Amber Glenn: 2024 Interview

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USA's Amber Glenn recently capped off her turbulent season with a respectable tenth-place finish at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. It didn't come easy, however. Earlier this fall, the 24-year-old had a collision with another skater during practice. This resulted in a concussion and a left orbital bone fracture. As a result, she withdrew from the Challenger series to recover and only had a week to prepare for her first competition of the season: Skate America.
Skate America was an important event for Glenn as it was taking place in Allen, Texas, a mere 15 minutes from her hometown of Plano. At this event, Glenn scored a new personal best in the short program. While the free skate was not as clean, she landed her first solid triple Axel in competition. Unfortunately, mistakes in the second half of the program kept her off the podium.
While she had her best free skate of the season at the Grand Prix in Espoo, Finland, her biggest success of the season was winning her first U.S. National title in January. This made her the first U.S. women's champion to openly identify as queer.
In this interview Glenn reflects in detail on her season and what winning the national title meant to her. We also talk about her goals and objectives for the upcoming season as one thing is clear for skater: she will keep moving forward and plans to improve her content for the 2024-25 season. She also shares that she will get two new programs during the off season and reveals which choreographers she will be working with.
Additionally, she contemplates on how coming out in 2019 affected her life, both on and off the ice, and how being an inspiration for other drives her forward. Many of her team and training mates have spoken very appreciatively of Glenn recently, and the skater explains why it is so important to her to be approachable and helpful for younger skaters.
We also learn how a perfect day of relaxation looks like for Glenn, and about her immediate plans after coming back home from the World Championships.

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@elisabethanderson7124 5 ай бұрын

So great to hear that she will now focus on the mental side of competing. There are so many of us who would love to see her reach her full potential as a skater, she is so talented. Good luck, Amber!

@rdemille2297 5 ай бұрын

The fact that she is aware her fans can experience stress along with her when she is skating a program reveals that she is a performer at heart. She wants to deliver programs in which her audience can get lost in the joy of skating. I respect the hell out of that attentiveness to the audience. Other skaters would be well-served to develop that.

@kalia2848 5 ай бұрын

We love you Amber!

@skatingcanuck9837 5 ай бұрын

It was awesome to watch her triple axel live in Montreal. She is very grounded and a wonderful role model.

@kaychannon 5 ай бұрын

The 1st time I saw a +GOE 3A from Amber was at US Nationals this year. It scored her over 10 points and she took the title! One of the highlights of season for me. I am huge fan of her skating style and have always felt she is very down to earth. Gutted I couldn't watch Skate Americia because of where I live.

@andreagoldstein4070 5 ай бұрын

It's good to hear her addressing the mental side to her skating. She is the kind of skater you root for and so talented. Her 3A was wonderful to see live in Montreal.

@crispyorsmthnidk5314 5 ай бұрын

A 3A in both programs is a good call I think

@My-hat 5 ай бұрын

Amber is a delight and a phenomenal skater. So strong and charismatic. I’ve heard someone say she trains very hard but doesn’t do enough full run throughs? That regardless of mistakes etc you keep going like it’s a competition. I don’t know if this is not common training anymore. This is more for the coach to enforce I assume! Who know if this would help? I’m sure they’ve tried everything though.

@zb6070 5 ай бұрын

you watched skating lesson.

@melroc8566 5 ай бұрын

certainly the endurance is not there. I don't know what Amber is lacking tho.

@My-hat 5 ай бұрын

@@zb6070 oh! That must be it. I couldn’t remember where I heard it

@Blueiesky4069 4 ай бұрын

Didnt expect her voice to sound like that

@L.Spencer 5 ай бұрын

I don't know much about the practical side of skating, I wonder if they are or consider wearing helmets. I seem to remember a skater, Paul Binnebose, who fell and had quite a trauma, and there was a lot of talk about helmets back then.