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Starr Andrews (born June 23, 2001) is an American figure skater. She is the 2022 Skate Canada International silver medalist, 2019 International Challenge Cup silver medalist, 2019 Egna Trophy silver medalist, and 2017 U.S. national junior silver medalist. She has finished in the top ten at three ISU Championships, and is the first African American woman to win a Grand Prix medal in the singles discipline.

Starr Andrews
Andrews in 2019
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(2001-06-23) June 23, 2001 (age 21) Los Angeles, California
Height	1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Coach	Derrick Delmore, Peter Kongkasem
Former coach	Peter Betts
Choreographer	Derrick Delmore
Skating club	Los Angeles FSC
Training locations	Lakewood, California Torrance, California
Began skating	2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	191.26 2022 Skate Canada
Short program	66.60 2022 Four Continents
Free skate	126.57 2022 Skate Canada

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

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]

2020–2021 season

Andrews started her season competing at the ISP Points Challenge, a virtual US domestic competition. At the first opportunity, she placed fourth. She was assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate America in Las Vegas, an event attended only by skaters training in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic.[16] She placed eighth.[17]

Competing at the 2021 U.S. Championships, also held in Las Vegas, Andrews placed twelfth.[18]

2021–2022 season

Beginning the Olympic season on the Challenger series, Andrews placed fifth at the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International.[19]

Following Bradie Tennell's withdrawal from the 2021 Skate America, Andrews was named to replace her.[20] She placed tenth at the event. She went on to finish in fifth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria. She had to withdraw from the 2021 Internationaux de France due to injury in the warmup.[21]

Andrews finished ninth at the 2022 U.S. Championships.[22] This result earned her an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships, where she came ninth as well.[23]

2022–2023 season

Andrews finished in sixth place at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to start the season.[21] At her first Grand Prix assignment, the 2022 Skate Canada International, she finished fifth in the short program in a close field.[24] She then "surprised" many by finishing second in the free skate, rising to take the silver medal.[25] She became the first African American woman to medal in singles in the Grand Prix era that began in 1995, and the second Black woman after Frenchwoman Surya Bonaly.[26][27] Andrews noted the significance, saying "it is a huge deal for me. I am one of the few people of color in the sport, and to bring home a medal is even more special."[26]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–2023 [28]	Dancing With the Devil by Demi Lovato choreo. by Derrick Delmore	Je suis malade by Serge Lama performed by Lara Fabian and Hugo Silver choreo. by Derrick Delmore	Free Your Mind by En Vogue
2021–2022 [28]	At Last by Mack Gordon, Harry Warren performed by Starr Andrews choreo. by Derrick Delmore	Bigger by Beyonce I Was Here by Beyonce choreo. by Derrick Delmore
2020–2021 [29]	It's a Man's Man's Man's World by James Brown performed by Jurnee Smollett Joke's on You from Birds of Prey performed by Charlotte Lawrence choreo. by Derrick Delmore	Finally by Fergie choreo. by Derrick Delmore
2019–2020 [30]	You Lost Me by Christina Aguilera choreo. by Derrick Delmore	Dance of the Seven Veils (from Salome) by Richard Strauss choreo. by Derrick Delmore
2018–2019 [1][31]	Summertime by George Gershwin performed by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong choreo. by Derrick Delmore	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 [32][33]	Fever performed by Beyoncé choreo. by Derrick Delmore	One Moment in Time performed by Whitney Houston, Starr Andrews choreo. by Derrick Delmore
2016–2017 [9]	The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini	Black Swan by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Clint Mansell Perfection A Swan Is Born Nina's Dream Perfection

Competitive highlights

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

International[21]
Event	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Four Continents					7th				9th
GP France							5th		WD
GP NHK Trophy							8th			9th
GP Skate America						10th		8th	10th
GP Skate Canada						7th				2nd
CS Autumn Classic						7th			5th
CS Asian Open						5th
CS Cup of Austria									5th
CS Finlandia							5th
CS Golden Spin					6th
CS Lombardia							5th
CS Nebelhorn										6th
Egna Spring Trophy						2nd
Challenge Cup						2nd
Philadelphia							4th
International: Junior[21]
Junior Worlds				12th	WD		8th
JGP Austria					5th
Golden Bear				1st
Golden Spin							2nd
National[34][35]
U.S. Champ.	4th V		6th N	2nd J	6th	8th	6th	12th	9th
Pacific Coast	1st V	5th I	2nd N	2nd J	1st
Southwest Pacific	3rd V	2nd I	1st N
ISP Points Chall.								7th
USCS Minnesota									1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

Senior level

ISU Personal best highlighted in bold.

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 18–20, 2022	2022 NHK Trophy	5 64.13	12 109.93	9 174.06
October 28–30, 2022	2022 Skate Canada International	5 64.69	2 126.57	2 191.26
September 21–24, 2022	2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	7 53.31	6 103.29	6 156.60
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 18–23, 2022	2022 Four Continents Championships	6 66.60	12 106.41	9 173.01
January 3–9, 2022	2022 U.S. Championships	11 59.43	9 113.61	9 173.04
November 11–14, 2021	2021 CS Cup of Austria	7 53.78	6 103.57	5 157.35
October 22–24, 2021	2021 Skate America	10 61.94	11 115.69	10 177.63
September 16–18, 2021	2021 CS Autumn Classic International	4 59.21	7 96.04	5 155.25
2020–21 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 11–21, 2021	2021 U.S. Championships	17 45.93	10 106.20	12 152.13
October 23–24, 2020	2020 Skate America	10 57.20	7 114.50	8 171.70
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

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

References

External links

• Starr ANDREWS at the International Skating Union
• Official website

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