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| Sasha Cohen |
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"There is nothing more satisfying than getting off the ice and knowing you have become a better skater that day."
-Sasha Cohen
| Date of Birth: October 26, 1984 |
| Birthplace: Westwood, California |
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| She's good-natured, pretty and can land a mean layback spin, so we doubt that any impartial judge would fault us if we fell for the graceful Sasha Cohen. |
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| Sasha Cohen has been a rising star in women's figure skating since the early 2000s; following the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, she's been a regular contender in international competitions and is currently World Silver Medalist. |
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Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen was born on October 26, 1984, in Westwood, California. Her mother, Galina, is a ballerina who emigrated from Ukraine; it's thanks to her that Sasha has her nickname ("Sasha" is a common Slavic shortening of Alexander or Alexandra) and can speak fluent Russian. Rounding out Sasha's immediate family is her father Roger Cohen and her younger sister Natasha, an aspiring pianist.
Sasha's first competitive sport was gymnastics, which she practiced as a very young girl; she eventually made it to level five. When Sasha was 7, she switched to figure skating, to which she applied herself with thousands of hours of hard work and training throughout the 1990s. As early as the age of 12, she began to compete in the Southwest Pacific Regionals and Pacific Coast Sectionals, consistently placing in the top five. By 1999, she had placed first in both these competitions, won the Gardena Winter Trophy, and placed second at the US Junior National Championships.
Sasha first came to national prominence the following year, when she won the silver medal at the US National Championships. A back injury kept Sasha from competing in the National Championships in 2001, but she was back in 2002, winning another silver and qualifying for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
At the Olympics, her first major international competition, she just missed a medal, placing fourth. During the opening ceremonies, she was among the athletes who sat beside George W. Bush, and even made headlines when she asked the President to say "hi" to her mother on her cell phone.
In the summer of 2002, Sasha graduated from Futures High School with a straight-A record. She left California and her coach John Nicks for Simsbury, Connecticut to train with Russian coach Tatiana Tarasova. |
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