Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old figure skater from Plano, put the United States back in the top of the skating world this week as the first United States woman to win a major worldwide competition in 14 years.
Glenn brought home gold at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Grenoble, France, this weekend. She beat out three-time world champion, defending Grand Prix champion and Japanese skater Kaori Sakamoto, who placed third. An American had not won first in the solo women’s competition since 2010, when Ohio skater Alissa Czisny won gold.
The Grand Prix is the third most prestigious worldwide title in the port after the Olympics and the World Championships. And an American hasn’t one one of those in a long time either. The last winner of the women’s singles in the Olympics was in 2002 and the last American world champion was in 2006.
The champion is a Planoite through and through. Glenn is the daughter of Plano PD Sgt. Richard Glenn and a member of the Dallas Figure Skating Club.
