Starr Andrews

Starr Andrews (born June 23, 2001) is an American figure skater. She is the 2019 International Challenge Cup silver medalist, and the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy silver medalist.

Starr Andrews
Andrews in 2017
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (2001-06-23) June 23, 2001
Los Angeles, California
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
CoachDerrick Delmore, Peter Kongkasem
Former coachPeter Betts
ChoreographerDerrick Delmore
Skating clubLos Angeles FSC
Training locationsLakewood, California
Torrance, California
Began skating2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total181.18
2019 CS Lombardia Trophy
Short program66.59
2019 Internationaux de France
Free skate114.80
2019 CS Lombardia Trophy

On the junior level, she is the 2016 Golden Bear of Zagreb champion, the 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist, and the 2017 U.S. junior national silver medalist.

Andrews is currently the 19th highest ranked ladies' singles skater in world by the International Skating Union following the 2019-20 figure skating season.

Personal life

Starr Andrews was born on June 23, 2001, in Los Angeles, California.[1] She is home-schooled.[2] She has a brother and two sisters — Skylar, a gymnast, and Ashton, a baseball player.[3][4] Their mother, Toshawa Andrews, has cardiac microvascular disease, which has led to a dozen heart attacks.[4][5]

Career

Early years

Andrews became interested in figure skating after her mother brought her along to the ice rink when she was three years old. She recalled in 2018: "I wanted to get on the ice really, really bad but I was too small, so I had to wait."[6] She began learning to skate in 2005.[1] A video of nine-year-old Andrews skating to Whip My Hair went viral after appearing on YouTube in December 2010.[7] By March 2018, it had reached 53 million views.[4]

Derrick Delmore became her coach around 2013.[8] Andrews placed 6th on the novice level at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

2016–2017 season

Andrews decided to move up to the junior level, coached by Delmore and Peter Kongkasem in Lakewood, California and Riverside, California.[9] Making her international debut, she won the junior ladies' title at the Golden Bear of Zagreb in October 2016.

In January, she received the junior silver medal at the 2017 U.S. Championships.[10] After Amber Glenn withdrew, Andrews was added to the U.S. team to the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.[11] At the event, held in March, she qualified to the final segment by placing ninth in the short program and went on to finish twelfth overall.

2017–2018 season

Andrews began her season on the junior level, placing fifth at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Austria. In December, making her senior international debut, she placed sixth at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where she also obtained the minimum technical scores for both senior-level ISU Championships.

In January, Andrews finished sixth in the senior ladies' category at the 2018 U.S. Championships, having placed eighth in the short program and fifth in the free skate. She was assigned to the 2018 Four Continents, where she placed seventh, and the 2018 World Junior Championships, from which she withdrew. She was replaced by Emmy Ma.

2018–2019 season

In early August, Andrews competed at the 2018 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy; she placed second in the short program with a personal best score but dropped to fifth after the free skate. In September, at the 2018 CS Autumn Classic International, she ranked fifth in the short and seventh overall. In the free program she attempted the triple Axel but her jump had a two-footed landing and was downgraded due to insufficient rotation. She made her Grand Prix debut in October, at the 2018 Skate America and placed ninth in the short program, tenth in the free skate and tenth overall. She was also invited to the 2018 Skate Canada International where she placed fourth in the short program, ninth in the free skate, and seventh overall.[8]

At the 2019 U.S. Championships, Andrews placed eighth.

2019–2020 season
Andrews performing short program at the 2019 Internationaux de France

Beginning on the Challenger series, Andrews placed fifth at both the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy and the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. On the Grand Prix, Andrews placed fourth in the short program at the 2019 Internationaux de France with a new personal best.[12] Fifth in the free skate, she placed fifth overall.[13]

Andrews finished sixth at the 2020 U.S. Championships.[14] Finishing the season at the 2020 World Junior Championships, Andrews placed eighth.[15]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[16]
2018–2019
[1][17]
  • African Tribal Xotica
    • Desert Spirit
      by John Herberman
    • Under African Skies
      by John Herberman
    • Tribal Gathering
      by Vanessa-Mae
    • Xotica: Journey of the Heart
      by René Dupéré
    • Minus One
      by Greg Ellis
      choreo. by Derrick Delmore
2017–2018
[18][19]
2016–2017
[9]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[20]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Four Continents7th
GP France5th
GP Skate America10th
GP Skate Canada7th
GP NHK Trophy8th
CS Autumn Classic7th
CS Asian Open5th
CS Finlandia5th
CS Golden Spin6th
CS Lombardia5th
Egna Spring Trophy2nd
Int. Challenge Cup2nd
Philadelphia4th
International: Junior[20]
Junior Worlds12thWD8th
JGP Austria5th
Golden Bear1st
Golden Spin2nd
National[21][22]
U.S. Champ.6th N2nd J6th8th6th
Pacific Coast2nd N2nd J
Southwest Pacific1st N
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Senior level

ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.

2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships 7
65.86		 6
115.92		 6
181.78
November 22–24, 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 9
58.92		 9
107.80		 8
166.72
November 1–3, 2019 2019 Internationaux de France 4
66.59		 5
113.95		 5
180.54
October 11–13, 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 6
57.25		 5
111.85		 5
169.10
September 13–15, 2019 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy 4
66.38		 6
114.80		 5
181.18
July 31 – Aug. 3, 2019 2019 Philadelphia Summer International 4
53.91		 4
94.05		 4
147.96
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 28–31, 2019 2019 Gardena Spring Trophy 1
64.83		 2
105.96		 2
170.79
February 21–24, 2019 2019 Challenge Cup 3
64.76		 3
122.93		 2
187.69
January 18–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships 8
58.66		 7
117.04		 8
175.70
October 26–29, 2018 2018 Skate Canada 4
64.77		 9
108.95		 7
174.72
October 19–21, 2018 2018 Skate America 9
56.03		 10
94.53		 10
150.56
September 20–22, 2018 2018 CS Autumn Classic 5
56.70		 7
102.93		 7
159.63
August 1–5, 2018 2018 CS Asian Open Trophy 2
62.60		 5
97.16		 5
159.76
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 22–27, 2018 2018 Four Continents Championships 7
60.61		 7
112.04		 7
172.65
Dec. 29, 2017 – Jan. 8, 2018 2018 U.S. Championships 8
62.55		 5
127.36		 6
189.91
December 6–9, 2017 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 4
60.80		 7
102.69		 6
163.49

Junior level
Andrews at the 2017 World Junior Championships
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
August 31 – September 2, 2017 2017 JGP Austria Junior 4
59.93		 5
99.35		 5
159.28
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
March 15–19, 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 9
55.83		 12
93.22		 12
149.05
January 14–22, 2017 2017 U.S. Championships Junior 2
57.83		 2
97.31		 2
155.14
October 27–30, 2016 2016 Golden Bear of Zagreb Junior 1
63.27		 1
108.75		 1
172.02
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
January 15–24, 2016 2016 U.S. Championships Novice 4
42.77		 6
80.00		 6
122.77
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