Grant Hochstein | |
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Hochstein in 2010
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Personal information | |
Country represented | United States |
Born |
Warren, Michigan |
July 16, 1990
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Coach | Peter Oppegard, Karen Kwan |
Former coach | Lindsay O'Donoghue, Maria Moscato |
Choreographer | Peter Oppegard, Karen Kwan |
Former choreographer | Jodie Tasich |
Skating club | SC of New York |
Training locations | Artesia, California |
Former training locations | St. Clair Shores, Michigan |
Began skating | 1999 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 237.25 2016 Worlds |
Short program | 81.94 2017 Four Continents Championships |
Free skate | 162.44 2016 Worlds |
Grant Hochstein (born July 16, 1990) is an American figure skater. He is the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist and a two-time U.S. national pewter medalist (2016, 2017). He has finished in the top ten at three ISU Championships, including the 2016 World Championships.
Hochstein was born on July 16, 1990 in Warren, Michigan. After high school, he began studying history at Wayne State University in Detroit, but paused his studies in 2012 when he moved to California. He works as a coach in addition to competing. On April 5, 2016, he announced his engagement to fellow figure skater Caroline Zhang.
Hochstein won the pewter medal (fourth place) on the junior level at the 2009 U.S. Championships.
His ISU Junior Grand Prix debut came in the 2009–10 season. Hochstein won silver in Budapest and placed fourth in Dresden, earning qualification to the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed 5th. After finishing 7th on the senior level at the 2010 U.S. Championships, he was assigned to the 2010 World Junior Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. He placed first in the short program, 7th in the free skate, and 5th overall.