Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen was born on October 26,1984 and is a retired American figure skater.
49 Facts About Sasha Cohen
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Sasha Cohen is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World Championship medalist, the 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and the 2006 US Champion.
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Sasha Cohen is known for her artistry, flexibility and body lines, and musical interpretation.
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Sasha Cohen was born in Westwood, California, a neighborhood in Los Angeles.
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Sasha Cohen's nickname "Sasha" is a Russian diminutive of "Alexandra".
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Sasha Cohen's mother, Galina Cohen, is a Jewish immigrant from Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union and a former ballet dancer.
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Sasha Cohen has a younger sister, Natalia, who began college at Barnard College in August 2006.
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Sasha Cohen graduated from Futures High School in Mission Viejo, California in 2002.
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Sasha Cohen graduated from Columbia University in 2016 with a degree in political science.
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Sasha Cohen rose to prominence in the skating community during the 2000 US Championships.
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Just up from juniors, Sasha Cohen was first in the short program and finished second overall after the free skate, provisionally qualifying for the senior World team.
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Sasha Cohen did not compete at the 2001 US Nationals due to a stress fracture in her back.
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Sasha Cohen won the silver medal at the 2002 US championships, earning her a trip to the Olympics.
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Sasha Cohen competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, finishing 4th.
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Sasha Cohen finished 4th at the 2002 World Championships, held in Nagano.
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Sasha Cohen won her first ISU Grand Prix event at the 2002 Skate Canada and then won the 2002 Trophee Lalique.
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Sasha Cohen won the silver medal at the 2002 Cup of Russia.
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At the 2003 US championships she won the bronze medal, and at the 2003 World Championships, held in Washington, DC, Sasha Cohen placed 4th, repeating her placement in the previous season.
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Sasha Cohen placed second at both the 2004 US Championships and the 2004 World Championships, getting a medal at Worlds for the first time in her career.
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In late December 2004, Sasha Cohen decided to return to California and train again with her first coach John Nicks.
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Sasha Cohen placed 2nd at the 2005 US championships in Portland and the 2005 World Championships in Moscow, Russia.
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Sasha Cohen started her Olympic season by placing first at the Campbell's International Figure Skating Challenge.
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Sasha Cohen took second place at Trophee Eric Bompard, where she fell on a triple salchow during her free skate.
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In 2006, Sasha Cohen overcame the flu to capture her first US championship.
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Sasha Cohen was in first after the short program, leading Russia's Irina Slutskaya by a mere.
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Sasha Cohen completed the rest of her elements, including five triples.
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Sasha Cohen finished with an Olympic silver medal, 7.98 points behind gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa of Japan.
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In December 2006, Sasha Cohen announced that she needed "a little downtime from competing" and that she would not defend her US Figure Skating Championship title in 2007.
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Sasha Cohen did not compete in 2007,2008, or 2009, although she did not give up her Olympic eligibility.
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Sasha Cohen performed in exhibitions, including the Rockefeller Christmas Tree lighting and USFSA-approved events.
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Sasha Cohen announced on May 6,2009 that she planned to make a comeback for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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On January 21,2010, Sasha Cohen competed for the first time in four years at the 2010 US Championships in Spokane, Washington.
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Sasha Cohen debuted her program to Espana cani, and skated a strong performance landing a triple lutz-double toe, a triple flip, a double Axel, along with her signature spiral sequence and spins earning 69.63 points putting her in second place, just 0.43 from first-place finisher Mirai Nagasu.
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Sasha Cohen finished fourth in the championships, behind Rachael Flatt, Mirai Nagasu and Ashley Wagner, and was not selected for the Olympic team; however, was appointed as second alternate to the 2010 US Olympic team and the 2010 World Championship team.
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In 2015, Sasha Cohen was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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On December 15,2015, US Figure Skating announced Sasha Cohen would be a member of the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame Class of 2016.
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Sasha Cohen is the first skater to receive +3s for spirals under the International Skating Union Judging System for "Grade of Execution ", and was the first female skater to break the +130 barrier on a free skate under the IJS.
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Sasha Cohen popularized the I-spin position, which is sometimes informally referred to as the "Sasha spin", due to her exceptional execution of the move.
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Sasha Cohen has participated in the ice show Stars On Ice for several years, as well as starring in the 2010 Art On Ice alongside Stephane Lambiel.
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Sasha Cohen has appeared, as herself and as an actress playing a role, in commercials, television episodes, documentaries and feature films.
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Sasha Cohen appeared in Episode 7 of the second season of Project Runway wherein designers were challenged to design a skating dress for her.
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Sasha Cohen made a brief appearance guest starring as herself on the May 5,2006 episode of the NBC drama, Las Vegas.
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Sasha Cohen made a guest appearance as an ice skater in CSI: NY season 3 episode 12 "Silent Night".
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Sasha Cohen participated in the 2013 edition of "Tornado Week" on The Weather Channel, helping break the myth that small tornadoes are not as destructive by demonstrating a tight spin.
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Sasha Cohen played Fiona Hughes, Moondance Alexander's archenemy, in the Don Johnson movie Moondance Alexander.
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At the 2006 Academy Awards, Sasha Cohen served as a guest correspondent for Inside Edition.
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In 2017, Sasha Cohen appeared as herself in the SyFy tv movie, Sharknado 5.
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On July 5,2015, it was announced that Sasha Cohen was engaged to hedge fund manager Tom May On August 20,2016, the couple married in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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In October 2019, Sasha Cohen announced her engagement to Geoffrey Lieberthal, an equity partner who is the son of political scientist Kenneth Lieberthal.