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Polina Edmunds

ポリーナ・エドモンズ　/　ぽりーな・えどもんず

American figure skater

May 18, 1998 (age 28)　・　Santa Clara, California, United States

California
figure skater

My Take

Polina Edmunds represents the kind of figure skating career I find quietly moving: a teenager from Santa Clara stepping onto the Olympic ice at Sochi while barely out of high school. Becoming a Four Continents champion and a two-time national silver medalist is no small thing, yet what interests me most is the resilience such early exposure demands. She did not become a household legend, but she competed against the world at an age when most are still finding themselves. I respect skaters who give everything to the sport and then move on with grace, and she strikes me as exactly that kind of athlete.

Overview

Polina Edmunds Bast (born May 18, 1998) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2014 CS U.S. Classic champion, and a two-time U.S. national silver medalist (2014, 2016). She represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, finishing 9th. Earlier in her career, Edmunds won two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and the 2013 U.S. National Junior title.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Polina Edmunds
Name (Japanese): ポリーナ・エドモンズ
Reading: ぽりーな・えどもんず
Born: May 18, 1998 (age 28)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Tiger
Origin: Santa Clara, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: figure skater

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Archbishop Mitty High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
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4. Personality

Motto

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