Amber Glenn

Amber Glenn
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1999-10-28) October 28, 1999 Plano, Texas
Home town	Plano, Texas
Residence	Plano, Texas
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Coach	Peter Cain & Darlene Cain
Former coach	Ann Brumbaugh & Ben Shroats
Former choreographer	Rohene Ward, Nick Traxler, Walter Afalla, Ann Brumbaugh, Julia Golovina
Skating club	Dallas FSC
Training locations	Plano, Texas Euless, Texas
Former training locations	Stonebriar Ice (Frisco, TX) Closed in 2014
Began skating	2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	164.18 2013 JGP Czech Republic
Short program	56.84 2013 JGP Czech Republic
Free skate	107.34 2013 JGP Czech Republic

Amber Glenn (born October 28, 1999) is an American figure skater. She won a bronze medal at the 2013 Junior Grand Prix event in the Czech Republic and gold on the junior level at the 2014 U.S. Championships.^[1]^[2] Glenn was subsequently selected for the 2014 World Junior Championships, where she finished seventh. She trains in McKinney, Texas.^[3]

In May 2014, U.S. Figure Skating named Glenn as the recipient of the 2014 Athlete Alumni Ambassador (3A) overall award.^[4]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016 ^[5]^[6]	Feeling Good performed by Nina Simone choreo. by Julia Golovina	Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg choreo. by Julia Golovina
2014–2015 ^[3]^[7]	Summertime by Giovanni choreo. by Nick Traxler	El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez Aranjuez by Roni Benise choreo. by Rohene Ward
2013–2014 ^[2]^[8]	Summertime by Giovanni choreo. by Nick Traxler	Who Wants to Live Forever by Brian May performed by David Garrett choreo. by Nick Traxler	Let It Go (from Frozen) by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez performed by Idina Menzel
2012–2013 ^[9]	El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez choreo. by Walter Afalla	Slumdog Millionaire choreo. by Walter Afalla music by A. R. Rahman
2011–2012 ^[9]	El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge!) by Sting, Mariano Mores	Black Swan by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, Clint Mansell

Competitive highlights

2012–present: Junior career

International^[10]
Event	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
SC Autumn Classic				6th
International: Junior^[10]
World Junior Champ.		7th
JGP JGP Czech Republic		3rd
JGP JGP Estonia			6th
JGP JGP France			3rd
JGP Latvia				5th
National^[9]
U.S. Championships	5th J.	1st J.	13th
Midwestern Sectionals	3rd J.	1st J.	2nd
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

2009–2012: Juvenile to novice levels

National^[9]
Event	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
U.S. Championships			2nd N.
U.S. Junior Championships		10th I.
Midwestern Sectionals			2nd N.
Southwestern Regionals	1st Jv.	3rd I.	1st N.
Levels: Jv. = Juvenile; I. = Intermediate; N. = Novice

References

↑ Rosewater, Amy (January 8, 2014). "Intense preparation pays off for Texan Glenn". IceNetwork.
1 2 Rosewater, Amy (January 10, 2014). "Glenn stars in Boston with junior ladies gold". IceNetwork.
1 2 Slater, Paula (August 10, 2014). "Amber Glenn prepares for JGP Courchevel". Golden Skate.
↑ "2014 Athlete Alumni Ambassador (3A) Award Winners Announced". U.S. Figure Skating. May 30, 2014.
↑ Kirk, Jenny; Leese, Dave (April 30, 2015). "Amber Glenn's New Free Skate". The Skating Lesson (Facebook).
↑ "Amber GLENN: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 20, 2015.
↑ Bear, Johanna (June 12, 2014). "Amber Glenn looks forward to her senior level debut". FigureSkatersOnline.com.
↑ "Amber GLENN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014.
1 2 3 4 "Amber Glenn". IceNetwork. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
1 2 "Competition Results: Amber GLENN". International Skating Union.

External links

Amber Glenn at the International Skating Union
Amber Glenn at IceNetwork

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