Ava Ziegler
Ava Marie Ziegler (born February 28, 2006) is an American figure skater. She is the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy champion. Personal life 
Ziegler was born on February 28, 2006, in Morristown, New Jersey, to parents Ron and Patricia. Her mother is a former competitive figure skater as well as a figure skating coach. She has a younger brother, Ronny. A resident of Dover, New Jersey, Ziegler homeschools through Bridgeway Academy. Ziegler has Shepard-Rottweiler named Duke and a rabbit named Cocoa. Career

Early Career 
As a juvenile, Ziegler won the pewter medal at the 2019 U.S. Championships. 2020–21 season 
On the junior level, Ziegler won the bronze medal at the 2021 U. S. Championship Series. She then went on to win the pewter medal at the 2021 U.S. Junior Championships behind Isabeau Levito, Kanon Smith, and Clare Seo. 2021–22 season 
Ziegler opened her season with a gold medal at the 2021 Cranberry Cup on the junior level. Debuting on the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix series, Ziegler placed sixth at the 2021 JGP Slovakia and seventh at the 2021 JGP Slovenia. She finished her season by winning the silver medal at the 2022 U.S. Junior Championships behind Clare Seo. 2022–23 season 
Debuting as a senior, Ziegler started her season with a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Philadelphia Summer International. She then went on to compete at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, which she won, scoring a new personal best free skate score. Additionally, Ziegler was called up to compete at 2022 Skate Canada International following the withdrawal of fellow U.S. skater, Kate Wang. Ziegler placed third in the short program, scoring a new personal best score in the process but dropped fourth place overall after finishing seventh in the free skate. Nonetheless, she scored a new personal best combined total score as well. Ziegler then went on to compete at the U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships, where she won the gold medal. At the 2023 U.S. Championships, Ziegler finished ninth after placing eighth in the short program and tenth in the free skate. She closed her season by winning the bronze medal at the 2023 Coupe du Printemps. 2023–24 season 
Ziegler began the season by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International behind Lindsay Thorngren. Appearing on the Challenger circuit at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, she came sixth, before finishing fifth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy. Programs

Competitive highlights 
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Detailed results

Senior level 
ISU Personal best highlighted in bold. Junior level

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2006 births
Living people
American female single skaters
People from Dover, New Jersey
Sportspeople from Morris County, New Jersey
Sportspeople from Morristown, New Jersey
21st-century American women