Gracie Gold

Born

1995-08-17

Birthplace

Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Grace Elizabeth Gold (born August 17, 1995) is an American figure skater. She is a 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, a six-time Grand Prix medalist (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), and a two-time U.S. national champion (2014, 2016). She placed 4th at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. At the junior level, Gold is the 2012 World Junior silver medalist, the 2011 JGP Estonia champion, and the 2012 U.S. junior national champion. In 2014, Gold became the first American woman to win the NHK Trophy title on the Grand Prix Series circuit and holds the record for the highest short program score ever recorded by an American woman (76.43) which she achieved at the 2016 World Championships in Boston. She is a mental health advocate and was recognized with the 2022 Bell of Hope Award. She was featured in the HBO sports documentary The Weight of Gold (2020), and her memoir Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out released in February 2024, was on the New York Times Bestseller list. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gracie Gold, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.