Audrey Lu

Audrey Lu
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (2002-08-30) August 30, 2002
Dallas, Texas
Home town Frisco, Texas
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Partner Misha Mitrofanov
Coach Alexei Letov
Choreographer Evgeni Nemirovski, Olga Ganicheva
Skating club Dallas FSC Plano
Training locations Plano, Texas
Began skating 2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 160.09
2018 Junior Worlds
Short program 54.38
2018 Junior Worlds
Free skate 105.71
2018 Junior Worlds

Audrey Lu (born August 30, 2002) is an American pair skater. With her skating partner, Misha Mitrofanov, she is the 2018 CS U.S. International Classic silver medalist and 2018 U.S. national junior champion. The pair placed within the top five at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Lu was born on August 30, 2002, in Dallas, Texas.[1] She attended Wester Middle School in Frisco, Texas.[2]

Career

Early years

Lu began learning to skate in 2007.[1] She placed 7th in the juvenile ladies' event at the 2015 U.S. Championships and 6th in the intermediate category at the 2016 U.S. Championships.[3]

2016–2017 season

Lu's pair skating career began when she teamed up with Misha Mitrofanov in May 2016.[4] Making their international debut, the pair placed 12th at a ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in the Czech Republic in September 2016. Their season came to an end in November, after Mitrofanov dislocated his shoulder at the Midwestern Sectional Championships.[4] He underwent shoulder surgery and resumed training after six months.[4]

2017–2018 season

Lu/Mitrofanov placed 5th at both of their JGP assignments. In January, they won the junior pairs' title at the 2018 U.S. Championships; they ranked first in both segments and outscored the silver medalists by 17.74 points. In March, the pair placed 5th (6th in the short program, 4th in the free skate) at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 season

Making their senior international debut, Lu/Mitrofanov won silver at the 2018 CS U.S. International Classic in mid-September. They are invited to two Grand Prix events, the 2018 NHK Trophy and 2018 Internationaux de France.[5]

Programs

(with Mitrofanov)

Season Short program Free skating
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[6]
2016–2017
[7]
  • Memory
    (from Cats)
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • The Music of the Night
    (from The Phantom of the Opera)
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Competitive highlights

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

Pairs with Mitrofanov

International[8]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19
GP FranceTBD
GP NHK TrophyTBD
CS Nebelhorn Trophy5th
CS U.S. Classic2nd
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds5th
JGP Belarus5th
JGP Czech Republic12th
JGP Poland5th
National[2]
U.S. Championships1st J
Midwestern SectionalsWD1st J
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Ladies' singles

National[3]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16
U.S. Championships7th V6th I
Midwestern Sectionals5th V2nd V4th I
Southwestern Regionals2nd V1st V3rd I
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Audrey LU / Misha MITROFANOV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Audrey Lu and Misha Mitrofanov". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018.
    "Earlier versions". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Audrey LU". rinkresults.com. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Stigall, Kama (September 19, 2018). "Coaches See Champion Qualities in Audrey Lu and Misha Mitrofanov". U.S. Figure Skating.
  5. ↑ "Audrey Lu and Misha Mitrofanov Added to Internationaux de France". U.S. Figure Skating. September 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Audrey LU / Misha MITROFANOV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Audrey LU / Misha MITROFANOV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Competition Results: Audrey LU / Misha MITROFANOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018.
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