Mirai Nagasu

is an American former competitive figure skater. During her free skate in the team event at the 2018 Olympics, she became the first American ladies' singles skater to land a triple Axel at the Olympics, and the third woman from any country to do so. This also made her the first senior ladies skater ever to land eight triple jumps (the maximum allowed in the free skate under the Zayak rule) cleanly in international competition.

Personal life Mirai Aileen Nagasu was born on April 16, 1993, in Montebello, California, and raised in Arcadia, California.

In June 2024, Nagasu announced her engagement to Michael Bramante (a year prior) and the birth of her son, Tai.

Skating career Early career Nagasu began skating at age five.

At the 2016 Four Continents Championships in Taipei, Nagasu placed third in the short program and second in the free skate. Her combined score of 193.86 at the competition earned her a new personal best, She, with teammates Bradie Tennell and Karen Chen, were named to the 2018 US Winter Olympic Team for the 2018 Winter Olympics. It was Nagasu's second appearance in the Winter Olympics, after an 8-year absence.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Nagasu competed in the free skate portion of the figure skating team event. On February 11, 2018, during the team event free skate, Nagasu became the first American woman, and third woman overall, to land a triple Axel at an Olympic Games. She landed one triple Axel, one triple Lutz, two triple flip jumps, one triple loop, one triple Salchow and two triple toe jumps. Because of the Zayak Rule, eight is the maximum number of triple jumps any skater can attempt in a long program. She won a bronze medal in the team event as part of the U.S. team. She placed 10th in the Ladies event, during which she again planned eight triple jumps but landed only six.

2018–2019 season Nagasu skipped the 2018–2019 season. Later, Nagasu revealed that she underwent a surgery to repair a torn labrum in her hip, which had bothered her since she started practicing the triple Axel jump.

Skating technique and style

Nagasu performs a catch-foot layback spin during her short program to I Got Rhythm at the 2007 Junior Grand Prix, USA.

Nagasu is considered a strong spinner, and has received a straight +3.00 grade of execution for her layback spin.

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2006–07 to present International Nagasu and Bersten were eliminated in the third week. +Mirai Nagasu - Dancing with the Stars (season 26)WeekDanceMusicJudges' scores Total scoreResult 1 Salsa "No Excuses" — Meghan Trainor 7 7 7 21 Safe 2 Foxtrot "It's a Small World" — The O'Neill Brothers 9 9 9 37 Safe Freestyle(Team 1970s Football) "Instant Replay" — Dan Hartman 9 9 9 37 3 Quickstep "BO$$" — Fifth Harmony 9 8 9 39 Eliminated Jive(Dance-off) "Johnny B. Goode" — Chuck Berry Loser

Celebrity Big Brother In 2022, Nagasu was announced as a HouseGuest competing on the third season of U.S. Celebrity Big Brother. The season premiered on February 2, 2022. Nagasu was nominated for eviction during the first week but was able to survive eviction night and remained in the house. She was nominated again and all contestants voted to evict her on February 7.

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