Lynn Kriengkrairut (Thai: ลินน์ เกรียงไกรรัตน์; RTGS: Lin Kriangkrairat; born October 4, 1988) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Logan Giulietti-Schmitt, she is a two-time (2011–2012) Ice Challenge champion and the 2012 U.S. national pewter medalist.
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Personal information | |
Country represented | United States |
Born | (1988-10-04) October 4, 1988 (age 33) Staten Island, New York |
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Partner | Logan Giulietti-Schmitt |
Former partner | Jon Lauten |
Former coach | Igor Shpilband, Adrienne Lenda, Alexei Gorshkov, Yaroslava Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko |
Former choreographer | Igor Shpilband, Yaroslava Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko |
Skating club | All Year FSC |
Former training locations | Novi, Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Began skating | 1995 |
Retired | April 24, 2014 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 141.41 2012 Skate America |
Short dance | 53.89 2012 Skate America |
Free dance | 87.52 2012 Skate America |
Kriengkrairut began skating at the age of six and a half.[1] She competed in single skating and solo dance before teaming up with Jon Lauten, with whom she skated for one year.[1]
Logan Giulietti-Schmitt contacted Kriengkrairut after seeing her on IcePartnerSearch.[2] They began skating together in July 2006,[1] agreeing to form a partnership on the second day of a planned three-day tryout.[3] The two were coached by Yuri Chesnichenko and Yaroslava Nechaeva from the start of their partnership.[2] They won the junior bronze medal at the 2007 U.S. Championships in their first season together.
Kriengkrairut/Giulietti-Schmitt received a host invitation to compete at 2010 Skate America where they finished 6th. At the 2011 U.S. Championships, they were in fourth after the short dance but dropped to fifth overall after a fall at the end of their free dance.[2]
At the 2012 U.S. Championships, Kriengkrairut/Giulietti-Schmitt placed fourth in both segments and won the pewter medal. The following season, they were fifth at the 2013 U.S. Championships. They changed coaches in February 2013, joining Igor Shpilband in Novi, Michigan.[4] Kriengkrairut sustained a concussion in late June 2013.[5] The two decided to retire from competition on April 24, 2014.[6]
Kriengkrairut is of Thai descent.[3] Her mother is a pediatric neurologist and her father a pulmonologist.[2] She was raised in Bismarck, North Dakota and attended Century High School. In 2004, she underwent surgery after being diagnosed with pulmonary sequestration.[2]
Kriengkrairut studied at the University of Michigan with a focus on brain, behavior, and cognitive sciences.[2] As of March 2021, she has finished her MD from University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences and has matched into Internal medicine residency at St Joseph's in Ann Arbor where she will start her training in July 2021.[6]
(with Giulietti-Schmitt)
Season | Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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2013–2014 [7][8][5] |
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2012–2013 [9][10][11] |
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2011–2012 [8][12] |
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2010–2011 [8][13] |
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2009–2010 [8][14] |
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Slumdog Millionaire by A.R. Rahman:
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2008–2009 [8][14] |
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2007–2008 [14][15] |
Russian Gypsy dance:
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2006–2007 [1][14][16] |
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International[17] | ||||||||
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Event | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
Four Continents | 6th | |||||||
GP Cup of Russia | 10th | |||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 6th | |||||||
GP Skate America | 6th | 4th | ||||||
Ice Challenge | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |||||
Karl Schäfer Mem. | 2nd | |||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 8th | 6th | ||||||
U.S. Classic | 3rd | 4th | ||||||
International: Junior[17] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 11th | |||||||
National[14] | ||||||||
U.S. Championships | 3rd J. | 9th | 8th | 8th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 6th |
Pacific Coast Sect. | 1st J. | 1st | 1st | |||||
GP = Grand Prix; J. = Junior level |
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