Audrey Lu (born August 30, 2002) is an American

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. With her skating partner,

Misha Mitrofanov Misha Mitrofanov (born June 12, 1997) is an American pair skater. With his current partner, Alisa Efimova, he is the 2025 United States Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national champion and 2024 Skate America bronze medalist. With his former s ...

, she is the 2022 Four Continents champion,

2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was held on December 7–11, 2021 in Sisak, Croatia. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. T ...

champion, 2018 CS U.S. International Classic silver medalist, and 2022 U.S. national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Lu was born on August 30, 2002, in

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. She attended Spring Creek Academy in

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. She graduated from Spring Creek Academy as a Salutatorian. She is attending the

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Career

Early years

Lu began learning to skate in 2007. She won the 2015 Southwestern Regional Championships. She placed seventh in the juvenile ladies' event at the 2015 U.S. Championships and sixth in the intermediate category at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

2016–2017 season

Lu's pair skating career began when she teamed up with

in May 2016. Making their international debut, the pair placed twelfth at an

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international figure skating competition, junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded ...

(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. He underwent shoulder surgery and resumed training after six months.

2017–2018 season

Lu/Mitrofanov placed fifth in 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 fifth (sixth in the short program, fourth in the free skate) at the 2018 World Junior Championships in

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, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 season

Making their senior international debut, Lu/Mitrofanov won silver at the 2018 CS U.S. Classic in mid-September, and then placed fifth at the

2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held in September 2018 at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf. It is part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. ...

. They were invited to two

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events, the

2018 NHK Trophy The 2018 NHK Trophy was the fourth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Hiroshima Green Arena in Hiroshima on November 9–11. Medals were aw ...

and

2018 Internationaux de France The 2018 Internationaux de France was the sixth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble on November 23–25. Medals ...

, where they placed seventh and sixth, respectively. Debuting at senior Nationals at the 2019 U.S. Championships, they placed sixth.

2019–2020 season

Lu/Mitrofanov began the season with a fifth-place finish at the 2019 CS U.S. Classic. On the

, they were eighth at the

2019 Rostelecom Cup The 2019 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia from November 15–17. Medals wer ...

. They concluded the season at the 2020 U.S. Championships, where they finished sixth.

2020–2021 season

With the

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affecting international travel, Lu/Mitrofanov were assigned to attend the

2020 Skate America The 2020 Guaranteed Rate Skate America was the first event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 23–24. Meda ...

, the

having been arranged primarily based on training location. They placed third in the short program. Coming fourth in the free skate, their lead from the short program was nevertheless enough to remain in third place overall, winning their first Grand Prix medal as bronze medalists. Competing at the 2021 U.S. Championships, Lu/Mitrofanov placed third in the short program with a clean skate. They were fourth in the free skate, placing fourth overall and winning the pewter medal.

2021–2022 season

After beginning the season with some minor America competitions, Lu/Mitrofanov competed on the

at the

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, finishing in fifth place. They went on to finish in fourth at the

2021 Rostelecom Cup The 2021 Rostelecom Cup was the sixth event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi on 26–28 November. Medals were awa ...

. They next competed at the

, where they won the gold medal, their first Challenger title. Lu/Mitrofanov won the bronze medal at the 2022 U.S. Championships. Mitrofanov said they were "very happy and grateful" for the event and its large audience. As a result of their placement, they were assigned to compete at the 2022 Four Continents Championships in

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, and named as alternates to the American Olympic team. Lu/Mitrofanov won both segments of the Four Continents competition to take the gold medal. The pair parted ways following the season due to Lu wishing to prioritize attending university. In March, the cast list for the ice show An Evening with Champions was announced, announcing Audrey Lu skating a solo. In July, Audrey Lu represented UCLA as a single skater at the 2022 U.S. Collegiate Championships and Invitational U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships and won the silver medal.

Programs

Women's singles

Pair Skating with Mitrofanov

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.''

Pairs with Mitrofanov

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold. ''Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.''

With Mitrofanov

Senior results

Junior results

References

External links

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