Jacob Sanchez

Jacob Sanchez
Sanchez at the 2026 U.S. Championships
Personal information
Born (2007-04-23) April 23, 2007 (age 19)
Middletown, New York, U.S.
Home townMontgomery, New York, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Figure skating career
Country United States
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachOleg Makarov
Larisa Selezneva
Skating clubHudson Valley Figure Skating Club
Began skating2012
Medal record
"" Winter Youth Olympics ""
Silver medal – second place 2024 Gangwon Team
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2024–25 Grenoble Singles

Jacob Sanchez (born April 23, 2007) is an American figure skater. He is the CS Tallinn Trophy champion and the 2026 U.S. National pewter medalist.

At the junior level, he is the 2024 Youth Olympic silver medalist in the team event, the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, the 2024 JGP Turkey and the 2024 JGP Slovenia gold medalist, the 2023 U.S. Junior silver medalist, and the 2021 U.S. Junior pewter medalist.[1][2]

Personal life

Sanchez was born on April 23, 2007 in Middletown, New York to parents, Johana, a school teacher, and Jose, a retired police officer. He also has two brothers, Joseph and Jayden.[3]

Sanchez serves as an ambassador of Diversify Ice, an organization that strives to support competitive figure skaters from minority groups. During the Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics, close friend and fellow competitor, Rio Nakata, gifted Sanchez with a necklace which he began regularly wearing to competitions, describing it as a "good luck charm."[4] In addition to figure skating, he also enjoys playing hockey, football, and soccer.[3][5]

His figure skating idols are Yuzuru Hanyu, Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou, Jason Brown, and Ilia Malinin.[6][7]

Sanchez has expressed interest in becoming a physical therapist after completing his competitive figure skating career.[3]

Career

Early career

Sanchez began figure skating in 2012 at the age of five. He originally wanted to be a hockey player so his mother enrolled him into "Learn to Skate" lessons. However, he was unable to use hockey skates so he tried using figure skates instead. He ultimately decided that he enjoyed the feeling of balancing and gliding across the ice in those skates. Following this, he began watching figure skaters compete on TV and ultimately decided that he wanted to pursue the sport.[8][9][10] He then began training under 1984 Olympic pair bronze medalists, Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov at the Hudson Valley Figure Skating Club.[3][9]

Sanchez won the silver medal at the 2018 U.S. Juvenile Championships before going on to win bronze at the 2019 U.S. Intermediate Championships.[2]

Moving up to the junior level the following year, Sanchez finished seventeenth at the 2020 U.S. Junior Championships and went on to win the pewter medal at the 2021 U.S. Junior Championships.[3]

Junior career

2021–22 season: Junior international debut

Sanchez started the season by the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2021 Cranberry Cup International. In addition, he debuted on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing sixth at 2021 JGP Poland.[2]

In January, Sanchez competed at the 2022 U.S. Junior Championships, coming in ninth.[2]

2022–23 season: U.S. Junior national silver medal

In August, Sanchez competed on the junior level at the 2022 Cranberry Cup International, Sanchez won the silver medal. Three months later, he competed as a junior at the 2023 U.S. Eastern Sectionals, finishing fourth.[2]

Qualifying for the 2023 U.S. Junior Championships, Sanchez won the silver medal behind Lucas Broussard. He then ended the season by taking gold on the junior level at the 2023 Coupe du Printemps.[2]

2023–24 season: Youth Olympics team silver

Selected to compete on the 2023–24 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Sanchez finished fourth at 2023 JGP Thailand and fifth at 2023 JGP Hungary.[1]

Sanchez was then named to the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic team. In the men's singles individual event, Sanchez won the short program but placed sixth in the free skate, dropping to fourth overall. In the team event, Sanchez helped Team U.S.A. take silver by placing second in his segment.[2]

Competing at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, Sanchez placed ninth in the short program and fifteenth in the free skate, finishing tenth overall.[2][1]

2024–25 season: Junior Grand Prix Final gold

Sanchez started the season by on the junior level at the 2022 Cranberry Cup International, where finished second behind New Zealand skater, Yanhao Li.[2]

Competing on the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Sanchez won gold at 2024 JGP Turkey. Prior to his victory he had no second assignment on the series, but was assigned to 2024 JGP Slovenia following his gold medal win.[11] In Slovenia, Sanchez managed to win a second gold medal. With these results, he qualified for the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final as the highest ranking junior man.[1][2][12] At that event, Sanchez placed second in the short program with a score of 79.24, only 0.15 points behind leader, Rio Nakata. In the free skate, Sanchez would deliver a strong performance, less than a point below his personal best and second in the segment behind Seo Min-kyu. However, with an overall score 227.38, Sanchez earned enough to win the gold medal overall.[13][14][15] Following the event, Sanchez said, "I have so many emotions right now. If you would have asked me at the beginning of the season that I would go to the JGP final and medal I wouldn’t have believed it. Also the last week and a half was pretty rough. I was quite sick last week and also had some problems with my lower back but I didn’t let that get to me. The skates weren’t perfect but I pushed through." He also credited fellow competitor and close friend, Rio Nakata for helping him through the competition, saying, "It’s been great to be on this whole trip together with Rio, have him by my side and also see him again after quite a long time."[16]

Selected to compete at the 2025 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, Sanchez placed third in the short program and fifth in the free skate, finishing in fourth place overall, only 3 points off the podium.[2][17][18] In an interview following the event, he said, "Yeah, it’s a bit unfortunate. I was so close. I actually felt very confident today. I think I did the two triple Axels at the beginning the best I’ve ever done in competition... But I still think I had a really good season, and I’m happy with it."[19]

Senior career

2024–25 season: Senior international debut

In mid-November, Sanchez made his senior international debut at the 2024 Tallinn Trophy, where he won the gold medal.[1] Debuting on the national senior level at the 2025 U.S. Championships in Wichita, Kansas, Sanchez finished the event in seventh place after placing sixth in both the short and free program segments.[2][20]

2025–26 season

Sanchez following his free skate at the 2026 U.S. Championships

Sanchez started the season by competing on the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International and sixth at the 2025 CS Nepela Memorial. He then went on to debut on the senior Grand Prix circuit in late October, finishing seventh at the 2025 Cup of China. The following month, he competed at the 2025 Ice Challenge, winning the silver medal.[2]

In January, Sanchez placed fourth at the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, earning the pewter medal. "I think this really sets me up for the next quad," Sanchez summed up after the free skate. "I feel this is a really, really important year to perform because everybody will remember a memorable performance."[21] He was subsequently named to the 2026 Four Continents team and 2026 World Junior Championships teams.[22][23]

At the 2026 World Junior Championships, Sanchez placed fifth in the short program after putting a hand down on the first part of his triple Lutz-triple toe combination. He then placed fifth in the free skate, with a score of 148.07, placing fourth overall.[24] "I think I still got a pretty good score, and I feel like I have seen a lot of progress from last Junior Worlds until now," said Sanchez after the free skate. "During the three-jump combination, I actually thought back to last year’s Worlds and how big that was for me. I am happy that I overcame that because I had been thinking about it a lot. But I was able to pull it off, and I had a couple of good saves out there, which I am really happy with. So I can really see the progress."[25]

A few days before the 2026 World Championships, Jason Brown withdrew from the competition. Sanchez, as the third alternate, was called up to compete.[26][27]

At the World Championships, Sanchez placed tenth in the short program with 85.15 points and twelfth in the free skate with 156.59 points, finishing twelfth overall. He set personal best scores in both the short program and the total score.[28]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–21
[3]
2021–22
[29]
2022–23
[30]
2023–24
[31]
  • Sarabande Suite
    by Globus
    choreo. by Sebastian Arrango, Adam Blake
2024–25
[10]
2025–26
[32][33]
  • Mercy Duet
  • Mercy Voiceless
  • Refuge
    by Max Richter & Ros Stephen
    choreo. by Adam Blake

Competitive highlights

2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships (from left to right): Andrew Torgashev, Ilia Malinin, Maxim Naumov, Jacob Sanchez
Competition placements at senior level [2]
Season 2024–25 2025–26
World Championships 12th
Four Continents Championships 8th
U.S. Championships 7th 4th
GP Cup of China 7th
CS Cranberry Cup 5th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5th
CS Nepela Memorial 6th
CS Tallinn Trophy 1st
Ice Challenge 2nd
Competition placements at junior level [2]
Season 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Winter Youth Olympics 4th
Winter Youth Olympics (Team event) 2nd
World Junior Championships 10th 4th 4th
Junior Grand Prix Final 1st
U.S. Championships 17th 4th 9th 2nd
JGP Hungary 5th
JGP Poland 6th
JGP Slovenia 1st
JGP Thailand 4th
JGP Turkey 1st
Coupe du Printemps 1st
Cranberry Cup 3rd 2nd 2nd

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [2]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 241.74 2026 World Championships
Short program TSS 85.15 2026 World Championships
TES 47.03 2024 JGP Slovenia
PCS 40.94 2025 CS Nepela Memorial
Free skating TSS 161.68 2026 Four Continents Championships
TES 84.17 2026 Four Continents Championships
PCS 79.92 2026 World Championships
  • At national events in the United States, pewter medals are awarded for fourth place.

Senior level

Results in the 2024–25 season [2]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 11–17, 2024 Estonia 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy 2 76.63 1 148.97 1 225.60
Jan 20–26, 2025 United States 2025 U.S. Championships 6 82.64 6 146.89 7 229.53
Results in the 2025–26 season [2]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 7–10, 2025 United States 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International 2 78.60 7 132.71 5 211.31
Sep 25–27, 2025 Slovakia 2025 CS Nepela Memorial 3 83.97 9 139.17 6 223.14
Oct 24–26, 2025 China 2025 Cup of China 9 72.40 5 148.81 7 221.21
Nov 5–9, 2025 Austria 2025 Ice Challenge 2 84.91 2 150.98 2 235.89
Dec 3–6, 2025 Croatia 2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 10 75.31 3 141.28 5 216.59
Jan 4–11, 2026 United States 2026 U.S. Championships 7 81.27 3 167.80 4 249.07
Jan 21–25, 2026 China 2026 Four Continents Championships 11 78.57 7 161.68 8 240.25
Mar 24–29, 2026 Czech Republic 2026 World Championships 10 85.15 12 156.59 12 241.74

Junior level

Results in the 2019–20 season [2]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 20–26, 2020 United States 2020 U.S. Championships (Junior) 17 49.21 15 92.98 17 142.19
Results in the 2020–21 season [2]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 11–21, 2021 United States 2021 U.S. Championships (Junior) 1 66.91 6 110.64 4 177.55
Results in the 2021–22 season [2]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 11–15, 2021 United States 2021 Cranberry Cup International 3 67.08 3 113.24 3 180.32
Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2021 Poland 2021 JGP Poland 3 70.92 7 123.11 6 194.03
Jan 3–9, 2022 United States 2022 U.S. Championships (Junior) 13 48.41 8 106.62 9 155.03
Results in the 2022–23 season [2]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 10–14, 2022 United States 2022 Cranberry Cup International 2 64.43 3 108.50 2 172.93
Jan 23–29, 2023 United States 2023 U.S. Championships (Junior) 4 69.85 2 143.72 2 213.57
Mar 17–19, 2023 Luxembourg 2023 Coupe du Printemps 1 70.29 1 142.34 1 212.63
Results in the 2023–24 season [2]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 23–26, 2023 Thailand 2023 JGP Thailand 1 77.69 5 123.80 4 201.49
Sep 20–23, 2023 Hungary 2023 JGP Hungary 5 65.15 4 133.52 5 198.67
Jan 28–30, 2024 South Korea 2024 Winter Youth Olympics 1 76.38 6 123.90 4 200.28
Feb 1, 2024 South Korea 2024 Winter Youth Olympics (Team event) N/a N/a 2 129.77 2 129.77
Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2024 Taiwan 2024 World Junior Championships 9 73.35 15 125.85 10 199.17
Results in the 2024–25 season [2]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 8–11, 2024 United States 2024 Cranberry Cup International 2 75.12 2 143.09 2 218.21
Sep 18–21, 2024 Turkey 2024 JGP Turkey 1 81.14 1 139.11 1 220.25
Oct 2–5, 2024 Slovenia 2024 JGP Slovenia 1 85.09 1 144.37 1 229.46
Dec 5–8, 2024 France 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final 2 79.24 2 148.14 1 227.38
Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2025 Hungary 2025 World Junior Championships 3 82.88 5 147.53 4 230.41
Results in the 2025–26 season [2]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Mar 3–8, 2026 Estonia 2026 World Junior Championships 5 81.03 5 148.07 4 229.10

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