edmunds placed seventh in both segments of the competition, finishing eighth overall.
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Polina Edmunds was assigned to compete at the 2015 Skate Canada International and 2015 Rostelecom Cup.
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Polina Edmunds finished sixth in Canada and fourth in Russia.
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Polina Edmunds won the silver medal behind Gracie Gold at the 2016 US Championships, after placing first in the short program and second in the free.
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Polina Edmunds withdrew from the 2016 Four Continents Championships because she lacked time to break in new skates.
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In February 2016, an MRI showed that Polina Edmunds had a bone bruise on the navicular bone in her right foot, an injury which arose after she "started jumping too early in the new skates".
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Polina Edmunds resumed skating in August 2016 but paused her training in November after the bone bruise returned; she was concerned about the possibility of a career-ending fracture in the navicular bone.
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Polina Edmunds withdrew from her two Grand Prix competitions, the 2016 Rostelecom Cup and 2016 NHK Trophy.
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Polina Edmunds skated a strong short program, though with reduced technical difficulty, and finished 7th.
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On July 15,2020, Polina Edmunds stated in an interview that she left competitive skating and was looking forward to other opportunities in skating and her career.
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Polina Edmunds mentioned that she was proud of her accomplishments and if it had not been for the COVID-19 pandemic, she would have been in a full training mode for the season.