Courtney Hicks (born December 15, 1995) is an American

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She has won two medals on the

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series—silver at the

2015 NHK Trophy The 2015 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Big Hat in Nagano on November 27–29. Medals were awarded in the d ...

and bronze at the

2016 Rostelecom Cup The 2016 Rostelecom Cup was the third event of six in the 2016–17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on November 4–5. Medals were award ...

—and two medals on the

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. E ...

. She took gold at two other senior internationals, the 2013

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and

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Personal life

Courtney Hicks was born on December 15, 1995 in

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. The eldest of three girls, she is of

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descent through her mother who has three Russian grandparents.

Career

Hicks began skating in 2001. She placed 5th in the novice event at the 2010 U.S. Championships.

2010–11 to 2012–13

Hicks won the junior title at the 2011 U.S. Championships. She was selected to compete at the 2011 World Junior Championships, where she placed sixth in her international debut. In the 2011–12 season, Hicks debuted on the

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

series, winning a gold medal at her first event in

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, Australia. She sustained a season-ending injury while competing at her second JGP event, on October 8, 2011 in

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, Italy. On the opening jump in the long program, a piece of bone detached from the

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in her right leg. She underwent surgery on October 12. Hicks returned to the ice in December 2011 and resumed jumping in February 2012. She was coached mainly by

John Nicks John Allen Wisden Nicks (born 22 April 1929) is a British figure skating coach and former pair skater. With his sister, Jennifer Nicks, he is the 1953 World champion. As a coach, his skating pupils have included Peggy Fleming, pairs team Tai B ...

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until April 2012 when her primary coach became

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at the Toyota Sports Center in

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. Coached by Jere Michael and Alex Chang, Hicks won the pewter medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships and placed 5th at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

2013–14 season to present

Hicks made her senior international debut in the 2013–14 season, winning gold at the 2013

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ahead of

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. Replacing 2010 Olympic champion

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, she placed 6th at her first senior

(GP) event, the 2013 Skate Canada International. Hicks won the 2013

ahead of

Miki Ando is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World champion, 2011 Four Continents champion, 2004 World Junior champion, and a three-time (2003, 2004 & 2010) Japanese national champion. Ando is the first female skater to c ...

. After finishing 6th at the 2014 U.S. Championships, she was sent to the 2014 Four Continents, where she placed 5th. In 2014–15, Hicks won silver at the U.S. Classic, a part of the newly inaugurated

(CS). She finished fourth at both of her GP assignments, the

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and 2014 Trophee Eric Bompard, and 8th at the 2015 U.S. Championships. In 2015–16, Hicks started her season with a bronze medal at the CS

Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season. The competitio ...

. Competing on the GP series, she placed 6th at the

2015 Cup of China The 2015 Cup of China was the third event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on November 6–8. Medals were ...

before winning her first GP medal, silver, at the

. She finished 9th at the 2016 U.S. Championships. Having decided to change coaches in March 2016, she spent several months working with the 87-year-old

, from whom she had previously taken lessons, before joining

Todd Sand Todd Sand (born October 30, 1963) is an American pair skater. With his wife Jenni Meno, he is the 1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1995, 1996), and a three-time U.S. national champion (1994–96). With his previous ...

in early August. In 2018–19, Hicks added a triple flip-triple loop combination to her short program and free skate. She finished 7th at the 2018

and finished 8th at the 2018 NHK Trophy. At the 2019 U.S. Championships, Hicks placed sixteenth. She was eighth the following season. Hicks placed sixteenth at the 2020 ISP Points Challenge, a virtual competition. She did not compete at the Championship Series, another virtual competition used the qualifier for Nationals. In January 2021, she announced she had been struggling with a hip injury and had surgery to replace it. She said would be off the ice for a couple of months.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

References

External links

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