Christina Gao

Christina Gao
Christina Gao competing in the 2012-13 Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Full name	Christina Gao
Country represented	United States
Born	(1994-03-07) March 7, 1994 (age 23) Cincinnati, Ohio
Residence	Boston, Massachusetts
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Coach	Mark Mitchell Peter Johansson
Former coach	Brian Orser, Ghislain Briand, Stephanie Miller, Ted Masdea
Choreographer	David Wilson
Former choreographer	Jenni Meno, Todd Sand, David Liu
Skating club	Skating Club of Boston
Training locations	Boston
Former training locations	Toronto Kentucky
Began skating	2001
Retired	June 17, 2015
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	176.28 2013 Four Continents
Short program	62.82 2013 Skate Canada
Free skate	117.62 2012 Skate America
Medal record Representing  United States Figure skating: Ladies' singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2009–10 Tokyo Ladies' singles

Christina Gao (born March 7, 1994) is an American figure skater. She is the 2012 Skate America silver medalist, the 2009 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and the 2009 U.S. Junior bronze medalist.

Christina Gao was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her name in Chinese: 高昊; pinyin: Gāo Hào. Her father was a junior national badminton champion in China.

Gao spent several years in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, before moving to Boston in 2012. She was a National Merit semifinalist. In the summer of 2012, she worked at a hospital shadowing a gastroenterologist. In the fall, she began studying at Harvard University, taking a full course load.

Gao began skating at age 7. Early in her career, she trained in northern Kentucky, coached by Stephanie Miller and Ted Masdea.

In the 2004–2005 season, competing on the Juvenile level, Gao won the silver medal at her regional championship to qualify for the United States Junior Championships, where she placed 12th. She moved up to the Intermediate level the following year and won the pewter medal at her regional championship to qualify for the United States Junior Championships, where she placed 11th in her qualifying group and did not advance to the final. She moved up to the Novice level for the 2006–2007 season and placed 13th at her regional championship and did not qualify to her sectional championship.

In the 2007–2008 season, competing again on the novice level, Gao won both her regional and sectional championship to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Championships, where she finished 12th.