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Grant Hochstein

Grant Hochstein
2010 JWC Grant HOCHSTEIN.jpg
Hochstein in 2010
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1990-07-16) July 16, 1990 (age 26)
Warren, Michigan
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.


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