Elyce Lin-Gracey

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Elyce Lin-Gracey
2024 Skate Canada - Lin-Gracey - long program 01.jpg
Lin-Gracey at the 2024 Skate Canada International
Born (2007-06-07) June 7, 2007 (age 17)
Arcadia, California,
United States
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Discipline Women's singles
Coach Tammy Gambill
Sandy Straub
Damon Allen
Drew Meekins
Skating clubPasadena Figure Skating Club

Elyce Lin-Gracey (born June 7, 2007) is an American figure skater. She is the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, 2024 CS Cranberry Cup silver medalist and the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup bronze medalist.

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At the junior level, Lin-Gracey is the 2023 JGP Armenia silver medalist and the 2023 U.S. junior national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Lin-Gracey was born on June 7, 2007, in Arcadia, California to mother Rhoda Lin, a physician, and father Andrew Gracey, a biology professor at the University of Southern California. She has three siblings, Wesley, Finley, and Georgiana. She also has a dog named Pixar and many pet birds. [1] In summer 2023, Lin-Gracey and her family moved from California to Colorado Springs, Colorado so she could train there full-time. [2] [3]

Lin-Gracey is currently a student at Laurel Springs School. [1]

Career

Early career

Lin-Gracey began figure skating at the age of four. Her first figure skating coach was Natasha Adler-DeGuzman, who taught her at the Pasadena Figure Skating Club in Pasadena, California. While there, she took a ten-week Learn to Skate class by former U.S. National champion and two-time Olympian, Mirai Nagasu. [2] [1] [4] She would later relocate to Lakewood, California, where she was coached by Amy Evidente and Naomi Nari Nam. [5] [6] [7]

She made her national debut at the 2022 U.S. Junior Championships, where she finished fifth. [8]

2022–23 season

Lin-Gracey made her junior international debut on the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix, finishing eighth at 2022 JGP Czech Republic and ninth at 2022 JGP Poland II. [9] She would later reflect that it was "really exciting getting to be on the Junior Grand Prix circuit," even if "I didn't have the outcomes I would have liked to have." [10]

At the 2023 U.S. Junior Championships, Lin-Gracey won the bronze medal. [9] Following the season's end, Lin-Gracey moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where Tammy Gambill, Sandy Straub, and Damon Allen became her new coaches. [11]

2023–24 season

Lin-Gracey began the season by making her senior international debut at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International, where she finished in fourth place. She then made her first appearance on the 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix, finishing fourth at the 2023 JGP Turkey. [9] At her second event, the 2023 JGP Armenia, Lin-Gracey won the silver medal. She and the event's bronze medalist, fellow American Sherry Zhang, were the only JGP women's medalists that year from countries outside of East Asia. [12] Based on her Junior Grand Prix placements, Lin-Gracey was named the second alternate to the 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final. [13] Going on to compete on the senior level at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup, Lin-Gracey won the bronze medal in her Challenger Series debut. [9]

In advance of the 2024 U.S. Championships, Lin-Gracey was named as first alternate for the American women's delegation to the 2024 Four Continents Championships, which were to be held in Shanghai the week after the national championships. [14] She came tenth at the national championships, but was thereafter named to the Four Continents team when national champion Amber Glenn opted to withdraw. [9] [15] Lin-Gracey placed seventh. [16]

2024–25 season

Lin-Gracey during her short program at 2024 Skate Canada International 2024 Skate Canada - Lin-Gracey - short program 01.jpg
Lin-Gracey during her short program at 2024 Skate Canada International

Lin-Gracey opened her season by winning silver the 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International behind teammate, Sarah Everhardt, scoring a personal best total score by almost twenty points. At the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Lin-Gracey won the gold medal ahead of reigning World silver medalist, Isabeau Levito, scoring personal bests in all competition segments, including a free skate score that was sixteen points higher than her previous personal best. [2] [8] [17]

On the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, Lin-Gracey was initially only assigned to compete at 2024 Skate America after being selected as a host pick. [18] However, in early October, she was soon announced to have been assigned to compete at 2024 Skate Canada International due to Finnish skater Nella Pelkonen withdrawing from the event. [19] Lin-Gracey finished sixth at Skate America and seventh at Skate Canada International. [9]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–25
[20]
2023–24
[11]
2022–23
[7]
2021–22
[1]

Competitive highlights

Competition placements at senior level  [8]
Season 2023–24 2024–25
Four Continents Championships 8th
U.S. Championships 10thTBD
GP Skate America 6th
GP Skate Canada 7th
CS Cranberry Cup 4th2nd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1st
CS Warsaw Cup 3rd
Competition placements at junior level  [8]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
U.S. Championships 5th3rd
JGP Armenia 2nd
JGP Czech Republic 8th
JGP Poland 9th
JGP Turkey 4th
Challenge Cup 5th

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [8]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS213.33 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program TSS71.162024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES39.442024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS31.722024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Free skating TSS142.172024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES75.152024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS67.022024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

Senior level

Results in the 2023–24 season   [8]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 11–13, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Cranberry Cup International 358.706103.884162.58
Nov 15–17, 2023 Flag of Poland.svg 2023 CS Warsaw Cup 459.853117.653177.50
Jan 22–28, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg 2024 U.S. Championships 1059.719114.8610173.11
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2024 Four Continents Championships 862.8311111.158173.98
Results in the 2024–25 season   [8]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 8–11, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International 167.883126.112193.99
Sep 18–21, 2024 Flag of Germany.svg 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 171.161142.171213.33
Oct 18–20, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg 2024 Skate America 760.227123.726183.94
Oct 25–27, 2024 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2024 Skate Canada International 558.646123.737182.37

Junior level

Results in the 2021–22 season   [8]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Jan 3–9, 2022 Flag of the United States.svg 2022 U.S. Championships (Junior) 262.536104.435166.96
Feb 24–27, 2022 Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2022 International Challenge Cup 551.48598.105149.58
Results in the 2022–23 season   [8]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 31 – Sep 3, 2022 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2022 JGP Czech Republic 656.15896.738152.88
Oct 5–8, 2022 Flag of Poland.svg 2022 JGP Poland II 1152.908105.489158.38
Jan 23–29, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg 2023 U.S. Championships (Junior) 265.577100.003165.57
Results in the 2023–24 season   [8]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 6–9, 2023 Flag of Turkey.svg 2023 JGP Turkey 559.753119.414179.16
Oct 4–7, 2023 Flag of Armenia.svg 2023 JGP Armenia 264.504111.612176.11

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