Personal Information

Sasha Cohen’s real name is Alexandra Pauline Cohen. Sasha is a Ukrainian nickname for Alexandra.

Sasha Cohen was born on October 26, 1984, in Westwood, California.

Sasha’s parents are: Galina and Roger Cohen.

Sasha’s only sibling is her sister, Natasha.

Sasha has three pets. One of them is gorgeous dog named Mocha. The others are two lovable cats named Mia and Meow.

Sasha’s Hometown is Laguna Niguel, California.

Sasha’s home skating club is the Orange County Figure Skating Club.

Sasha’s world-wide famous coach is John Nicks and her dress designer is Jan Longmire.

Competitive Highlights

Sasha Cohen’s most recent competitions were in 2006. They were the World Championships (which she placed 3rd in), the Winter Olympics (which she placed 2nd in), and the United States National Championships (which she placed 1st in).

In 2005, Sasha Cohen competed in: the Trophee Eric Bompard Competition (which she placed 2nd in), the Campbell’s International Competition (which she placed 1st in), the Marshalls United States Figure Skating Challenge (which she placed 2nd in), the World Championships (which she placed 2nd in), and the United Stated National Championships (which she placed 2nd in).

In 2004, Sasha Cohen competed in: the Marshalls World Cup of Figure Skating (which she placed 3rd in), the Campbell’s International Figure Skating Classic (which she placed 3rd in), the Marshalls World Figure Skating Challenge (which she placed 1st in), the World Championships (which she placed 2nd in), and the United States National Championships (which she placed 2nd in).

In 2003, Sasha Cohen competed in: the Grand Prix Final (which she placed 2nd in), the International Figure Skating Challenge (which she placed 3rd in), the Trophee Lalique (which she placed 1st in), Skate Canada (which she placed 1st in), Skate America (which she place 1st in), and Campbell’s International Figure Skating Classic (which she placed 1st in). Also in 2003, Sasha Cohen competed in: the ABC International Figure Skating Challenge (which she placed 3rd in), the World Championships (which she placed 4th in), another Grand Prix Final (which she paced 1st in), and the United States National Championships (which she placed 3rd in).

In 2002, Sasha Cohen competed in: the Crest Whitestrips International Figure Skating Challenge (which she placed 1st in), Sears Figure Skating Open (which she placed 1st in), the Cup of Russia (which she placed 2nd in), the Trophee Lalique (which she placed 1st in), Skate Canada (which she placed 1st in), Campbell’s International Figure Skating Challenge (which she placed 4th in), the World Championships (which she placed 4th in), the Winter Olympics (which she placed 4th in), and the United States National Championships (which she placed 2nd in).

In 2001, Sasha Cohen competed in: Skate America (which she placed 5th in), the Goodwill Games (which she placed 4th in), the Finlandia Trophy (which she placed 1st in), and the Trophee Lalique (which she placed 3rd in).

In 2000, Sasha Cohen competed in: the Cup of Russia (which she placed 4th in), the Nationals Cup (which she placed 5h in), the World Junior Championships (which she placed 6th in), the United States National Championships (which she placed 2nd in), and the Pacific Coast Sectionals (which she placed 1st in).

In 1999, Sasha Cohen competed in: the JGP Sweden (which she placed 1st in), the Gardena Winter Trophy (which she placed 1st in), the United States Junior National Championships (which she placed 2nd in), the Pacific Coast Sectionals (which she placed 1st in), and the Southwest Pacific Regionals (which she placed 1st in).

In 1998, Sasha Cohen competed in: the United States National Championships (which she placed 6th in), the Pacific Coast Sectionals (which she placed 2nd in), and the Southwest Pacific Regionals (which she placed 2nd in).

In 1997, Sasha Cohen competed in: the Junior Olympics (at the Intermediate Level) (which she placed 5th in), the Pacific Coast Sectionals (which she placed 4th in), and the Southwest Pacific Regionals (which she placed 2nd in)

In 1996, Sasha Cohen only competed in one competition. That competition was: the Southwest Pacific Regionals (which she placed 4th in).

Early Life

Sasha Cohen was born in Westwood, California. Westwood is a neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Sasha’s mother, Galina, is a Jewish immigrant from Ukraine. Galina is also a former ballet dancer. Galina’s maiden name is Feldman.

Sasha’s father, Roger, is a Jewish American business consultant. Roger used to practice law.

Sasha’s sister, Natalia (known as Natasha), started college at Barnard College in August of 2006.

Sasha was a great gymnast at an early age. She wouldn’t have started figure skating if it wasn’t for a friend’s mother. Her friend’s mother suggested for Sasha to try figure skating. No one knew that, that little suggestion would make Sasha an Olympic star.

Coaching Changes

Sasha Cohen was trained by John Nicks up until the summer of 2002. During the summer of 2002, Sasha moved to Simsbury, Connecticut. She moved to Simsbury to train with a Russian coach, Tatiana Tarasova. Tatiana choreographed Sasha’s Swan Lake program and redid her footwork. While training with Tatiana, Sasha landed her first triple-triple combination in competition, a triple lutz-triple toe. Sasha also completed her first clean free skate in the qualifying round at the World Championships in 2003 under the coaching of Tatiana.

In January of 2004, Sasha changed coaches to Robin Wagner. Robin coached Sarah Hughes to the Olympic gold. She then had to move and train in Hackensack, New Jersey.

In December of the same year (2004), Sasha went back to her original coach, John Nicks. Nicks then trained her to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, where she placed second.

Skating Trademarks

Sasha is known as an extremely talented skater by all of her fans (like me)! Her critics say that Sasha has never skated two clean programs in a row. Doing gymnastics as a child has made Sasha incredibly flexible which helps her in her spiral sequences. Sasha’s spiral sequences are known as the best in the skating world. Sasha is also the only skater to ever receive a +3 for spirals in the new judging system for ‘Grade of Execution’ for the new judging system. Sasha is also known for her difficult and creative positions in her beautiful spins.

Sasha worked on a quadruple salchow, which she had only landed 10-20% of the time in practice. Nevertheless, Sasha stopped the work of landing a quad in competition in hopes to become a better well-rounded skater.

Sasha Cohen hasn’t yet decided if she is going to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Sasha Cohen is a wonderful skater and will always be my idol.

Thank you for reading my biography on Sasha Cohen and I hope that it was as fun to read as it was for me to write it.