# Audrey Lu

Audrey Lu (born August 30, 2002) is an American pair skater. With her skating partner, Misha Mitrofanov, she is the 2022 Four Continents champion, 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, 2018 CS U.S. International Classic silver medalist, and 2022 U.S. national bronze medalist.

## Personal life

Lu was born on August 30, 2002, in Dallas, Texas. She attended Spring Creek Academy in Plano, Texas. She graduated from Spring Creek Academy as Salutatorian. She is attending University of California, Los Angeles.

## Career
### Early years

Lu began learning to skate in 2007. She won the 2015 Southwestern Regional Championships. She placed 7th in the juvenile ladies' event at the 2015 U.S. Championships and 6th in the intermediate category at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

### 2016–2017 season

Lu's pair skating career began when she teamed up with Misha Mitrofanov in May 2016. Making their international debut, the pair placed 12th at an ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in the Czech Republic in September 2016. Their season came to an end in November, after Mitrofanov dislocated his shoulder at the Midwestern Sectional Championships. He underwent shoulder surgery and resumed training after six months.

### 2017–2018 season

Lu/Mitrofanov placed 5th at both of their JGP assignments. In January, they won the junior pairs' title at the 2018 U.S. Championships; they ranked first in both segments and outscored the silver medalists by 17.74 points. In March, the pair placed 5th (6th in the short program, 4th in the free skate) at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

### 2018–2019 season

Making their senior international debut, Lu/Mitrofanov won silver at the 2018 CS U.S. Classic in mid-September, and then placed fifth at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They were invited to two Grand Prix events, the 2018 NHK Trophy and 2018 Internationaux de France, where they placed seventh and sixth, respectively. Debuting at senior Nationals at the 2019 U.S. Championships, they placed sixth.

### 2019–2020 season

Lu/Mitrofanov began the season with a fifth-place finish at the 2019 CS U.S. Classic. On the Grand Prix, they were eighth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup. They concluded the season at the 2020 U.S. Championships, where they finished sixth.

### 2020–2021 season

With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting international travel, Lu/Mitrofanov were assigned to attend the 2020 Skate America, the Grand Prix having been arranged primarily based on training location. They placed third in the short program. Coming fourth in the free skate, their lead from the short program was nevertheless enough to remain in third place overall, winning their first Grand Prix medal as bronze medalists.
Competing at the 2021 U.S. Championships, Lu/Mitrofanov placed third in the short program with a clean skate. They were fourth in the free skate, placing fourth overall and winning the pewter medal.

### 2021–2022 season

After beginning the season with some minor America competitions, Lu/Mitrofanov competed on the Grand Prix at the 2021 NHK Trophy, finishing in fifth place. They went on to finish in fourth at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup. They next competed at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they won the gold medal, their first Challenger title.
Lu/Mitrofanov won the bronze medal at the 2022 U.S. Championships. Mitrofanov said they were "very happy and grateful" for the event and its large audience. As a result of their placement, they were assigned to compete at the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, and named as alternates to the American Olympic team. Lu/Mitrofanov won both segments of the Four Continents competition to take the gold medal.
In March, the cast list for the ice show An Evening with Champions was announced, announcing Audrey Lu skating a solo.
In July, Audrey Lu represented UCLA as a single skater at the 2022 U.S. Collegiate Championships and Invitational U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships and won the silver medal.

## Programs
### Women's singles

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2023–2024 | Can't Help Falling in Love - Dark Version feat. Brooke by Tommee Profitt | No Time to Die by Billie Eilish |
| 2022–2023 | Primavera by Ludovico Einaudi | No Time to Die by Billie Eilish |

### Pair Skating with Mitrofanov

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2021–2022 | Toxic Survivor by 2WEI | Ancient Lands by Ronan Hardiman In Too Deep Illusions by Thomas Bergersen | |
| 2020–2021 | The Show Must Go On (from Moulin Rouge!) | Charlie Chaplin medley | |
| 2019–2020 | Skyfall by Adele | Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante, Luc Plamondon, Will Jennings | |
| 2018–2019 | Masquerade: Waltz by Aram Khachaturian | El Tango de Roxanne Come What May (from Moulin Rouge!) | |
| 2017–2018 | Once Upon a December (from Anastasia) by Deana Carter | Memory (from Cats) by Andrew Lloyd Webber The Music of the Night (from The Phantom of the Opera) by Andrew Lloyd Webber | The Prayer by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli |
| 2016–2017 | O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana) by Carl Orff | Memory (from Cats) by Andrew Lloyd Webber The Music of the Night (from The Phantom of the Opera) by Andrew Lloyd Webber | |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.

### Pairs with Mitrofanov

International :
| Event | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| Four Continents | | | | | | 1st |
| GP France | | | 6th | | | |
| GP NHK Trophy | | | 7th | | | 5th |
| GP Rostelecom | | | | 8th | | 4th |
| GP Skate America | | | | | 3rd | |
| CS Golden Spin | | | | | | 1st |
| CS Nebelhorn | | | 5th | | | |
| CS U.S. Classic | | | 2nd | 5th | | |
| Challenge Cup | | | | 2nd | | |
| Cranberry Cup | | | | | | 6th |
| John Nicks Challenge | | | | | | 3rd |
| International: Junior |||||||
| Junior Worlds | | 5th | | | | |
| JGP Belarus | | 5th | | | | |
| JGP Czech Rep. | 12th | | | | | |
| JGP Poland | | 5th | | | | |
| National |||||||
| U.S. Champ. | | 1st J | 6th | 6th | 4th | 3rd |

## Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

### Senior results

2021–2022 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 18–23, 2022 | 2022 Four Continents Championships | 1 68.35 | 1 120.75 | 1 189.10 |
| January 3–9, 2022 | 2022 U.S. Championships | 3 68.11 | 3 123.43 | 3 191.54 |
| December 7–11, 2021 | 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 3 66.41 | 2 128.91 | 1 195.32 |
| November 12–14, 2021 | 2021 NHK Trophy | 5 64.95 | 5 125.08 | 5 190.03 |
| November 26–28, 2021 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup | 4 64.97 | 4 121.19 | 4 186.16 |
| September 9–10, 2021 | 2021 John Nicks Pairs Challenge | 4 66.16 | 3 129.04 | 3 195.20 |
| August 11–15, 2021 | 2021 Cranberry Cup International | 5 60.75 | 9 98.06 | 6 158.81 |
| 2020–2021 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 11–21, 2021 | 2021 U.S. Championships | 3 69.56 | 4 128.41 | 4 197.97 |
| October 23–24, 2020 | 2020 Skate America | 3 67.52 | 4 122.13 | 3 189.65 |
| 2019–2020 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 20–23, 2020 | 2020 International Challenge Cup | 2 62.94 | 2 110.54 | 2 173.48 |
| January 20–26, 2020 | 2020 U.S. Championships | 5 65.06 | 6 116.43 | 6 181.49 |
| November 15–17, 2019 | 2019 Rostelecom Cup | 8 54.03 | 8 99.58 | 8 153.61 |
| September 17–22, 2019 | 2019 CS U.S. Classic | 5 63.87 | 5 104.63 | 5 168.50 |
| 2018–2019 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 19–27, 2019 | 2019 U.S. Championships | 5 66.21 | 6 116.21 | 6 182.42 |
| November 23–25, 2019 | 2018 Internationaux de France | 6 56.71 | 7 100.57 | 6 157.28 |
| November 9–11, 2018 | 2018 NHK Trophy | 7 52.35 | 7 96.90 | 7 149.25 |
| September 26–29, 2018 | 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 6 49.47 | 4 107.75 | 5 157.22 |
| September 12–16, 2018 | 2018 CS U.S. Classic | 2 57.25 | 2 86.68 | 2 143.93 |

### Junior results

2017–2018 season :
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 5–11, 2018 | 2018 World Junior Championships | Junior | 6 54.38 | 4 105.71 | 5 160.09 |
| December 29–January 8, 2018 | 2018 U.S. Junior Championships | Junior | 1 60.80 | 1 112.51 | 1 173.31 |
| October 4–7, 2017 | 2017 JGP Poland | Junior | 6 51.53 | 5 99.12 | 5 150.65 |
| September 20–23, 2017 | 2017 JGP Belarus | Junior | 4 52.94 | 6 79.19 | 5 132.13 |
| 2016–2017 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| August 31–September 3, 2016 | 2016 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | 12 44.71 | 12 78.48 | 12 123.19 |