Farah Sheikh Explained

Farah Jameela Sheikh (pronounced 'Shake')[1] is the 2013 US Ladies Collegiate Figure Skating National Champion.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] She is from Lexington, Kentucky.[8]

Career

She began skating as a preteen.[9] She trained in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan at the Detroit Skating Club under coach Julianne Berlin, a world-level figure skating coach, Yuka Sato, Anjelika Alexeyevna Krylova, Aaron Parchem and Jason Dungjen.[10] [11] Sheikh was the Figure Skating Michigan State Champion twice during high school.[12] [13] [14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Freshman Psychology Major Skates to Senior Title at Collegiate Championships Psychology. 2020-09-16. psychology.as.uky.edu.
  2. Web site: Alumni Associations . UK . UK freshman wins figure skating championships . Out Of The Big Blue . 28 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Staff report . Herald-Leader . UK freshman skates to gold at U.S> collegiate championships . Kentucky Sports . 28 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Kentucky Kernel . issuu . 29 January 2014 . 28 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Collegiate championship is 'icing on the cake' for figure skater Farah Sheikh, a UK freshman . KYForward . 28 April 2020.
  6. http://www.as.uky.edu/freshman-psychology-major-skates-senior-title-collegiate-championships Freshman Psychology Major Skates to Senior Title at Collegiate Championships
  7. Web site: Sheikh, Carriere, Young earn titles at collegiates . 2015-04-11 . 2015-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150415172217/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130804&content_id=55853978&vkey=ice_news . dead .
  8. Web site: Herald Leader Staff Report. August 5, 2013. UK freshman skates to gold at U.S. collegiate championships. September 16, 2020.
  9. Web site: Freshman Psychology Major Skates to Senior Title at Collegiate Championships Psychology. 2020-09-16. psychology.as.uky.edu.
  10. Web site: Hutchinson. Derick. Young skaters at Detroit Skating Club dream of making Olympics. 20 February 2018. Click on Detroit. 20 February 2018 .
  11. Web site: STAFF. STATESIDE. Why do so many international Olympic figure skaters train in Michigan?. 15 February 2020. Michigan Radio NPR News Leader. 15 February 2018 .
  12. Web site: Estey. Dorothy. Sk8stuff. 28 April 2020. Figure Skater's Website.
  13. Web site: Estey. Dorothy. http://docs.sk8stuff.com/comps/10/hs10c_20100328_statechamps1.pdf. 28 April 2020. Figure Skater's Website.
  14. Web site: Korte. Don. MI Dist 1 HS Competition. 20 January 2020. Figure Skater's Website.