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Farah Sheikh

Farah Sheikh

American figure skater

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]

2013 U.S. Figure Skating Collegiate National Champion

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]

References

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    "Freshman Psychology Major Skates to Senior Title at Collegiate Championships | Psychology". psychology.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
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    Alumni Associations, UK. "UK freshman wins figure skating championships". Out Of The Big Blue. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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    Staff report, Herald-Leader. "UK freshman skates to gold at U.S> collegiate championships". Kentucky Sports. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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    "Kentucky Kernel". issuu. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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    "Collegiate championship is 'icing on the cake' for figure skater Farah Sheikh, a UK freshman". KYForward. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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    Freshman Psychology Major Skates to Senior Title at Collegiate Championships
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    "Sheikh, Carriere, Young earn titles at collegiates". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
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    Herald Leader Staff Report (August 5, 2013). "UK freshman skates to gold at U.S. collegiate championships". Retrieved September 16, 2020.
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    "Freshman Psychology Major Skates to Senior Title at Collegiate Championships | Psychology". psychology.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
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    Hutchinson, Derick (20 February 2018). "Young skaters at Detroit Skating Club dream of making Olympics". Click on Detroit. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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    STAFF, STATESIDE (15 February 2018). "Why do so many international Olympic figure skaters train in Michigan?". Michigan Radio NPR News Leader. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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    Estey, Dorothy. "Sk8stuff" (PDF). Figure Skater's Website. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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    Estey, Dorothy. Figure Skater's Website http://docs.sk8stuff.com/comps/10/hs10c_20100328_statechamps1.pdf. Retrieved 28 April 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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    Korte, Don. "MI Dist 1 HS Competition" (PDF). Figure Skater's Website. Retrieved 20 January 2020.


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