New heights for USA’s Sarah Everhardt
Sarah Everhardt
USA’s Sarah Everhardt has made a big impact in the early stages of the 2024-25 figure skating season. At just 17, she claimed victory at the first Challenger event in August, the 2024 Cranberry Cup, delivering two flawless performances and defeating 2024 World silver medalist Isabeau Levito in the process. A month later, she took silver at the 2024 Lombardia Trophy with another set of clean skates, breaking the 200-point barrier for the first time in her career and surpassing three-time World Champion Kaori Sakamoto.
In this interview, we get to know the rising star of U.S. figure skating, who has her sights set on making the 2025 World Championships team in Boston and the 2026 Olympic team. Everhardt talks about how she started skating as a child, what has kept her dedicated to the sport, and what she appreciates about her coaches, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov. She also discusses training alongside World Champion Ilia Malinin and the advice her training partner and friend has given her ahead of major competitions.
Everhardt’s programs this season—”Riverdance” for her short program and “The Firebird” for her free skate—are personal and inspired by important people in her life. She shares the stories behind these choices and what it was like working with 2023 ISU Choreographer of the Year, Shae-Lynn Bourne, for the first time.
Off the ice, Everhardt is still in high school and explains how she balances her education with her athletic career. She also opens up about her hobbies and interests outside of skating.
The skater is set to make her debut at the ISU Senior Grand Prix at 2024 Finlandia Trophy and is likely to be high on the substitute list for a second Grand Prix assignment.
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