Kimmie Meissner

Kimmie Meissner
Meissner at the 2007 Skate America
Full name	Kimberly Claire Meissner
Born	(1989-10-04) October 4, 1989 (age 35) Towson, Maryland
Hometown	Bel Air, Maryland
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Skating club	University of Delaware FSC and Chesapeake FSC
Began skating	1996
Retired	2010
Medal record Representing  United States Figure skating: Ladies' singles World Championships 2006 Calgary Ladies' singles Four Continents Championships 2007 Colorado Springs Ladies' singles World Junior Championships 2004 The Hague Ladies' singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2004 Helsinki Ladies' singles

Kimberly Claire Meissner (born October 4, 1989)^[1] is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2006 World champion, the 2007 Four Continents champion, and the 2007 U.S. national champion. She is the first American and the first woman to simultaneously hold the World, Four Continents, and national titles. In 2005, Meissner became the second American woman to land the triple Axel jump in national competition. She was the youngest American athlete to compete at the 2006 Olympics, coming in sixth place. She won the World Championships the following month, and the U.S. Nationals the following season. She was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2020.

Meissner was one of the best technical figure skaters of her time, but was an inconsistent skater, especially towards the end of her career. She was compared to Olympic skater and U.S. champion Michelle Kwan, who called her "the new face of figure skating".^[2] By 2020, she worked in the medical field and coached young skaters in Maryland. Meissner was the spokesperson for the "Cool Kids Campaign", a pediatric oncology charity.