Redmond skater lands fourth place at America’s Cup

Redmond’s Natasha Kacharia, a freshman at The Overlake School, landed fourth place in the cadet U-15 event at America’s Cup, an international roller artistic figure skating competition between North American and South American countries held Jan. 15-18 in Orlando, Fla. She took seventh in the junior U-18 event.

February 2, 2016 10:50 am
Natasha Kacharia
Natasha Kacharia

Redmond’s Natasha Kacharia, a freshman at The Overlake School, landed fourth place in the cadet U-15 event at America’s Cup, an international roller artistic figure skating competition between North American and South American countries held Jan. 15-18 in Orlando, Fla. She took seventh in the junior U-18 event.

She has been skating for the last seven years and is the US Nationals gold medalist.

“The competition was very tough. Girls from Brazil were quite good. I am very happy that I got fourth place,” said Kacharia, 15, who narrowly missed third place by 0.3 points.

Kacharia skates around 15 hours a week, and after school she goes to skate and comes back home at 7 p.m. She then finishes her homework and often stays up late if there is a test.

“It is worth it. I love skating. Skating has taught me time management, patience and hard work,” she said.