Gracie Gold, 26 – Massachusetts, United States
Grace Gold holds the highest short program score recorded by a female American figure skater. But if that isn’t good enough, she’s also the first and only American woman to win an NHK Trophy title; she certainly does her name proud.
Gold fell in love with skating as an eight-year-old girl, and soon enough, she began training with coaches Amy Vorhaben and Max Liu. And apart from being a two-time U.S. national champion, she has also won the Word team trophy twice. In 2022, she made an appearance at the U.S. Championships.