Aimee Buchanan

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Aimee Buchanan
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Personal information
Country represented Israel
Born (1993-06-11) June 11, 1993 (age 31)
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Coach Peter and Darlene Cain
Former coach Julie Graham-Eavzan and Chad Brennan
Choreographer Evgeni Nemirovski[1]
Former choreographer Sheryl Franks
Skating club Team Cain
Former skating club Colonial Figure Skating Club
Training locations Euless, Texas
Former training locations Boxborough, Massachusetts
Began skating 1997
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 128.55
2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short program 46.30
2018 Winter Olympics team event
Free skate 85.68
2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb

Aimee Buchanan (born June 11, 1993)[1] is an American-Israeli figure skater who competes 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.

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]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[1]
2016–2017
[18]
2015–2016
[19]
2014–2015
[20]
  • Phantasia
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Music of the Night
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    performed by Jackie Evancho
  • Think of Me
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    performed by Jackie Evancho

Results

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

For Israel

International[21]
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[21]
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

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