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Skate America is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating
Figure skating
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 competition organized by the USFSA
United States Figure Skating Association
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating on ice in the United States. It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic Committee "USOC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act and is the United States member of the International Skating...

. It is the first ISU Grand Prix
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international invitational competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Elite figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...

 event to be held. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: men's singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, ladies' singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, pairs
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and ice dancing
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

.

The 2001 competition was held at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...

, from October 24 through 28th.

Men

Rank Name Nation Total Points SP FS
1 Timothy Goebel
Timothy Goebel
Timothy Richard Goebel is an American retired figure skater. He is the 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. He was the first person to land a quadruple salchow in competition and the first person to land three quadruple jumps in one program...

 
1.5 1 1
2 Takeshi Honda
Takeshi Honda
in Kōriyama, Fukushima is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist , two-time Four Continents champion , and six-time Japan national champion.-Biography:...

 
3.5 3 2
3 Alexander Abt
Alexander Abt
Alexander "Sasha" Viktorovich Abt is a Russian figure skater and coach. He competed as an elite senior skater for about ten years. He placed fifth at the 2002 Winter Olympics.- Career :...

 
4.0 2 3
4 Michael Weiss
Michael Weiss (figure skater)
-External links:* - Official website* - US Olympic Committee Biography...

 
7.5 7 4
5 Ilia Klimkin
Ilia Klimkin
Ilia Sergeyevich Klimkin is a Russian figure skater. He is the 1999 World Junior champion, the 2004 European bronze medalist, and a three-time Russian silver medalist.- Career :...

 
7.5 5 5
6 Matt Savoie  9.0 4 7
7 Li Chengjiang
Li Chengjiang
Li Chengjiang is a Chinese figure skater. He has won several national titles and several medals at the Four Continents Championships, and competed in the Winter Olympics twice.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 
10.0 8 6
8 Ben Ferreira
Ben Ferreira
Ben Ferreira is a Canadian figure skater.Ferreira is a three-time Canadian medalist and World competitor. He married Jadene Ferreira on May 21, 2005...

 
11.0 6 8
9 Brian Joubert
Brian Joubert
Brian Joubert is a French figure skater. He is the 2007 World Champion, a three-time European champion, a seven-time French National champion, and the 2006-7 Grand Prix Final champion...

 
14.0 10 9
10 Silvio Smalun
Silvio Smalun
Silvio Smalun is a German figure skater. He is the 2001 & 2003 German national champion.-Career:...

 
15.5 9 11
11 Fedor Andreev
Fedor Andreev
Fedor Vladimirovich Andreev is a figure skater with dual Russian and Canadian citizenship. In single skating, he is the 2003 Canadian bronze medalist and the 1999 junior national champion. In 2010, he switched to ice dancing and competed for Russia with partner Jana Khokhlova for one season.-...

 
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12 Kensuke Nakaniwa
Kensuke Nakaniwa
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the Japanese national championships and the 2005 silver medalist. His programs are choreographed by David Wilson.-Programs:-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 
17.5 11 12

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total Points SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American figure skater. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, a five-time World champion and a nine-time U.S...

 
1.5 1 1
2 Sarah Hughes
Sarah Hughes
Sarah Elizabeth Hughes is an American figure skater. She is the 2002 Olympic gold medalist and 2001 World bronze medalist in ladies singles.-Personal life:...

 
3.0 2 2
3 Viktoria Volchkova
Viktoria Volchkova
Viktoria Yevgenyevna Volchkova is a Russian retired figure skater who is now a coach. She is a four-time European bronze medalist, the 1998 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, the 1998 and 1999 World Junior bronze medalist, and a seven-time Russian national medalist.- Career :Volchkova was the first...

 
4.5 3 3
4 Shizuka Arakawa
Shizuka Arakawa
is a Japanese figure skater.She is the 2006 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles and the 2004 World Champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori Ito, who won silver...

 
7.0 6 4
5 Sasha Cohen
Sasha Cohen
Alexandra Pauline "Sasha" Cohen is a U.S. figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World Championship medalist, the 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and the 2006 U.S. Champion.-Personal life:...

 
7.0 4 5
6 Júlia Sebestyén
Julia Sebestyen
Júlia Sebestyén is a Hungarian figure skater. She is the 2004 European Champion and 2002-2010 Hungarian national champion. At the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, she became the first Hungarian woman to win the European title...

 
8.5 5 6
7 Jennifer Robinson  10.5 7 7
8 Mikkeline Kierkgaard
Mikkeline Kierkgaard
-Biography:Kierkgaard was born in Hundested, Denmark. Her younger sister Anemone Kierkgaard was also a competitive skater.She competed as a single skater in Denmark. She was a two-time Danish junior national champion and was the 2000 Danish national champion...

 
13.0 8 9
9 Utako Wakamatsu
Utako Wakamatsu
is a Japanese figure skater who competed internationally in the disciplines of single skating and pair skating for the countries of Japan and Canada.She originally competed for Japan as a single skater....

 
13.5 11 8
10 Elena Sokolova
Elena Sokolova
Elena Sergeevna Sokolova is a Russian figure skater. Sokolova is a three-time Russian national champion , a three-time European medalist and the 2003 World Silver Medalist. In the 2006 Olympic Games, she stumbled badly and only finished 14th. She redeemed herself in the 2006 World Championships...

 
14.5 9 10
11 Vanessa Giunchi
Vanessa Giunchi
Vanessa Giunchi is an Italian figure skater who represented Italy at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.She was born in Milan, Italy. She is the 1995 and 2001 Italian national champion. Early in her career, she was coached by Carlo Fassi.Lives and trains in Milan-Results:-External...

 
16.0 10 11

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total Points SP FS
1 Jamie Salé
Jamie Salé
Jamie Rae Salé is a Canadian pair skater. With partner David Pelletier, she is a 2002 Olympic Champion and the 2001 World Champion. Salé & Pelletier's Olympic gold medal was shared with the Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating...

 / David Pelletier
David Pelletier
David Jacques Pelletier is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With his partner Jamie Salé, he was the co-gold medal winner at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games...

 
1.5 1 1
2 Kyoko Ina
Kyoko Ina
is a Japanese-American figure skater. With partner John Zimmerman, she is a three-time U.S. national champion and 2002 Olympian. With partner Jason Dungjen, she was a two-time U.S. Champion and a 1994 & 1998 Olympian.- Life and career :...

 / John Zimmerman 
3.0 2 2
3 Tatiana Totmianina
Tatiana Totmianina
Tatiana Ivanovna Totmianina is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maxim Marinin, she is the 2006 Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion, and five-time European Champion...

 / Maxim Marinin
Maxim Marinin
Maxim Viktorovich Marinin is a retired Russian pair skater. With partner Tatiana Totmianina, he is the 2006 Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion, and five-time European Champion.- Career :...

 
4.5 3 3
4 Julia Obertas
Julia Obertas
Julia Nikolayevna Obertas is a Russian-Ukrainian pair skater. She originally competed for her native Ukraine and began representing Russia in 2000. She is best known for her partnership with Sergei Slavnov, with whom she competed from 2003 to 2007. They are the 2005 European silver medalists...

 / Alexei Sokolov
Alexei Sokolov
Alexei Sokolov is a Russian pairs figure skater. He found his most success paired with Julia Obertas from 2000 to 2003. Previously, he had skated with Svetlana Nikolaeva and Julia Shapiro. After ending his competitive career, he began coaching alongside Natalia Pavlova in Moscow...

 
6.5 5 4
5 Danielle Hartsell
Danielle Hartsell
Danielle Hartsell is an American pair skater. With brother Steve Hartsell, she is the 1999 U.S. National Champion and 1997 World Junior Champion. She married Chris Minnis on September 20, 2003-Results:...

 / Steve Hartsell
Steve Hartsell
Steve Hartsell is an American pair skater. With sister Danielle Hartsell, he is the 1999 U.S. National Champion and the 1997 World Junior Champion. After his sister retired, he skated with Marcy Hinzmann and Kristen Roth.-Results:Men's Singles-:-:-External links:...

 
8.0 6 5
6 Yuko Kawaguchi
Yuko Kawaguchi
Yuko Kavaguti is a Japanese-Russian pair skater, who has represented Japan, the USA, and Russia in international competition. She competes with Alexander Smirnov, representing Russia. They are the 2010 European champions, 2009 and 2010 World bronze medalists, and 2008-2010 Russian champions...

 / Alexander Markuntsov
Alexander Markuntsov
Alexander Markuntsov is a Russian pair skater who has also competed internationally for Japan. He had the most success with Yuko Kawaguchi, competing for Japan. They teamed up in 1999 and were the first pair team representing Japan to medal at an ISU Championship, which they did when they won the...

 
10.0 8 6
7 Valerie Saurette
Valerie Saurette
Valerie Saurette is a Canadian figure skater. She competed in pairs with Jean-Sébastien Fecteau and captured three bronze medals at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships from 1998 to 2000.-Competitive highlights:...

 / Jean Sebastien Fecteau 
10.0 4 8
8 Laura Handy / Jonathon Hunt
Jonathon Hunt
Jonathon Hunt is a retired American pair skater. With partner Laura Handy, he is the 2000 Karl Shafer Memorial champion and the 2001 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist. With partner Jennifer Don, he is the 2003 World Junior bronze medalist, the 2003 Junior Grand Prix bronze medalist, and the 2004...

 
10.5 7 7
9 Natalya Ponomareva / Evgeniy Sviridov  13.5 9 9

Ice Dancing

Rank Name Nation Total Points CD OD FD
1 Shae Lynne Bourne / Victor Kraatz
Victor Kraatz
Victor Kraatz, MSC is a Canadian figure skater. He and his partner, Shae-Lynn Bourne became the first North American team to win a World Championship in ice dancing in 2003.- Career :...

 
2.0 1 1 1
2 Galit Chait
Galit Chait
Galit Chait is a former Israeli ice dancer with partner Sergei Sakhnovski. They competed internationally for Israel from 1995 to 2006.- Personal life :Chait was born in Israel and moved to New Jersey as a child with her parents...

 / Sergei Sakhnovsky 
5.0 3 3 2
3 Margarita Drobiazko
Margarita Drobiazko
Margarita Aleksandrovna Drobiazko is a Lithuanian ice dancer. She began competing for Lithuania in 1992 when she teamed up with Povilas Vanagas, whom she married in June 2000...

 / Povilas Vanagas
Povilas Vanagas
Povilas Vanagas is a Lithuanian ice dancer. He competed with wife Margarita Drobiazko, whom he married in June 2000. They are the 2000 World bronze medalists, three-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalists, two-time European bronze medalists , 1999 Skate Canada champions and competed in five Winter...

 
5.0 2 2 3
4 Tatiana Navka
Tatiana Navka
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka is a Russian ice dancer who has also competed for the Soviet Union and Belarus...

 / Roman Kostomarov
Roman Kostomarov
Roman Sergeyevich Kostomarov is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Tatiana Navka, he is the 2006 Olympic champion, two-time World champion , three-time Grand Prix Final champion , and three-time European champion .- Career :Kostomarov began skating at the age of nine and a coach put him in ice...

 
8.0 4 4 4
5 Tanith Belbin
Tanith Belbin
Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin is a Canadian-American ice dancer. Though born in Canada, she holds dual citizenship and has competed for the United States since she began skating with Benjamin Agosto in 1998. With Agosto, Belbin is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, four-time World medalist,...

 / Benjamin Agosto
Benjamin Agosto
Benjamin Alexandro Agosto is an American ice dancer. With partner Tanith Belbin, Agosto is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a four-time World medalist, the 2004–2006 Four Continents champion, and 2004–2008 U.S. champion....

 
10.0 5 5 5
6 Megan Wing
Megan Wing
Megan Wing is a Canadian ice dancer.Wing began skating at the age of five and took up ice dancing at 14. She joined forces with Aaron Lowe in 1986. The duo captured six bronze medals and four silver medals at the Canadian National Championships and competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they...

 / Aaron Lowe
Aaron Lowe
Aaron Lowe is a Canadian ice dancer, competing with Megan Wing from 1986-2006.Lowe began in hockey at the age of seven and switched to figure skating when he was nine. He began skating with Megan Wing in 1986. They won six bronze medals and four silver medals at the Canadian Figure Skating...

 
12.4 7 6 6
7 Magali Sauri / Michael Stifunin  13.6 6 7 7
8 Jessica Joseph
Jessica Joseph
Jessica Joseph was an American figure skater.She won the silver medal in ice dance at the 1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships with Charles Butler and competed in that year's Winter Olympics. After that partnership ended, she skated with Brandon Forsyth and won a bronze medal at the 2001 Nationals...

 / Brandon Forsyth
Brandon Forsyth
Brandon Forsyth is an American ice dancer. During his career, he skated with Lydia Manon, Emilie Nussear, and Jessica Joseph, with whom he captured a bronze medal at the 2001 U.S. Figure Skating Championships...

 
16.0 8 8 8
9 Jill Vernekohl / Dmitri Kurakin
Dmitri Kurakin
Dmitri Kurakin is an Estonian ice dancer who also competed internationally for Germany. He originally competed with Anna Mosenkova for Estonia...

 
18.0 9 9 9
10 Nakako Tsuzuki
Nakako Tsuzuki
is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She is a multiple Japanese national champion and national medalist with four partners. She has competed with Kazu Nakamura, Yuri Razguliaiev, Rinat Farkhoutinov, and Kenji Miyamoto. She retired following the 2005/2006 season....

 / Rinat Farkhoutdinov
Rinat Farkhoutdinov
Rinat Farkhoutdinov is a Russian ice dancer who competed internationally for Japan. With partner Nakako Tsuzuki, he is a three-time Japanese national champion and competed three times at the Four Continents and World Championships. They were unable to compete during the latter half of the...

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