Yasmin Siraj

Yasmin Siraj

Siraj in 2010
Personal information
Country represented  United States
Born July 30, 1996
Boston, Massachusetts
Home town Brookline, Massachusetts
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Coach Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Former coach Sheryl Franks, Bobby Martin
Choreographer Jamie Isley, Catarina Lindgren
Skating club Skating Club of Boston
Began skating 1998
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 161.75
2010 JGP Great Britain
Short program 55.66
2010 JGP Great Britain
Free skate 106.09
2010 JGP Great Britain

Yasmin Siraj (born July 30, 1996) is an American figure skater. She is the 2010 U.S. junior silver medalist and competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

Career

Siraj began skating at the age of two, following her sister Layla.[1] After taking Basic Skills classes at the Skating Club of Boston, she had private lessons with Sheryl Franks and Bobby and Barbie Martin until the age of eight when she joined coaches Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson.[2]

In 2010, Siraj won the junior silver medal at the U.S. Championships. The following season, she made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut, winning two silver medals and qualifying for the JGP Final where she finished seventh. She placed eighth in her senior national debut at the 2011 U.S. Championships.

Siraj was 15th at the 2012 U.S. Nationals but rebounded the following year, finishing 6th at the 2013 U.S. Championships. She was sent to the 2013 World Junior Championships where she finished 11th.

In 2013, Siraj placed sixth at the Junior Grand Prix of Latvia, her only JGP assignment of the season.[3] She won gold for the third consecutive year at the New England Regionals, winning the competition by over 16 points.[4]

Personal life

Yasmin Siraj was born in Boston and grew up in Brookline. Her mother Aban Makarechian, is an architect of Iranian descent, and her father Ra'ad Siraj, is managing director of The Bank of New York Mellon of Saudi Arabian background.[2][5] She has an elder sister, Layla, and younger brother, Amir.[2]

In addition to skating, Siraj has also been a competitive pianist.[6][7] She won awards at the American Fine Arts Festival and performed three times at Carnegie Hall.[2] She is a senior at Brookline High School.[8] Siraj maintained a 4.0 throughout her high school career while taking the hardest possible course load, and won many academic rewards. In autumn 2014, she will join her sister, Layla Siraj, at Harvard University.[9][10]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2013–2014
[11]
2012–2013
[12]
  • Seven Years in Tibet
    by John Williams
2011–2012
[13]
  • Daphnis et Chloé
    by Maurice Ravel
2010–2011
[14]
  • Misa Tango
    by Luis Bacalov
2009–2010
[1]
2008–2009
[1]
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • Song of India
    by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2007–2008
[1]

Competitive highlights

International[15]
Event 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Junior Worlds 11th
JGP Final 7th
JGP France 2nd
JGP Latvia 5th 6th
JGP U.K. 2nd
Gardena 2nd N.
National[1]
U.S. Champ. 5th N. 2nd J. 8th 15th 6th 16th
U.S. Junior 2nd Jv. 6th I.
Eastern Sect. 1st N. 1st J. 1st 2nd
New England Reg. 1st Jv. 1st I. 2nd N. 1st J. 1st 1st 1st
JGP = Junior Grand Prix
Levels: Jv. = Juvenile; I. = Intermediate; N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Yasmin Siraj". IceNetwork.com. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Brannen, Sarah S. (October 3, 2013). "Yasmin Siraj – Born in Boston". boston2014.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ "ISU JGP Riga Cup 2013 - Junior Ladies". ISU.
  4. ↑ "2014 New England Regionals". IceNetwork.com.
  5. ↑ Baron, Jeff (February 25, 2010). "A Fine Balance on the Ice". America.gov. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.
  6. ↑ Ainsworth, Alexa (January 18, 2011). "From Salchows to Chopin: Get to know Yasmin Siraj". UniversalSports.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Five favorite things with Yasmin Siraj". IceNetwork.com. July 2, 2013.
  8. ↑ Rutherford, Lynn (July 20, 2013). "Cain's 'Ave Maria' free skate wins day at Liberty". IceNetwork.
  9. ↑ "U.S. Figure Skating Honors 10 Scholar Athletes at 2014 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships". U.S. Figure Skating. January 10, 2014.
  10. ↑ https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/statuses/422167677185302529
  11. ↑ "Yasmin SIRAJ: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Yasmin SIRAJ: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 5, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Yasmin SIRAJ: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Yasmin SIRAJ: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 21, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Competition Results: Yasmin SIRAJ". International Skating Union.

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