1. Starr Andrews was born on June 23,2001 and is an American figure skater.
25 Facts About Starr Andrews
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Starr Andrews is the 2022 Skate Canada International silver medalist, 2019 International Challenge Cup silver medalist, 2019 Egna Trophy silver medalist, and finished fourth at the 2023 US Nationals.
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Starr Andrews has finished in the top ten at three ISU Championships and is the first African American woman to win a Grand Prix medal in the singles discipline.
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Starr Andrews was born on June 23,2001, in Los Angeles, California.
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Starr Andrews became interested in figure skating after her mother brought her to the ice rink when she was three.
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Starr Andrews placed 6th on the novice level at the 2016 US Championships.
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Starr Andrews decided to move up to the junior level, coached by Delmore and Peter Kongkasem in Lakewood, California and Riverside, California.
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Starr Andrews began her season on the junior level, placing fifth at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria.
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In January, Starr Andrews finished sixth in the senior ladies' category at the 2018 US Championships, having placed eighth in the short program and fifth in the free skate.
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Starr Andrews was assigned to the 2018 Four Continents, where she placed seventh, and the 2018 World Junior Championships, from which she withdrew.
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In early August, Starr Andrews competed at the 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy; she placed second in the short program with a personal best score but dropped to fifth after the free skate.
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Starr Andrews attempted the triple Axel in the free program, but her jump had a two-footed landing and was downgraded due to insufficient rotation.
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Starr Andrews made her Grand Prix debut in October at the 2018 Skate America and placed ninth in the short program, tenth in the free skate, and tenth overall.
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Starr Andrews was invited to the 2018 Skate Canada International, where she placed fourth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and seventh overall.
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Starr Andrews started her season competing at the ISP Points Challenge, a virtual US domestic competition.
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Starr Andrews was assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate America in Las Vegas, an event attended only by skaters training in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Starr Andrews finished in fifth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria.
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Starr Andrews had to withdraw from the 2021 Internationaux de France due to an injury in the warmup.
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Starr Andrews finished in sixth place at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to start the season.
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Starr Andrews became the first African American woman to medal in singles in the Grand Prix era that began in 1995, and the second Black woman after Frenchwoman Surya Bonaly.
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At the 2023 US Championships, Starr Andrews placed narrowly third in the short program.
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Starr Andrews then had heart surgery to deal with atrial tachycardia, which she had been dealing with for a decade.
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Starr Andrews went on came tenth at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo.
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At the 2024 US Championships, Starr Andrews was ninth in the short program but delivered a strong fifth-place free skate and moved up to sixth overall.
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Starr Andrews then went on to win gold at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup.