Sarah Meier (figure skater)
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Meier at the 2011 European Championships
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Switzerland |
| Born |
4 May 1984 Bülach, Switzerland |
| Home town | AOI200 |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Former coach | Eva Fehr Mark Pepperday |
| Former choreographer | Salomé Brunner Tatiana Druchinina |
| Skating club | Bülacher Eislaufclub |
| Began skating | 1988 |
| Retired | January 2011 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 171.88 2008 Worlds |
| Short program | 60.87 2006 Europeans |
| Free skate | 113.00 2008 Europeans |
Sarah Meier (born 4 May 1984) is a Swiss former figure skater. She is the 2011 European champion, a two-time European silver medalist (2007 & 2008), the 2006 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and an eight-time Swiss national champion (2000–2001, 2003, 2005–2008, 2010).
Many members of Meier's family were involved in skating and other ice sports. Her mother is an international figure skating judge and her sister is involved in synchronized skating. Her aunt, Eva Fehr, a former figure skater, was her coach. Her father, uncle, and two cousins are ice hockey players.
Sarah Meier first stepped on the ice at the age of two years. She liked it so much that her mother sent her to children's courses at the age of four. When Meier was five years old she began taking private lessons and soon started to compete. She landed her first double axel at the age of ten and performed her first triple lutz when she was twelve. By the age of thirteen, she could land all of the triple jumps in practice. During the summers, there was no ice in her home town of Bulach so she moved around to Oberstdorf, Germany and Flims in Switzerland.
Meier made her first junior Grand Prix appearance in 1997, finishing 10th at JGP Slovakia. She continued to skate primarily in the junior ranks through the 1999–2000 season, when she won the bronze medal at Junior Worlds.
In 2000–2001, Meier skated in both junior and senior events; she medalled in two JGP events, including a gold medal in the Czech Republic, and finished in 5th place at her second Europeans. She was 12th in her World Championship debut.
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