Yasmin Siraj

Yasmin Siraj
File:Grand Prix Final 2010 Yasmin SIRAJ.jpg Siraj in 2010
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1996-07-30) July 30, 1996 Boston, Massachusetts
Home town	Brookline, Massachusetts
Height
Coach	Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Former coach	Sheryl Franks, Bobby Martin
Choreographer	Jamie Isley, Catarina Lindgren
Skating club	Skating Club of Boston
Began skating	1998
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	161.75 2010 JGP Great Britain
Short program	55.66 2010 JGP Great Britain
Free skate	106.09 2010 JGP Great Britain

Yasmin Siraj (born July 30, 1996) is an American figure skater. She is the 2010 U.S. junior silver medalist and competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

Career

Siraj began skating at the age of two, following her sister Layla. After taking Basic Skills classes at the Skating Club of Boston, she had private lessons with Sheryl Franks and Bobby and Barbie Martin until the age of eight when she joined coaches Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson.

In 2010, Siraj won the junior silver medal at the U.S. Championships. The following season, she made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut, winning two silver medals and qualifying for the JGP Final where she finished seventh. She placed eighth in her senior national debut at the 2011 U.S. Championships.

Siraj was 15th at the 2012 U.S. Nationals but rebounded the following year, finishing 6th at the 2013 U.S. Championships. She was sent to the 2013 World Junior Championships where she finished 11th.

In 2013, Siraj placed sixth at the Junior Grand Prix of Latvia, her only JGP assignment of the season. She won gold for the third consecutive year at the New England Regionals, winning the competition by over 16 points.

Personal life

Yasmin Siraj was born in Boston and grew up in Brookline. Her mother Aban Makarechian, is an architect of Iranian descent, and her father Ra'ad Siraj, is managing director of The Bank of New York Mellon of Saudi Arabian background. She has an elder sister, Layla, and younger brother, Amir.

In addition to skating, Siraj has also been a competitive pianist. She won awards at the American Fine Arts Festival and performed three times at Carnegie Hall. She is a senior at Brookline High School. Siraj maintained a 4.0 throughout her high school career while taking the hardest possible course load, and won many academic rewards. In autumn 2014, she will join her sister, Layla Siraj, at Harvard University.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2013–2014	Flower Duet (from the opera Lakmé) by Léo Delibes	Seven Years in Tibet by John Williams
2012–2013	Daphnis et Chloé by Maurice Ravel	Seven Years in Tibet by John Williams
2011–2012	Daphnis et Chloé by Maurice Ravel	Misa Tango by Luis Bacalov
2010–2011	Czardas by Vittorio Monti	Misa Tango by Luis Bacalov
2009–2010	Fantaisie Impromptu by Frédéric Chopin	Song of India by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2008–2009	Slumdog Millionaire	Song of India by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2007–2008		Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon

Competitive highlights

International
Event	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14
Junior Worlds							11th
JGP Final					7th
JGP France					2nd
JGP Latvia						5th		6th
JGP U.K.					2nd
Gardena				2nd N.
National
U.S. Champ.			5th N.	2nd J.	8th	15th	6th	16th
U.S. Junior	2nd Jv.	6th I.
Eastern Sect.			1st N.	1st J.		1st	2nd
New England Reg.	1st Jv.	1st I.	2nd N.	1st J.		1st	1st	1st
JGP = Junior Grand Prix Levels: Jv. = Juvenile; I. = Intermediate; N. = Novice; J. = Junior

External links

• Yasmin Siraj at the International Skating Union
• Yasmin Siraj at IceNetwork

• Earlier versions: 2010 to 2013 at the Wayback Machine

• https://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/statuses/422167677185302529