2025-26 Figure Skating Roster

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18 Annika Chao

  • Level/Discipline Junior/Ladies
  • Training Town Anaheim, Calif.
  • Pronouns She/her
  • Club Glacier Falls FSC
  • Birth Date Oct. 11, 2009
  • Coach(es) Chris Pottenger, Grant Hochstein, Russ Scott, Anthony Evans, Caroline Zhang, Tiffany Chin
  • Birthplace Portland, Ore.
  • Choreographer(s) Grant Hochstein
  • Hometown Portland, Ore.
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Biography

2025-26 SEASON NOTES
SP Music: "The Swan" by YoYo Ma and Kathyrn Stott
FS Music: "Waiting on a Wish" by Rachel Zegler and Karl Hugo

IJS PERSONAL BESTS
International Competition
SP – 59.37 (2025 Junior Grand Prix, Italy)
FS – 120.08 (2023 Kings Cup International, Junior)
Final Score – 178.16 (2023 Kings Cup International, Junior)

U.S. Qualifying Competition
SP – 62.42 (2024 Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, Junior)
FS – 117.66 (2024 Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, Junior)
Final Score – 180.08 (2024 Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, Junior)

SKATING NOTES
Previously coached by Diane Rawlinson and Rafael Arutyunyan.

PERSONAL NOTES
Has an older sister named Addison ... Has two Netherland Dwarf rabbits, Oreo and Snowball ... Currently attends Connections Academy SoCal ... Hobbies include reading, baking, biking, tennis and drawing.

PREVIOUS SEASON NOTES
  • 2024-25 Season Notes
    SP Music: "Dog Days Are Over" by Florence & The Machine
    FS Music: "I Surrender" by Celine Dion
     
  • 2023-24 Season Notes
    SP Music: "No Roots" by Alice Merton
    FS Music: "Go Easy On Me" by Adele Adkins and Greg Kurstin
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
  • 2025 Junior Grand Prix (Italy) – 5th
  • 2025 Cranberry Cup International, Junior – 2nd
  • 2025 Maria Olszewska Memorial, Junior – 2nd
  • 2025 U.S. Championships, Junior – 5th
  • 2025 Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, Junior – 2nd
  • 2024 Junior Grand Prix (Latvia) – 8th
  • 2024 U.S. Championships, Junior – 5th
  • 2024 Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, Junior – 2nd
  • 2023 Kings Cup International, Junior – 2nd
  • 2023 Junior Grand Prix (Thailand) – 5th
  • 2023 Mexico Cup, Advanced Novice – 2nd
  • 2023 U.S. Championships, Junior – 9th
  • 2023 Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, Novice – 1st
  • 2021 Challenge Skate, Novice – 10th
  • 2022 U.S. Championship Series, Novice (Spokane, Wash.) – 3rd
  • 2022 U.S. Championship Series, Novice (Henderson, Nev.) – 4th
  • 2020 Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, Juvenile – 11th
  • 2020 Northwest Pacific Regional Singles Challenge, Juvenile – 3rd 
  • 2019 Northwest Pacific Regional Figure Skating Championships, Juvenile – 6th

Historical Player Information

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    2023-24Junior/Ladies

    Oct. 11, 2009
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    2024-25Junior/Ladies

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    2025-26Junior/Ladies

    She/her
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