Jacob Sanchez

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Jacob Sanchez
Born (2007-04-23) April 23, 2007 (age 17)
Middletown, New York,
United States
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Discipline Men's singles
Coach Oleg Makarov
Larisa Selezneva
Skating clubHudson Valley Figure Skating Club
Began skating2012
Medal record
Olympic rings.svg Winter Youth Olympics Olympic rings.svg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Gangwon Team
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024–25 Grenoble Singles

Jacob Sanchez (born April 23, 2007) is an American figure skater. He is the CS Tallinn Trophy champion.

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At the junior level, he is the 2024 Youth Olympic silver medalist in the team event, the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, the 2024 JGP Turkey and the 2024 JGP Slovenia gold medalist, the 2023 U.S. Junior silver medalist, and the 2021 U.S. Junior pewter medalist. [1] [2]

Personal life

Sanchez was born on April 23, 2007 in Middletown, New York to parents, Johana, a school teacher, and Jose, a retired police officer. He also has two brothers, Joseph and Jayden. [3]

Sanchez is Puerto Rican and serves as an ambassador of Diversify Ice, an organization that strives to support competitive figure skaters from minority groups. In addition to figure skating, he also enjoys playing hockey, football, and soccer. [3] [4]

His figure skating idols are Yuzuru Hanyu, Nathan Chen, and Vincent Zhou. [5]

Sanchez has expressed interest in becoming a physical therapist after completing his competitive figure skating career. [3]

Career

Early career

Sanchez began figure skating in 2012 at the age of five. He originally wanted to be a hockey player so his mother enrolled him into "Learn to Skate" lessons. However, he was unable to use hockey skates so he tried using figure skates instead. He ultimately decided that he enjoyed the feeling of balancing and gliding across the ice in those skates. Following this, he began watching figure skaters compete on TV and ultimately decided that he wanted to pursue the sport. [6] [7] [8] He then began training under 1984 Olympic pair bronze medalists, Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov at the Hudson Valley Figure Skating Club. [3] [7]

Sanchez won the silver medal at the 2018 U.S. Juvenile Championships before going on to win bronze at the 2019 U.S. Intermediate Championships. [2]

Moving up to the junior level the following year, Sanchez finished seventeenth at the 2020 U.S. Junior Championships and went on to win the pewter medal at the 2021 U.S. Junior Championships. [3]

Junior career

2021–22 season: Junior international debut

Sanchez started the season by the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2021 Cranberry Cup International. In addition, he debuted on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing sixth at 2021 JGP Poland. [2]

In January, Sanchez competed at the 2022 U.S. Junior Championships, coming in ninth. [2]

2022–23 season: U.S. Junior national silver medal

In August, Sanchez competed on the junior level at the 2022 Cranberry Cup International, Sanchez won the silver medal. Three months later, he competed as a junior at the 2023 U.S. Eastern Sectionals, finishing fourth. [2]

Qualifying for the 2023 U.S. Junior Championships, Sanchez won the silver medal behind Lucas Broussard. He then ended the season by taking gold on the junior level at the 2023 Coupe du Printemps. [2]

2023–24 season: Youth Olympics team silver

Selected to compete on the 2023–24 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Sanchez finished fourth at 2023 JGP Thailand and fifth at 2023 JGP Hungary. [1]

Sanchez was then named to the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic team. In the men's singles individual event, Sanchez won the short program but placed sixth in the free skate, dropping to fourth overall. In the team event, Sanchez helped Team U.S.A. take silver by placing second in his segment. [2]

Competing at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, Sanchez placed ninth in the short program and fifteenth in the free skate, finishing tenth overall. [2] [1]

2024–25 season: Junior Grand Prix Final gold

Sanchez started the season by on the junior level at the 2022 Cranberry Cup International, where finished second behind New Zealand skater, Yanhao Li. [2]

Competing on the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Sanchez won gold at 2024 JGP Turkey. Prior to his victory he had no second assignment on the series, but was assigned to 2024 JGP Slovenia following his gold medal win. [9] In Slovenia, Sanchez managed to win a second gold medal. With these results, he qualified for the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final as the highest ranking junior man. [1] [2] [10] At that event, Sanchez placed second in the short program with a score of 79.24, only 0.15 points behind leader, Rio Nakata. In the free skate, Sanchez would deliver a strong performance, less than a point below his personal best and second in the segment behind Seo Min-kyu. However, with an overall score 227.38, Sanchez earned enough to win the gold medal overall. [11] [12] [13] Following the event, Sanchez said, "I have so many emotions right now. If you would have asked me at the beginning of the season that I would go to the JGP final and medal I wouldn’t have believed it. Also the last week and a half was pretty rough. I was quite sick last week and also had some problems with my lower back but I didn’t let that get to me. The skates weren’t perfect but I pushed through." He also credited fellow competitor and close friend, Rio Nakata for helping him through the competition, saying, "It’s been great to be on this whole trip together with Rio, have him by my side and also see him again after quite a long time." [14]

Senior career

2024–25 season: Senior international debut

In mid-November, Sanchez made his senior international debut at the 2024 Tallinn Trophy, where he won the gold medal. [1]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–21
[3]
2021–22
[15]
2022–23
[16]
2023–24
[17]
  • Sarabande Suite
    by Globus
    choreo. by Sebastian Arrango, Adam Blake
2024–25
[8]

Competitive highlights

Competition placements at senior level  [2]
Season 2024–25
U.S. Championships TBD
CS Tallinn Trophy 1st
Competition placements at junior level  [2]
Season 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winter Youth Olympics 4th
Winter Youth Olympics
(Team event) 		2nd
World Junior Championships 10th
Junior Grand Prix Final 1st
U.S. Championships 17th4th9th2nd
JGP Hungary 5th
JGP Poland 6th
JGP Slovenia 1st
JGP Thailand 4th
JGP Turkey 1st
Coupe du Printemps 1st
Cranberry Cup 3rd2nd2nd

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [2]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS229.46 2024 JGP Slovenia
Short program TSS85.092024 JGP Slovenia
TES47.032024 JGP Slovenia
PCS38.062024 JGP Slovenia
Free skating TSS148.97 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy
TES76.872024 CS Tallinn Trophy
PCS74.102024 JGP Slovenia

Senior level

Results in the 2024–25 season   [2]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Nov 11–17, 2024 Flag of Estonia.svg 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy 276.631148.971225.60
Jan 20–26, 2025 Flag of the United States.svg 2025 U.S. Championships

Junior level

Results in the 2019–20 season   [2]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Jan 20–26, 2020 Flag of the United States.svg 2020 U.S. Championships (Junior) 1749.211592.9817142.19
Results in the 2020–21 season   [2]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Jan 11–21, 2021 Flag of the United States.svg 2021 U.S. Championships (Junior) 166.916110.644177.55
Results in the 2021–22 season   [2]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 11–15, 2021 Flag of the United States.svg 2021 Cranberry Cup International 367.083113.243180.32
Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2021 Flag of Poland.svg 2021 JGP Poland 370.927123.116194.03
Jan 3–9, 2022 Flag of the United States.svg 2022 U.S. Championships (Junior) 1348.418106.629155.03
Results in the 2022–23 season   [2]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 10–14, 2022 Flag of the United States.svg 2022 Cranberry Cup International 264.433108.502172.93
Jan 23–29, 2023 Flag of the United States.svg 2023 U.S. Championships (Junior) 469.852143.722213.57
Mar 17–19, 2023 Flag of Luxembourg.svg 2023 Coupe du Printemps 170.291142.341212.63
Results in the 2023–24 season   [2]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 23–26, 2023 Flag of Thailand.svg 2023 JGP Thailand 177.695123.804201.49
Sep 20–23, 2023 Flag of Hungary.svg 2023 JGP Hungary 565.154133.525198.67
Jan 28–30, 2024 Flag of South Korea.svg 2024 Winter Youth Olympics 176.386123.904200.28
Feb 1, 2024 Flag of South Korea.svg 2024 Winter Youth Olympics (Team event) ——2129.772129.77
Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2024 Flag of the Republic of China.svg 2024 World Junior Championships 973.3515125.8510199.17
Results in the 2024–25 season   [2]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Aug 8–11, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg 2024 Cranberry Cup International 275.122143.092218.21
Sep 18–21, 2024 Flag of Turkey.svg 2024 JGP Turkey 181.141139.111220.25
Oct 2–5, 2024 Flag of Slovenia.svg 2024 JGP Slovenia 185.091144.371229.46
Dec 5–8, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final 279.242148.141227.38

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