Starr Andrews

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Starr Andrews is an American figure skater from Los Angeles, California, who became the first U.S. Black figure skater to win a medal in the ISU Grand Prix series. Born June 23, 2001, she began skating at age three after watching her mother at the rink, and at nine she was among the first American skaters to go viral when a video of her exuberant performance to Willow Smith's “Whip My Hair” drew tens of millions of views. After junior success that included the silver medal at the 2017 U.S. junior championships, Andrews broke through at the senior international level at 2022 Skate Canada International in Mississauga, Ontario. Skating to Lara Fabian's “Je Suis Malade,” she rose from fifth place after the short program to take silver with a personal-best total score of 191.26 points, ten points above her previous best, becoming the first U.S. Black figure skater to win a Grand Prix medal since the series began in 1995. She followed that result with a pewter medal, fourth place, at the 2023 U.S. Championships.

Notes

Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0205. Firsts disposition: ASSERTED — first U.S. Black figure skater to win a Grand Prix medal (silver, 2022 Skate Canada International), in the exact form used by U.S. Figure Skating and Team USA; both sources support the claim. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): Andrews's significance is not only the medal but the pipeline she represents — a skater who entered the sport through a viral childhood video and reached a podium the Grand Prix series had not seen in its first 27 years. Her record should be read alongside Debi Thomas's era as evidence of how slowly the sport's top level has opened. Photo: CLEARED — Skate Canada 2023 - Starr Andrews.jpg, CC BY 4.0.

Relationships

• Los Angeles, California — from
  Team USA identifies Starr Andrews as a Los Angeles native; she was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.

Sources

• U.S. Figure Skating, “Rinkside: Sassy and Focused, Starr Andrews Looks for Her Second Grand Prix Medal,” November 17, 2022; accessed 2026-11-03 (primary source · build store)
• Team USA, “Starr Andrews Skates To A Historic Silver Medal At Skate Canada,” October 30, 2022; accessed 2026-11-03 (primary source · build store)
• U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone, “Starr Andrews — National Team roster biography”; accessed 2026-11-03 (primary source · build store)
• Because of Them We Can, “Starr Andrews Is The First Black U.S. Figure Skater To Win Grand Prix Medal,” November 4, 2022; accessed 2026-11-03 (build store)

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