Becky Bereswill

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Becky Bereswill Jackson
Houston, Texas
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Discipline	Women's singles
Began skating	1997
Junior Grand Prix Final 2008–09 Gdańsk Singles

Rebecca Ann "Becky" Bereswill (born October 2, 1990) is an American figure skater. She is the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final champion. In 2014, she was cast as Elsa in the Disney on Ice version of Frozen.^[1]

Personal life

Rebecca Bereswill Jackson,

; her twin sister, Allison, is also a figure skater and track and field athlete.

Bereswill studied ballet with the

.

She attended pre-school through middle school at The Post Oak School in Bellaire, Texas,^[3] and then went next door to high school at the Episcopal High School in Bellaire, Texas.^[4] She graduated summa cum laude in 2009 and currently attends the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Figure skating career

Bereswill began skating at age seven with her sister.

in the United States for many years. In the 2003–04 season, competing on the novice level, she won the silver medal at her regional championships to qualify for the sectional championships, where she placed 12th. The following season, she remained on the novice level and again won the silver medal at her regional championship to advance to sectionals, where she moved up from the previous year to place 7th. She moved up to the junior level in the 2005–06 season and qualified for sectionals, where she placed 5th and missed qualifying for the national championships by one placement. In the 2006–07 season, remaining on the junior level, she again qualified for her sectional championship, where she placed 8th on the junior level.

In the 2007–08 season, having moved up to the senior level, Bereswill won her regional championship and won the silver medal at her sectional championship to qualify for the

spring competition in The Hague, Netherlands and won the bronze medal.

In the 2008–09 season, she made her junior international debut. She won the silver medal at both her events on the

. During the 2009-10 season, she competed at the 2010 Finlandia Trophy and NHK Grand Prix in Nagano, Japan.

In May 2010, Bereswill began training in pair skating, teaming up with Trevor Young.^[6][7] They finished 10th at the 2011 U.S. Championships and parted ways in March 2011.^[8]

During the 2012-13 season, Bereswill won the Eastern Great Lakes Championship and won silver at the 2013 Midwestern Championships to qualify for the 2013 U.S. Championships in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2014, she was cast as Elsa in the Disney On Ice version of Frozen.^[1]

Track and field career

Bereswill competed in track and field for her high school, Episcopal High School.

She medaled in cross country running in 2007 at the Southwest Preparatory Conference Championships. She competed in the 4x800-meter relay at the 2008 Texas Relays at the University of Texas and won the gold medal in the high school division and broke their high school record in the process.

Programs

Single skating

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2009–2010 [2]	The Red Violin by John Corigliano	Puccini performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra
2008–2009 [9]	Carousel Waltz by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein	Puccini performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra	Tiny Dancer by Elton John
2007–2008	The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand	Cinderella by Sergei Prokofiev

Competitive highlights

Single skating

Results[10]
International
Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2012–13
GP NHK Trophy			11th
AEGON Challenge Cup	3rd
Finlandia Trophy			12th
International: Junior
JGP Final		1st
JGP France		2nd
JGP Spain		2nd
National
U.S. Championships	10th	18th	13th	16th

Detailed results

2009–2010 Season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 14–24, 2010	2010 United States Figure Skating Championships	15 44.60	13 83.36	13 127.96
November 5–8, 2009	2009 NHK Trophy	12 36.26	8 82.16	11 118.42
October 8–11, 2009	2009 Finlandia Trophy	12 45.06	13 72.05	12 117.11

• SP = Short program; FS = Free skating

2008–2009 Season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
January 18–25, 2009	2009 United States Figure Skating Championships	Senior	17 46.25	18 78.32	18 124.57
December 11–14, 2008	2008–2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final	Junior	4 48.68	2 98.01	1 146.69
September 24–28, 2008	2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Spain	Junior	4 45.16	2 82.11	2 127.27
August 27–31, 2008	2008 ISU Junior Grand Prix, France	Junior	2 51.74	2 83.24	2 134.98

• SP = Short program; FS = Free skating

2007–2008 Season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
March 6–8	AEGON Challenge Cup	Senior	2 48.00	3 79.08	3 127.08
January 20 – 27, 2008	2008 United States Figure Skating Championships	Senior	14 46.52	10 91.13	10 137.65

References

Other sources

• AEGON Challenge Cup 2008
• 2008–2009 ISU Grand Prix Final
• Track & Field Results Profile
• Cross Country Results Profile

External links

• Becky Bereswill at the International Skating Union
• Becky Bereswill at U.S. Figure Skating (archived)
• Tracings.net profile