Lynn Kriengkrairut ( th, ลินน์ เกรียงไกรรัตน์; ; born October 4, 1988) is an American former competitive

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With partner

Logan Giulietti-Schmitt Logan Giulietti-Schmitt (born August 16, 1985) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Lynn Kriengkrairut, he is a two-time (2011–2012) Ice Challenge champion and the 2012 U.S. national pewter medalist. Career Giulietti ...

, she is a two-time (2011–2012) Ice Challenge champion and the 2012 U.S. national pewter medalist.

Career

Kriengkrairut began skating at the age of six and a half. She competed in

single skating Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested ...

and solo dance before teaming up with Jon Lauten, with whom she skated for one year.

contacted Kriengkrairut after seeing her on IcePartnerSearch. They began skating together in July 2006, agreeing to form a partnership on the second day of a planned three-day tryout. The two were coached by

Yuri Chesnichenko Yuri Chesnichenko (russian: Юрий Чесниченко, also romanized French-style as ''Iouri Tchesnitchenko'') is a former ice dancer who competed with Yaroslava Nechaeva for the Soviet Union, Russia, and Latvia. He currently lives in Ann Arbo ...

and

Yaroslava Nechaeva Yaroslava "Yasa" Nechaeva (russian: Ярослава Нечаева, also romanized as ''Iaroslava Netchaeva'') is a former ice dancer who competed with Yuri Chesnichenko for the Soviet Union, Russia, and Latvia. She currently lives in Ann Arbor, ...

from the start of their partnership. They won the junior bronze medal at the 2007 U.S. Championships in their first season together. Kriengkrairut/Giulietti-Schmitt received a host invitation to compete at

2010 Skate America The 2010 Skate America was the fourth event of six in the 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon on November 11–14. Me ...

where they finished 6th. At the 2011 U.S. Championships, they were in fourth after the short dance but dropped to fifth overall after a fall at the end of their free dance. At the 2012 U.S. Championships, Kriengkrairut/Giulietti-Schmitt placed fourth in both segments and won the pewter medal. The following season, they were fifth at the 2013 U.S. Championships. They changed coaches in February 2013, joining

Igor Shpilband Igor Yuryevich Shpilband (russian: Игорь Юрьевич Шпильбанд, born July 14, 1964) is an American ice dancing coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. He is the 1983 World Junior champion with former partner Tatiana G ...

Novi, Michigan Novi ( ) is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,243, an increase of 20% from the 2010 census. A northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Novi is located about northwest of the city of D ...

. Kriengkrairut sustained a concussion in late June 2013. The two decided to retire from competition on April 24, 2014.

Personal life

Kriengkrairut is of

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descent. Her mother is a pediatric neurologist and her father a pulmonologist. She was raised in

Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck () is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The city's population was 73,622 in the 2020 census, while its metropolitan popula ...

and attended Century High School. In 2004, she underwent surgery after being diagnosed with

pulmonary sequestration A pulmonary sequestration is a medical condition wherein a piece of tissue that ultimately develops into lung tissue is not attached to the pulmonary arterial blood supply, as is the case in normally developing lung. This sequestered tissue is the ...

. Kriengkrairut studied at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

with a focus on brain, behavior, and cognitive sciences. As of March 2021, she has finished her MD from

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences The University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota at the University of North Dakota (UND) and is the only school of medicine in the state of North Dakota. The school has trained roughly ...

and has matched into Internal medicine residency at St Joseph's in Ann Arbor where she will start her training in July 2021.

Programs

(with Giulietti-Schmitt)

Competitive highlights

(with Giulietti-Schmitt)

References

External links

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Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
at IceNetwork
Official site
() {{DEFAULTSORT:Kriengkrairut, Lynn Living people 1988 births American female ice dancers Sportspeople from Staten Island American sportspeople of Thai descent University of Michigan alumni 21st-century American women