Alexandria Riordan
| Alexandria Riordan | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Alexandria Riordan |
| Country represented |
 Poland |
| Born |
August 14, 1990 Philadelphia |
| Home town | Leszno |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Coach | Elaine Zayak |
| Former coach | Maria Jeżak-Athey |
| Choreographer | Sarkis Tewanian |
| Skating club | RSK Marymont |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Short program |
34.04 World Junior Championships 2009 |
Alexandria "Zsa Zsa" Riordan-Niechcielska (born August 14, 1990) is a Polish-Irish-American figure skater. She competes internationally on the junior level.
Riordan grew up in southern New Jersey. Her maternal grandparents were born in Poland and so her mother speaks Polish fluently. Her father is Irish.
She competed for the USA until the early autumn of 2005. Placing high enough neither to qualify for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships nor to represent the USA internationally, she decided to compete for Poland as a member of Unia Dwory skating-club in Oświęcim (which she changed recently for RSK Marymont in Warsaw). Due to some ISU restrictions, though, she was not allowed to compete internationally for almost three years, even though she placed high enough in the Polish Figure Skating Championships to represent the country internationally. At the same time, she has been starting in the American regional competitions, trying to qualify for the National Championships.
She had her international debut in the late winter of 2008. In February 2009, she started in Junior World Championships.
Television
In August 2009, Riordan attended a Miss Polonia-Staten Island Pageant in New York where she met Andrew Ostrowski, Director of Real Live Relic Hunter, and was subsequently recruited as an Apprentice Actress.[1][2]
Career highlights
(starts for Poland)
| Event / Season | 2005/2006 | 2006/2007 | 2007/2008 | 2008/2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Championships | - | - | - | 34th |
| Polish Championships | - | - | - | 2nd |
| Polish Junior Championships | 3rd J. | 3rd J. | 2nd J. | 1st J. |
| Aegon Challenge Cup | - | - | 14 J. | - |
| Polish Youth Olympics | 2nd N. | - | - | - |
- N = Novice level; J = Junior level
References
- ↑ Staten Island Advance, 2010-10-21, Carol Ann Benanti, Columnist, "Relic-hunting team from Staten Island set for tv show opportunity", section A, p.11
- ↑ Real Live Relic Hunter, Meet the Team, Retrieved 2012-02-16
External links
- Alexandria Riordan at the International Skating Union
- Alexandria Riordan at the PFSA web-pages
- Tracings.net profile
- Figureskatingonline.info profile