Jessica Mills Kincade is an American former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

. She is the 1989 World Junior champion and 1994 Skate Canada International bronze medalist.

Personal life

Jessica Mills is the sister of Olympic gymnast

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. She is now known as Jessica Mills Kincade.

Career

Having become interested in skating at age five, Mills trained in

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and

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before moving to

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in 1986 to train under

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. She placed fourth on the junior level at the 1988 U.S. Championships. She was included in the U.S. team to the 1989 World Junior Championships after a leg injury led another skater to withdraw. Mills placed fourth in the

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, second in the short program, and first in the free skate. She was awarded the gold medal ahead of Japan's Junko Yaginuma and France's

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at the event, which was held in December 1988 in

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. She won the junior silver medal at the 1989 U.S. Championships. Mills placed fourth at the 1990 World Junior Championships, held in December 1989 in

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. She won the bronze medal at the 1994 Skate Canada International and placed fifth at the 1995 Karl Schäfer Memorial. Mills Kincade is a coach at the Louisville Skating Academy in

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Results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, Jessica 1970s births American female single skaters Living people World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people)