Figure Skating - Ladies - 2014 Winter Olympics

 Adelina Sotnikova

(Аделина Дмитриевна Сотникова)

Gold Medal

Russian Federation

Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova (Russian: Аделина Дмитриевна Сотникова; born 1 July 1996) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic champion, a two-time European silver medalist (2013–2014), a five-time medalist on the Grand Prix series, and a four-time Russian national champion (2009, 2011–2012, 2014). On the junior level, she is the 2011 World Junior champion, 2010 JGP Final champion, and 2012 Youth Olympics silver medalist. She is the first Russian to win the Olympic gold medal in ladies' singles figure skating.

Gracie Gold

4th Place

USA

Grace Elizabeth Gold (born August 17, 1995), known as Gracie Gold, is an American figure skater. She is the 2012 World Junior silver medalist, the 2014 U.S. national champion, and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event.

Gold began training with Amy Vorhaben and Max Liu and then worked with Alexia Griffin then joined Susan Liss before switching to Toni Hickey  in Springfield, Illinois. Her next coach was Alex Ouriashev, who worked with her at two rinks in the Chicago area.

Gold was fourth on the novice level at the 2010 U.S. Championships. The next season, she competed on the junior level but finished sixth at the Midwestern Sectionals and failed to qualify for the national championships. After the event, she began preparing for the following season by working to increase her technical content.