Christina Gao

Christina Gao (born March 7, 1994) is an American former 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.

Personal life Christina Gao was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her name in . Her father was a junior national badminton champion in China.

2013-2014 season Gao opened her 2013-2014 season by winning the bronze medal at the 2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy behind Russian Nikol Gosviani. She has been assigned to two events for the 2013–14 ISU Grand Prix series, her first event was at the 2013 Skate Canada where she finished 4th. In her next assignment, Gao finished 8th at the 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard.

Gao was 8th at the 2014 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and therefore did not make the Olympic team.

2014-2015 season After not making the 2014 Olympic team, Gao decided to compete for one more season, despite the objections from those around her.