Yasmin Siraj
{{Short description|American figure skater}}
{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Yasmin Siraj
|image= Grand Prix Final 2010 Yasmin SIRAJ.jpg
|caption= Siraj in 2010
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|country= {{USA}}
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1996|7|30|mf=yes}}
|birth_place= Boston, Massachusetts
|hometown= Brookline, Massachusetts
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|death_date=
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|height= {{height|m=1.56}}
|coach= Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
|formercoach= Sheryl Franks, Bobby Martin
|choreographer= Jamie Isley, Catarina Lindgren
|formerchoreographer=
|skating club= Skating Club of Boston
|beganskating= 1998
|retired=
|combined total= 161.75
|combined date= 2010 JGP Great Britain
|SP score= 55.66
|SP date= 2010 JGP Great Britain
|FS score= 106.09
|FS date= 2010 JGP Great Britain
}}
Yasmin Siraj (born July 30, 1996) is an American former figure skater. She is the 2010 U.S. junior silver medalist and competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships.
Career
Siraj began skating at the age of two, following her sister Layla. After taking Basic Skills classes at the Skating Club of Boston, she had private lessons with Sheryl Franks and Bobby and Barbie Martin until the age of eight when she joined coaches Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson.
In 2010, Siraj won the junior silver medal at the U.S. Championships. The following season, she made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut, winning two silver medals and qualifying for the JGP Final where she finished seventh. She placed eighth in her senior national debut at the 2011 U.S. Championships.
Siraj was 15th at the 2012 U.S. Nationals but rebounded the following year, finishing 6th at the 2013 U.S. Championships. She was sent to the 2013 World Junior Championships where she finished 11th.
In 2013, Siraj placed sixth at the Junior Grand Prix of Latvia, her only JGP assignment of the season. She won gold for the third consecutive year at the New England Regionals, winning the competition by over 16 points.
In 2014, Siraj placed 16th at the 2014 U.S. Nationals, after which she retired. In 2017, she began skating with the award-winning synchronized skating team, the Haydenettes.{{cite web|title=Meet the Haydenettes: Yasmin Siraj|url=http://haydensynchroteams.com/web/pages/Lex_skater.php?pid=203&cs=2018|website=Hayden Synchronized Skating|access-date=3 December 2017}}
Personal life
Yasmin Siraj was born in Boston and grew up in Brookline. Her mother Aban Makarechian, is an architect of Iranian descent, and her father Ra'ad Siraj, is managing director of The Bank of New York Mellon of Saudi Arabian background. She has an elder sister, Layla, and younger brother, Amir Siraj.
In addition to skating, Siraj has also been a competitive pianist. She won awards at the American Fine Arts Festival and performed three times at Carnegie Hall.
Siraj attended Brookline High School, graduating in 2014.{{cite news|title=Brookline High School Class of 2014|url=http://brookline.wickedlocal.com/article/20140609/News/140606536|access-date=3 December 2017|work=Wicked Local Brookline|date=9 June 2014}} She subsequently attended Harvard College, where The Harvard Crimson, the daily student newspaper, named her one of the fifteen most interesting seniors of 2017-18.{{cite news|last1=Goldsmith|first1=Annie M.|title=Yasmin Siraj|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/11/30/fifteen-most-interesting-yasmin-siraj/|access-date=3 December 2017|work=The Harvard Crimson|date=30 November 2017}}
Competitive highlights
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| colspan="7" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event
! 09–10 ! 10–11 ! 11–12 ! 12–13 ! 13–14 ! 14–15 | ||||||
| align=left | Junior Worlds | 11th | |||||
| align=left | JGP Final | 7th | |||||
| align=left | JGP France | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||||
| align=left | JGP Latvia | 5th | 6th | ||||
| align=left | JGP U.K. | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||||
| colspan="7" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | National | ||||||
| align="left" | U.S. Champ. | bgcolor="silver" | 2nd J. | 8th | 15th | 6th | 16th | |
| align="left" | U.S. Collegiate Champ. | bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |
Programs
References
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{{cite news | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/yasmin_siraj | title = Yasmin Siraj | publisher = IceNetwork.com | access-date = 1 July 2014 }}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=101020&mode=I |date=* |title=Earlier versions: 2010 to 2013 }}
{{cite news | url = http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130702&content_id=52449490&vkey=ice_news | title = Five favorite things with Yasmin Siraj | publisher = IceNetwork.com | date = July 2, 2013 }}
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External links
{{commons category|Yasmin Siraj}}
- {{isu name | id= 00012615 | name= Yasmin Siraj}}
- {{cite news|url=https://eu.wickedlocal.com/story/brookline-tab/2010/02/20/at-age-13-brookline-skater/40370413007/|title=At age 13, Brookline skater has eye on the Olympics|last=Maurer|first=Carolyn|date=20 February 2020|publisher=Wicked Local|access-date=6 May 2024}}
- {{cite news|url=https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2014/01/04/yasmin-siraj-sochi|title=Yasmin Siraj Is On The Brink Of Sochi|last=Shulman|first=Ken|date=4 January 2014|publisher=WBUR|access-date=6 May 2024}}
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Category:Figure skaters from Boston
Category:American female single skaters
Category:American people of Iranian descent
Category:Sportspeople of Iranian descent
Category:American people of Saudi Arabian descent
Category:Brookline High School alumni