Hanna Harrell (born September 26, 2003) is an American figure skater. She is the 2016 U.S. juvenile silver medalist, the 2018 U.S. junior pewter (fourth-place) medalist, and the 2019 U.S. senior pewter medalist. In 2019, she represented her country at the World Junior Championships, finishing 7th.

Hanna Harrell
Harrell during her free skate at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy
Born (2003-09-26) September 26, 2003 (age 21)
Russellville, Arkansas
HometownAnaheim, California
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
CoachMisha Ge
Skating clubSC of Boston

Personal life

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Harrell was born on September 26, 2003, in Russellville, Arkansas. She is of Japanese descent through her mother, Atsuko Tamura. Harrell competed in artistic gymnastics up through Level 7.[2] She has a cat named Whiskers.

Career

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Early years

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Harrell began learning to skate as a three-year-old at the Diamond Edge Figure Skating Club in Little Rock, Arkansas.[3] At age seven, she relocated for training to Dallas, Texas, where she was coached by Natalia Mishkutionok for one year before joining Olga Ganicheva and Aleksey Letov.[3]

2015–2016 season

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At the 2016 U.S. Championships, Harrell won the juvenile silver medal (behind Stephanie Ciarochi).[4]

2017–2018 season

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In the 2017–2018 season, she debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.[4]

At the 2018 U.S. Championships, she won the junior pewter medal behind Alysa Liu, Pooja Kalyan and Ting Cui.[4]

2018–2019 season

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Harrell at the 2019 World Junior Championships

Harrell was diagnosed with a foot injury in late August 2018. She wore a protective boot for more than a month and was off the ice completely for two to three weeks.[5] She stated, "I had a bad injury on my foot, and I had two stress reactions, and they were almost fractured".[5]

In October, Harrell placed seventh at her JGP assignment in Yerevan, Armenia. In January, at the 2019 U.S. Championships, she won the senior pewter medal (behind Alysa Liu, Bradie Tennell and Mariah Bell).[6] In March, she (along with Ting Cui) represented the United States at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Ranked fifth in the short, she competed in the final group during the free skate. She finished seventh overall after placing ninth in the free skate.[4]

2019–2020 season

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Harrell opened the season at the Philadelphia Summer International, where she won the bronze medal. Given two Junior Grand Prix assignments, she placed seventh at the 2019 JGP France. Harrell had to withdraw from the 2019 JGP Italy due to a stress fracture in her foot that was repeatedly misdiagnosed. Harrell's injury subsequently forced her to withdraw from the rest of the season, including her place on the American team to the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland.[7]

2020–2021 season

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Harrell returned to competition at the 2021 U.S. Championships, where she placed seventeenth out of seventeen skaters.[8]

 
Harrell during her short program at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy

2021–2022 season

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Harrell began the season making her Challenger series debut at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing seventh.[4] She went on to place eighth at the 2022 U.S. Championships.[9]

2022–2023 season

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Harrell began the 2022-23 figure skating season with a twelfth-place finish at 2022 Cranberry Cup International and fifth-place finish at the 2022 Lombardia Trophy.[4]

She qualified a spot for the 2023 U.S. Championships after winning silver at the 2023 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships. At the U.S. National Championships, Harrell fell twice during her short program which landed her in eighteenth place out of the eighteen skaters competing and withdrew before the free skate.[10]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[11][12]
2022–2023
[13]
2021-2022
[14]
2019–2021
[2][15]
2018–2019
[16]
  • Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha
    by Petty Booka
    choreo. by Olga Ganicheva
  • Tango
    choreo. by Olga Ganicheva
2017–2018
[17]
2016–2017
2015–2016

Competitive highlights

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CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[4]
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
CS Golden Spin WD 7th
CS Lombardia 5th
Cranberry Cup 12th
Philadelphia 3rd
International: Junior[4]
Junior Worlds 7th
JGP Armenia 7th
JGP France 7th
Asian Open 5th
Egna Trophy 2nd
National[2][4]
U.S. Championships 4th J 4th WD 17th 8th WD
Levels: N = Novice, J = Junior

References

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  1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. March 3, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Hanna Harrell". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
    "Earlier versions". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Capellazzi, Gina (February 26, 2019). "Hanna Harrell ready to make her 'debut to the world' at the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships". figureskatersonline.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Competition Results: Hanna HARRELL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Rutherford, Lynn (March 7, 2019). "Ambitious Harrell Will Reach for the Stars in Zagreb". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
  6. ^ Lutz, Rachel (March 7, 2019). "Hanna Harrell talks taking on Russians at world junior championships". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
  7. ^ Edges of Glory [@edges_of_glory] (15 January 2021). "#HannaHarrell is back on the ice after injuring her foot after JGP France in August 2019. "I'm pretty happy I was able to come to #ToyotaUSChamps21, but the recovery process was so long." Her stress fracture was misdiagnosed twice & she couldn't walk without pain for a year" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships". U.S. Figure Skating.
  9. ^ Slater, Paula (January 8, 2022). "Mariah Bell takes first National title". Golden Skate.
  10. ^ Wong, Jackie. "Hanna Harrell SP Play-by-Play". Twitter. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  11. ^ Ge, Misha. "Hanna Harrell 2023/24 FP". Instagram. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  12. ^ "2023-24 SP Announcement". Twitter. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. ^ Ge, Misha (February 11, 2022). "Hanna Harrell - SP".
  14. ^ Ge, Misha [@mishage8] (April 10, 2021). "Hanna Harrell – SP" – via Instagram.
  15. ^ "Hanna HARRELL: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020.
  16. ^ "Hanna HARRELL: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019.
  17. ^ "Hanna HARRELL: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018.
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