Mariah Bell | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Mariah Cheyenne Bell |
Country represented | United States |
Born |
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
April 18, 1996
Home town | Westminster, Colorado |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Coach | Rafael Arutyunyan |
Former coach | Kori Ade, Rohene Ward, Billy Schneider, Cindy Sullivan, Megan Faulkner |
Choreographer | Rohene Ward |
Former choreographer | Cindy Stuart |
Skating club | Rocky Mountain FSC |
Training locations | Lakewood, California |
Former training locations | Monument, Colorado |
Began skating | 2000 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 191.59 2016 Skate America |
Short program | 61.21 2017 Four Continents Championships |
Free skate | 130.67 2016 Skate America |
Mariah Cheyenne Bell (born April 18, 1996) is an American figure skater. She is the 2016 Skate America silver medalist, 2016 CS U.S. International Classic silver medalist, 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial bronze medalist, and 2017 U.S. national bronze medalist.
Mariah Bell was born on April 18, 1996 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is the second child of Kendra and Andy Bell. Her older sister, Morgan, has skated with Disney on Ice.
At age 12, Bell moved with her mother and sister from Houston to Westminster, Colorado. She graduated from Ralston Valley High School in 2014, and was named the school's Super Senior. She rides the unicycle to help with her balance and core strength.
Bell began skating at the age of four because of her sister. Early in her career, she was coached by Megan Faulkner, Billy Schneider, and Candy Brown. At age 12, she joined Cindy Sullivan in Westminster, Colorado.
At the 2012 U.S. Championships, Bell finished 5th in the junior division. She was assigned to the 2012 Gardena Spring Trophy and won the junior silver medal.
Bell won the silver medal in the junior division of the 2013 U.S. Championships, behind Polina Edmunds.
During the 2013–14 season, Bell was coached by Cindy Sullivan in Westminster, Colorado. Making her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut, she won a bronze medal in Mexico and finished 7th in Poland. At the 2014 U.S. Championships, Bell finished 13th. Soon after her high school graduation in 2014, she moved to Monument, Colorado, so that she could train under Kori Ade.