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Ashley Wagner
Wagner at the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
CoachPriscilla Hill
Skating clubSC of Wilmington

Ashley Wagner (born May 16, 1991) is an American figure skater. She is the 2008 U.S. bronze medalist and 2007 & 2009 World Junior bronze medalist. Following the 2007-2008 season, she is ranked 12th in the world.[1]

Personal life

Ashley Wagner is the first child and only daughter of Eric and Melissa Wagner. A military brat, Wagner was born on a U.S. Army Base in Heidelberg, Germany, where her father was stationed at the time. Although she was born in Germany, she is a United States citizen, because an Army base is considered U.S. soil. Her father is a retired Army lieutenant colonel, and her mother is a fourth-grade teacher. Her younger brother Austin is also a skater and competes nationally at the novice level.

Since Wagner's father was in the military, her family moved nine times during Wagner's childhood. Besides Germany, she has lived in California, Alaska, Kansas, Washington state, and Virginia. Her family currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia, and Wagner attended West Potomac High School through the 2007/2008 school year. She previously attended Whitman Middle School. Wagner was home schooled by her mother for half a year before entering Whitman Middle School but returned to public school because she missed it.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Skating career

Early career

Wagner began skating at age five in Eagle River, Alaska. She says that her mother told her she could choose between ballet or figure skating, but she "wasn't going to do anything in pink shoes."[3] According to her mother, Ashley began to show promise early and won a gold medal at her first competition. In 1998, Wagner watched American Tara Lipinski win the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics on television. From that moment, she decided that she wanted to compete in the Olympics, too.[2] [5]

Since Wagner's family moved around so much, she has worked with several coaches, including Tonya Harding's former coach Dody Teachman. In 2001, Wagner began training with Shirley Hughes when her family moved to Virginia. Jill Shipstad-Thomas choreographs her competitive programs.[3] [4]

In the 2002-2003 season, Wagner qualified for the U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships, which are the national championships of the United States for figure skaters at the juvenile and intermediate levels. Wagner placed 17th at the Intermediate level. The following season she tested up to the novice level. She won the silver medal at her regional competition, the first step to qualifying for the national championships, but placed 10th at her sectional competition and did not qualify for the 2004 National Championships.

Wagner performs a Biellmann spiral on the junior level in 2006.

Wagner qualified for her first U.S. Figure Skating Championships in the 2004-2005 season after placing first at both the Northwest Pacific Regionals and the Pacific Coast Sectionals. Competing on the novice level, she placed seventh at Nationals.[2]

For the 2005-2006 season, Wagner moved up to the junior level. She won both the Northwest Pacific Regional and Pacific Coast Sectional competitions again to qualify for the National Championships. At the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis, Missouri, Wagner finished fourth on the junior level, earning the pewter medal. After the event, Wagner was named to the U.S. team for the Triglav Trophy in Slovenia, her first major international competition and where she made her international junior debut. There she landed six triple jumps, including a triple toe-triple toe combination, in her long program to move up from third in the short program to first overall.[4]

In the 2006-2007 season, Wagner made her Junior Grand Prix debut. She won both the Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel, France, and the event in The Hague, Netherlands. Her wins qualified her for the Junior Grand Prix Final in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she won the silver medal behind fellow American Caroline Zhang, with a final score of 142.01. At the 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Washington, Wagner placed third behind Mirai Nagasu and Caroline Zhang, earning herself a spot on the World Junior Championships team. Her bronze medal at the 2007 Nationals was the first time she had placed in the top three at the national championships.[3] At the 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, she landed seven triple jumps in her long program and earned an overall personal best of 157.15. She finished with the bronze medal behind Zhang and Nagasu, completing the first-ever American sweep of the World Junior podium.[6]

Senior career

Wagner competes her short program at the 2008 NHK Trophy.

Wagner moved up to the senior level both nationally and internationally for the 2007-2008 season. She made her senior international debut at the 2007 Skate Canada International in Quebec City, Quebec, where she placed fifth overall with a score of 150.06. Two weeks later, Wagner won her first senior international medal at the 2007 Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris, France. She placed third behind reigning World silver medalist Mao Asada and reigning U.S. National Champion Kimmie Meissner with a score of 158.63. She finished second in the long program ahead of Meissner and only lost to Meissner in the final standings by 0.11 points. During her fall Grand Prix events, Wagner attempted the triple Lutz-triple loop combination for the first time in competition, but it was downgraded by the technical callers because her attempts were not fully rotated. Discussing her first year on the Grand Prix, Wagner said, "Competing on the Grand Prix has forced my skating to mature. I'm a senior lady now, and I need to perform like one."[5]

In January 2008, Wagner competed on the senior level for the first time at the 2008 United States Figure Skating Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota. She placed second in the short program behind Mirai Nagasu after landing a triple Lutz-triple loop combination.[7] [8] In the long program, she placed second again, this time behind Rachael Flatt, after landing seven triples including another triple Lutz-triple loop combination. She finished with the bronze medal overall behind Nagasu and Flatt. Because Nagasu, Flatt, and pewter-medalist Caroline Zhang were too young to compete at an ISU Senior Championship event, Wagner was the only medal winner to be named to the Four Continents and World Championships teams.[9] Because of her third place finish at the 2008 Nationals, Wagner has a bye to the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

At the 2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Goyang City, South Korea, Wagner finished twelfth in the short program (47.29), fifth in the free skate (105.17), and eighth overall with a final score of 152.46.[10] [11]

At the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships in Goteburg, Sweden, Wagner finished sixteenth with a final score of 137.40. She finished eleventh in the short program (51.49) and fifteenth in the long program (85.91). She fell once in her long program.[12]

In June 2008, Wagner announced that she would be leaving her longtime coach Shirley Hughes to begin working with Priscilla Hill in Wilmington, Delaware.[13]

For the 2008-2009 Grand Prix of figure skating season, Wagner was assigned to compete at Cup of China where she finished fourth. Her next event was the NHK Trophy, where she again finished fourth. In the process she set new personal bests in the short program and her combined score. She won the pewter medal at the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and will represent the United States at the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Programs

Season Short Program Free Skating Exhibition
2008-2009 Somewhere in Time soundtrack
by John Barry 		Spartacus
by Khachaturian 		"Fever"
by Bette Midler
2007-2008 Henry VIII
by Camille Saint-Saens 		"Tango Jalousie"
by J. Gade
"Mambo Jambo"
by Perez Prado 		"Bye Bye Blackbird"
by Liza Minnelli
2006-2007 The Cotton Club
by Duke Ellington 		"Summertime"
by George Gershwin 		Steam Heat
2005-2006 Henry V soundtrack
by Patrick Doyle 		Scent of a Woman soundtrack
by Thomas Newman and Jose Padilla

Competitive highlights

Wagner on the 2008 U.S. nationals podium
Event 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
World Championships 16th
Four Continents Championships 8th
World Junior Championships 3rd 3rd
U.S. Championships 7th N. 4th J. 3rd J. 3rd 4th
NHK Trophy 4th
Cup of China 4th
Trophee Eric Bompard 3rd
Skate Canada 5th
Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands 1st
Junior Grand Prix, France 1st
Triglav Trophy 1st J.
Pacific Coast Sectionals 1st N. 1st J.
Northwest Pacific Regionals 1st N. 1st J.
  • N = Novice level; J = Junior level

Detailed results

2008-2009 season

Wagner(right) and other medalists at the 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
2008-2009 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 23 – March 1, 2009 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2
57.50 		3
96.07 		3
153.57
January 18 - 25, 2009 2009 United States Figure Skating Championships 12
50.28 		1
115.05 		4
165.33
November 27 - 30, 2008 2008 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy 2
61.52 		5
99.58 		4
161.10
November 5 - 9, 2008 2008 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China 4
55.40 		4
100.19 		4
155.59

2007-2008 season

2007-2008 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 17 - 23, 2008 2008 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 11
51.49 		15
85.91 		16
137.40
February 11-17, 2008 2008 ISU Four Continents Championships 12
47.29 		5
105.17 		8
152.46
January 20 - 27, 2008 2008 United States Figure Skating Championships 2
65.15 		2
123.41 		3
188.56
2November 15 - 18, 2007 2007 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Eric Bompard 5
50.48 		2
108.15 		3
158.63
November 1 - 4, 2007 2007 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada 8
50.86 		5
99.20 		5
150.06

2006-2007 season

2006-2007 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 26 - March 4, 2007 2007 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Junior 3
51.67 		3
105.48 		3
157.15
January 21 - 28, 2007 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships Junior 4
51.20 		3
94.66 		3
145.86
December 7 - 10, 2006 2007-2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 3
48.65 		2
93.36 		2
142.01
October 5 - 7, 2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Netherlands Junior 4
44.98 		1
89.00 		1
133.98
August 23 - 26, 2006 ISU Junior Grand Prix, France Junior 1
49.52 		1
85.43 		1
134.95

2005-2006 season

2005-2006 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 12 - 16, 2006 Triglav Trophy Junior 3
38.74 		1
78.36 		1
117.10
January 7 - 15, 2006 2006 United States Figure Skating Championships Junior 2
45.85 		4
86.60 		4
132.45
November 15 - 19, 2005 2006 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships Junior 1
41.50 		1
83.72 		1
125.22
October 19 - 22, 2005 2006 Northwest Pacific Regional Championships Junior 1 1 1

2004-2005 season

2004-2005 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 9 - 16, 2005 2005 United States Figure Skating Championships Novice 8 5 7
November 11 - 13, 2004 2005 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships Novice 2 1 1
October 19 - 23, 2004 2005 Northwest Pacific Regional Championships Novice 1 1 1


2003-2004 season

2003-2004 season
Date Event Level QR SP FS Total
November 11 - 15, 2003 2004 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships Novice 11 10 10
October 14 - 18, 2003 2004 Northwest Pacific Regional Championships Novice 2 3 2 2
  • QR = Qualifying Round; SP = Short program; FS = Free skating

References

  1. ^ ISU World Standings for Figure Skating and Ice Dancing
  2. ^ a b c Glod, Maria. "A 'Normal' Prodigy: For Ashley Wagner, It's Important To Coordinate Ice Time, Family Time." The Washington Post. January 20, 2005. Accessed on May 11, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d Mittan, J. Barry. "What a Year for Wagner." Skate Today: Where Skating Matters. December 3, 2007. Accessed on May 12, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c Rosewater, Amy. "Ashley Wagner Finds a Home and Success in Alexandria." U.S. Figure Skating. June 12, 2006. Accessed on May 11, 2008.
  5. ^ a b c Rutherford, Lynn. "Wagner Ready to Step Up: Teen from Virginia Wants Her Turn in the Spotlight." Icenetwork.com. January 18, 2008. Accessed on May 12, 2008.
  6. ^ Zanca, Sal. "American Ladies Sweep World Junior Medals." U.S. Figure Skating. March 3, 2007. Accessed on May 27, 2008.
  7. ^ Rutherford, Lynn. "Fourteen-year-old Nagasu Leads After Stunning Short: Top Three Ladies All Nail Triple-Triples." Icenetwork.com. January 24, 2008.
  8. ^ Shipley, Amy. "Alexandria's Wagner is Unfazed by Success." The Washington Post. January 26, 2008. Accessed on May 27, 2008.
  9. ^ Rutherford, Lynn. "Nagasu Hangs on for Ladies National Title: Flatt Wins Free Skate, Silver; Wagner Takes Bronze." Icenetwork.com. January 27, 2008. Accessed on May 27, 2008.
  10. ^ Flade, Tatiana. "Mao Asada Tops Field for Top Spot: Rochette Takes Second, Ando Third." Icenetwork.com. February 16, 2008. Accessed on May 27, 2008.
  11. ^ "Japanese Women Rule Four Continents Event." The Washington Post. February 17, 2008. Accessed on May 27, 2008.
  12. ^ Stevenson, Alexandra. "Asada Wins Ladies Crown at Worlds: Number One Woman in the World Takes Home Gold." Icenetwork.com. March 20, 2008. Accessed on May 27, 2008.
  13. ^ "Wagner Leaves Coach Hughes for Hill." Icenetwork.com. June 23, 2008. Accessed on June 23, 2008.
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