| Aimee Buchanan | |
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 Aimee Buchanan at the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships | |
| Born | June 11, 1993 |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Israel |
| Coach | Peter and Darlene Cain |
| Skating club | Team Cain |
| Began skating | 1997 |
| Retired | June 16, 2019 |
Aimee Buchanan (born June 11, 1993)[1] is an American-Israeli former competitive figure skater who competed in ladies' singles for Israel.[2][3] She is a two-time Israeli national champion and competed in the team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Early life
Buchanan was born and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, and subsequently lived in Lexington, Massachusetts, and Euless, Texas.[1][4][5][6] Buchanan's mother Wendy is Jewish and is from Israel, as are both of her maternal grandparents, and Buchanan is and also identifies as Jewish.[7][6] She attended synagogue on the High Holidays and Hebrew school for a few years, before sports became too demanding.[6] She attended Endicott College and the United States Sports Academy, studying for a B.S. in Strength and Conditioning.[8][9] In 2014, she became a dual American-Israeli citizen.[10][2]
Skating career
Buchanan began figure skating at age 4, but she did not start seriously training until age 19.[11] While she lived in Boston, she trained at the Colonial Figure Skating Club in Boxborough, Massachusetts, with coaches Julie Graham-Eavzan and Chad Brennan, while her programs were choreographed by former Olympian Sheryl Franks.[12][9] In November 2013, she came in second at the New England Regional Figure Skating Championships Newington, Connecticut.[9]
She relocated to Texas to train with figure skating coaches Peter and Darlene Cain.[7][13]
Buchanan has represented Israel three times at the European Figure Skating Championships, and was the Israeli national ladies champion in 2016.[14] In August 2017, she had foot surgery to remove a bursa sac.[14][10] She was not able to enter the Olympics single women's qualifier competition in Germany in 2017, because the qualifier was scheduled to take place on Yom Kippur.[15]
She competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in team figure skating in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[13] Buchanan placed 10th in the woman's short program of the team event with a score of 46.30, an improvement of 1.23 points as compared to her personal best before that program.[16][17] Israel finished in 8th place, ahead of South Korea and France, and did not qualify for the finals of the team event.[16][17]
Buchanan announced her retirement from competitive skating in June 2019 after having three ankle surgeries and two injections to help with injuries. Doctors subsequently advised her against further training at a competitive level.[18]
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2017–2018 [1] |
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| 2016–2017 [19] |
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| 2015–2016 [20] |
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| 2014–2015 [21] |
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Results
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
For Israel
| International[22] | |||||||||||
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| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | |||||||
| Europeans | 31st | 31st | 38th | ||||||||
| CS Finlandia | 16th | ||||||||||
| CS Golden Spin | 13th | ||||||||||
| CS Ice Challenge | 11th | ||||||||||
| CS U.S. Classic | 13th | 8th | 10th | ||||||||
| CS Volvo Open | 19th | 15th | |||||||||
| Bavarian Open | 18th | ||||||||||
| Hellmut Seibt | 14th | ||||||||||
| Int. Challenge Cup | 15th | ||||||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 16th | ||||||||||
| Philadelphia | 10th | 12th | |||||||||
| Tallinn Trophy | 11th | ||||||||||
| Toruń Cup | 13th | ||||||||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 15th | ||||||||||
| National[22] | |||||||||||
| Israeli Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |||||||
| Team events | |||||||||||
| Olympics | 8th T 10th P | ||||||||||
| T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. | |||||||||||
For the United States
| National | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2011–12 | ||
| U.S. Championships | 19th | ||
References
- ^ a b c d e "Aimee BUCHANAN: 2017/2018". isuresults.com. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
- ^ a b "Six Olympians that Texans should keep their eyes on in Pyeongchang". Dallas News. February 3, 2018.
- ^ "Texas Connects Us to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. January 29, 2018.
- ^ "Aimee Buchanan - Player Profile - Figure Skating". Eurosport.
- ^ Connolly, Caroline (February 2, 2018). "Lexington, Mass. Figure Skater to Represent Israeli Olympic Team". NBC10 Boston. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
- ^ a b c Epstein, Jori (February 9, 2018). "Olympian Aimee Buchanan is from Boston via Dallas, but she's skating for Israel". Times of Israel. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019.
- ^ a b Dickerson, Kristin (January 31, 2018). "North Texas Ice Skater Heading To Olympics". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ "Competitions". Colonial Figure Skating Club. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Buchanan finishes second at New England regional". Lexington Minuteman. Lexington, MA. November 22, 2013. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019.
- ^ a b Stern, Amelia (July 31, 2018). "Helping Olympian Aimee Buchanan get back on her skates". childrenshospital.org. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019.
- ^ Virskus, Jenn (January 31, 2018). "Figure skater still pinching herself that Olympic dream coming true". From the Grapevine. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ Capellazzi, Gina (May 17, 2017). "Brooklee Han and Aimee Buchanan settle in Texas with the Cains as coaches". Figure Skaters Online.
- ^ a b "Athlete Profile: Aimee BUCHANAN". PyeongChang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on February 23, 2018.
- ^ a b Connolly, Caroline (February 2, 2018). "Lexington Figure Skater to Represent Israeli Olympic Team". NECN. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
- ^ Mietkiewicz, Mark (February 1, 2018). "The Frozen Chosen: Israel at the Winter Olympics - Part 2". The Canadian Jewish News. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019.
- ^ a b Associated Press (February 11, 2018). "Sunday's Olympic Figure Skating Results". NBC4 Washington. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ a b Bachner, Michael (February 11, 2018). "Israel fails to qualify for Olympic figure skating finals". The Times of Israel. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ Buchanan, Aimee (June 16, 2019). "I've been contemplating writing this post for a long time now, and have been putting it off as I was not quite ready to let it go". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
- ^ "Aimee BUCHANAN: 2016/2017". isuresults.com. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017.
- ^ "Aimee BUCHANAN: 2015/2016". isuresults.com. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
- ^ "Aimee BUCHANAN: 2014/2015". isuresults.com. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Aimee BUCHANAN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019.
External links
- Aimee Buchanan at the International Skating Union
- Aimee Buchanan at Olympics.com
- Aimee Buchanan at Olympedia
- Aimee Buchanan on Instagram
- "Figure skater Aimee Buchanan gears up for her Olympic debut," NBC (video), February 10, 2018.
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