Camden Pulkinen
Camden Pulkinen | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Scottsdale, Arizona | March 25, 2000||||||||||||||
Hometown | Colorado Springs, Colorado | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Tom Zakrajsek | ||||||||||||||
Skating club | Broadmoor SC | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2005 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Camden Pulkinen (born March 25, 2000) is an American figure skater. He is the 2017 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, two-time JGP Austria champion (2017, 2018), and 2018 U.S. national junior champion. He finished within the top six at the 2018 World Junior Championships. He is the current world record holder for the PCS (SP and FS) in junior men.
Personal life
Pulkinen was born on March 25, 2000, in Scottsdale, Arizona.[1] His elder sister, Elena, has also competed in figure skating.[2] He attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona.[3]
Career
Early career
Pulkinen began learning to skate in 2005.[1] He competed on the juvenile level beginning in the 2010–2011 season. He moved up to the intermediate level in 2013–2014 and to the novice ranks the following season.
2015–2016 season
Pulkinen moved up to the junior level in the 2015–2016 season. He was coached by Karen Gesell at the Coyotes Skating Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.[4]
After winning the Golden West Championships, he was nominated to represent the United States at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway.[3] He placed 7th at the competition, held in February 2016.
2016–2017 season
Pulkinen relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado in June 2016.[5] Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin, and Drew Meekins became his coaches.[6]
His ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) came in October 2016 in Tallinn, Estonia; he finished 9th at the event. In January 2017, he won the junior silver medal at the 2017 U.S. Championships.
2017–2018 season
Making his senior international debut, Pulkinen placed 11th at the Philadelphia Summer International in early August 2017. He then returned to the junior level, winning gold at a 2017 JGP competition in September in Salzburg, Austria. A month later, he took silver at a JGP event in Gdańsk, Poland, and qualified to the JGP Final in Nagoya, Japan. In Nagoya, Japan, he won the silver medal at the JGP Final. After the final, he won gold at the 2018 U.S. national in Junior men. In march, he competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships and placed 6th.
2018–2019 season
In early August 2018, Pulkinen placed fourth in the senior ranks at the Philadelphia Summer International.Competing in the 2018–2019 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, he won gold in Linz, Austria, At his 2nd JGP event he won the Silver medal in Ostrava, Czech Republic. he qualified to the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final. in Vancouver,Canada,
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2018–2019 [7][8] |
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2017–2018 [1] |
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2016–2017 [6][9] |
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2015–2016 [10] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Junior and senior career
International[11] | ||||
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Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
Philadelphia | 11th | 4th | ||
International: Junior[11] | ||||
Junior Worlds | 6th | |||
Youth Olympics | 7th | |||
JGP Final | 2nd | TBD | ||
JGP Austria | 1st | 1st | ||
JGP Czech Republic | 2nd | |||
JGP Estonia | 9th | |||
JGP Poland | 2nd | |||
National[12] | ||||
U.S. Champ. | 11th J | 2nd J | 1st J | |
Midwestern | 1st J | |||
Pacific Coast | 4th J | |||
Southwest Pacific | 4th J | |||
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned |
Juvenile, intermediate, and novice career
National[12] | |||||
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Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 |
U.S. Junior Championships | 16th V | 5th V | |||
Midwestern Sectionals | |||||
Pacific Coast Sectionals | 1st V | 6th N | |||
Southwest Pacific Regionals | 7th V | 1st V | 1st V | 1st I | 2nd N |
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice |
Detailed results
Current ISU world bests highlighted in bold and italic.
2018–19 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
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6–9 December 2018 | 2018–19 JGP Final | Junior | TBD |
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September 26–29, 2018 | 2018 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | 1 81.01 |
5 131.44 |
2 212.45 |
August 29 – September 1, 2018 | 2018 JGP Austria | Junior | 2 76.15 |
1 147.80 |
1 223.95 |
August 3–5, 2018 | 2018 Philadelphia Summer International | Senior | 5 67.20 |
4 127.82 |
4 195.02 |
2017–18 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
March 5–11, 2018 | 2018 World Junior Championships | Junior | 17 62.31 |
4 145.57 |
6 207.88 |
Dec. 29 – Jan. 8, 2017 | 2018 U.S. Championships | Junior | 1 67.88 |
1 151.41 |
1 219.29 |
December 7–10, 2017 | 2017−18 JGP Final | Junior | 5 70.90 |
2 146.20 |
2 217.10 |
October 4–7, 2017 | 2017 JGP Poland | Junior | 4 68.52 |
1 140.83 |
2 209.35 |
August 23–26, 2017 | 2017 JGP Austria | Junior | 1 66.34 |
1 137.46 |
1 203.80 |
August 3–5, 2017 | 2017 Philadelphia Summer International | Senior | 11 56.57 |
11 113.02 |
11 169.59 |
2016–17 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
January 14–22, 2017 | 2017 U.S. Championships | Junior | 1 73.41 |
2 124.24 |
2 197.65 |
September 28 – October 1, 2016 | 2016 JGP Estonia | Junior | 9 60.44 |
9 111.25 |
9 171.69 |
2015–16 season | |||||
Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
February 12–21, 2016 | 2016 Youth Olympics | Junior | 7 57.91 |
8 108.68 |
7 166.59 |
January 15–24, 2016 | 2016 U.S. Championships | Junior | 11 46.80 |
10 98.59 |
11 145.39 |
References
- ^ a b c "Camden PULKINEN: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2018.
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- ^ a b "Arizona's Camden Pulkinen to skate at Lillehammer Youth Olympics". byteclay.com. February 5, 2016. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017.
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- ^ Lewis, Amber (January 12, 2017). "Pulkinen aims to jump to the podium in Kansas City". icemusings.com.
- ^ "Camden PULKINEN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
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