Sarah Meier (figure skater)
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| Sarah at the 2004 World Championships | ||
| Personal Info | ||
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| Country: |  Switzerland |
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| Residence: | Bülach, Switzerland | |
| Height: | 164 cm | |
| Coach: | Eva Fehr, Mark Pepperday | |
| Skating Club: | Bülacher Eislaufclub | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Short + Free Total: | 171.28 | 2007 Europeans |
| Short Program: | 60.87 | 2006 Europeans |
| Free Skate: | 111.41 | 2006 Skate America |
| Most Recent Results: | |||
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| Event | Points | Finish | Year |
| European Championships | 171.28 | 2nd | 2007 |
| National Championships | 178.17 | 1st | 2007 |
| Grand Prix Final | 170.28 | 3rd | 2006 |
Sarah Meier (born May 4, 1984 in Bülach, Switzerland) is a Swiss figure skater. She is a six-time National Champion and the 2007 European Silver medalist.
[edit] Biography
Since Sarah's whole family was into skating sports she first stepped on the ice at the age of two. She liked it so much, that her mother sent her to children's courses at the age of four. When Sarah was five years old she got her first private lessons and soon started to compete. She landed he first double axel at the age of ten and did her first triple lutz when she was twelve. By the age of thirteen she could land all the triples in practice.
Sarah's mother is an international figure skating judge and skates, like her sister, in a Synchronized skating team. Her aunt, a former figure skater, is now her coach. Her father, uncle and two cousins are ice hockey players.
In 2007, she finished in 2nd place at the European Championships and became the first Swiss woman to win a figure skating European medal since Denise Biellmann in 1981.
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event/Season | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| Winter Olympics | - | - | - | - | 13th | - | - | - | 8th | - |
| World Championships | - | - | - | 12th | - | 19th | 13th | 14th | 6th | 7th |
| European Championships | - | - | 16th | 5th | 13th | - | 10th | 10th | 4th | 2nd |
| Junior World Championships | - | 10th | 3rd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swiss Championships | 1st J | 2nd | 1st | 1st | - | 1st | - | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Grand Prix Final | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3rd |
| Skate America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th |
| Skate Canada Int. | - | - | - | - | 5th | - | - | - | 5th | - |
| Trophee Lalique | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | - | - | - | - |
| Cup of Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1st |
| NHK Trophy | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | 7th | - |
| Nebelhorn Trophy | - | - | - | 2nd | - | - | - | - | 5th | - |
| Ondrej Nepela Memorial | - | - | - | - | - | 2nd | - | - | - | - |
| Junior Grand Prix Final | - | - | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Junior Grand Prix, France | - | - | - | 3rd | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Junior Grand Prix, Ostrava | - | - | - | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Junior Grand Prix, Canada | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Junior Grand Prix, Norway | - | - | 5th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Junior Grand Prix, Kiev | - | 11th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Junior Grand Prix, Hungary | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia | 10th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event/Season | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Sarah Meier at the International Skating Union biography page
