Camden Pulkinen

Camden Pulkinen (born March 25, 2000) is an American figure skater and he is the 2024, 2025 U.S. bronze medalist.

[6] After winning the Golden West Championships, he was nominated to represent the United States at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway.

[8] His ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in October 2016 in Tallinn, Estonia; he finished ninth at the event.

He then returned to the junior level, winning gold at a 2017 JGP competition in September in Salzburg, Austria.

In early August 2018, Pulkinen placed fourth in the senior ranks at the Philadelphia Summer International.

Competing in the 2018–2019 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, he won gold in Linz, Austria.

At his second JGP event, he won the silver medal in Ostrava, Czech Republic, setting a world junior record in the short program in the process.

[4] His placements in Linz and Ostrava qualified him to the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final in Vancouver, Canada.

Pulkinen next competed at the senior level at the 2018 CS Alpen Trophy, his debut on the Challenger series.

At the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final, Pulkinen placed first in the short program, but sixth in the free skate.

[9] In late January 2019, he finished twelfth at the U.S. Championships, placing eighth in the short program and fifteenth in the free skate.

[10] In May 2019, Pulkinen announced that he had left coach Tom Zakrajsek to train under Tammy Gambill and Damon Allen.

Pulkinen made his senior Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Skate Canada International, where he placed second in the short program, landing a ratified quadruple toe loop.

[12] He dropped to fourth place following the free skate, while still setting a new personal best in that segment and in total score.

[14] Competing at the 2020 U.S. Championships, Pulkinen was seventh in the short program after errors on both his triple Axel and jump combination.

[18] Pulkinen competed in a virtual Peggy Fleming Trophy artistic contest in the summer.

Pulkinen at the 2019 Cup of China