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Sarah Hughes
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| Born: | – Great Neck, New York | | Height: | 5'5" | | School: | Yale University | | Hometown: | Great Neck, New York | | Training Town: | New Haven, Connecticut |
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| Competitive History |
| 2003 ABC Sports International Challenge - 8th | | 2000 State Farm U.S. Championships - 3rd |
| 2003 World Championships - 6th | | 1999 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (Team USA) - 2nd |
| 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships - 2nd | | 1999 Trophée Lalique - 3rd |
| 2002 Crest Whitestrips Challenge - 2nd | | 1999 Skate America - 4th |
| 2002 Campbell's Classic - 3rd | | 1999 Vienna Cup - 1st |
| 2002 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 2nd | | 1999 Keri Lotion Classic (Team USA) - 2nd |
| 2002 Olympic Winter Games - 1st | | 1999 Junior Grand Prix Final - 2nd |
| 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships - 3rd | | 1999 Keri Lotion USA vs. World (team) - 1st |
| 2002 Grand Prix Final - 3rd | | 1999 World Championships - 7th |
| 2001 Hershey's Kisses Challenge (team) - 2nd | | 1999 World Junior Championships - 2nd |
| 2001 Trophée Lalique - 2nd | | 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships - 4th |
| 2001 Skate Canada - 1st | | 1998 Hungarian Trophy - 2nd |
| 2001 Smart Ones Skate America - 2nd | | 1999 World Junior Team Selection - 1st |
| 2001 World Championships - 3rd | | 1998 Mexico Cup - 2nd |
| 2001 Grand Prix Final - 3rd | | 1998 State Farm U.S. Championships, Junior - 1st |
| 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships - 2nd | | 1998 Eastern Sectional, Junior - 1st |
| 2000 Cup of Russia - 3rd | | 1998 North Atlantic Regional, Junior - 1st |
| 2000 Nations Cup - 2nd | | 1997 Eastern Sectional, Novice - 6th |
| 2000 Skate America - 2nd | | 1997 North Atlantic Regional, Novice - 1st |
| 2000 International Figure Skating Challenge (team) - 2nd | | 1996 Eastern Sectional, Novice - 10th |
| 2000 World Championships - 5th | | 1996 North Atlantic Regional, Novice - 3rd |
2002-03 Season Notes ...
Hughes announced May 3 that she plans to attend Yale University beginning in the fall of 2003 ... After a busy year, Hughes finished sixth at the 2003 World Championships. .. She faced difficulty in both her qualifying round and short program but bounced back for a solid free skate in Washington, D.C. to move up three places in the overall standings ... Following a leg injury that forced her to withdraw from the 2002-03 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Hughes returned to competition and finished second at the Crest Whitestrips International Figure Skating Challenge in Auburn Hills, Mich., Dec. 13 ... Hughes appeared in her first television special – "Sarah Hughes: A Life in Balance" – on NBC, Dec. 22... Hughes recently won the 2002 Sullivan Award, awarded annually to the top amateur athlete in the nation ... She is the third figure skater to win the award and the second straight, following on the heels of Michelle Kwan's Sullivan win in 2001 ... Hughes was also named as the USOC SportsWoman of the Year for 2002.
2001-02 Season Notes
Hughes claimed the Olympic gold medal in in February and became the first person to rebound from fourth place to win an Olympic gold medal since the short program-free skate scoring system was introduced at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games. Hughes skated one of the most technically demanding programs ever attempted in an Olympic ladies competition including two clean triple-triple combinations (triple Salchow/triple loop and triple toe/triple loop). Hughes, 16, also became the fourth youngest Olympic ladies figure skating champion of all time ... Citing exhaustion, Hughes did not compete at the 2002 World Figure Skating Championships – Jennifer Kirk replaced her ... Hughes captured her second silver medal of the season at Trophée Lalique and qualified to compete in her second straight ISU Grand Prix Final in Kitchener, Canada, Dec. 14-16 ... Hughes' Skate Canada title is the first major of her career ... It marked the first time Hughes has defeated Michelle Kwan and Irina Slutskaya ... Skate Canada was a non-scoring event for Hughes in the ISU Grand Prix Series ... Hughes started out the Grand Prix Series with a second place finish at the 2001 Smart Ones Skate America.
Notes
Hughes began skating at age 3 because her two older brothers and sister skated... She is the fourth of six children ... She takes all honor classes at school ... Her off-ice interests include reading, rollerblading and playing tennis ... Her silver medal at the 1999 World Junior Championships enabled her to become the youngest competitor in the 1999, 2000 and 2001 World Championships ... She received the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence ... She hopes to study medicine and become a doctor ... Hughes' favorite quote is "It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice."
