Cora Gertjejanssen

Cora is a coach with over a decade of experience and is the Ice Show Director for Great River Figure Skating Club and the Business Manager for Premier Skating Academy. She is a quadruple US Figure Skating Gold Medalist in Skating Skills, Solo Free Dance, Partnered Ice Dance and Solo Ice Dance as well as a Pre-Gold medalist in Freestyle.

Cora grew up training under national, international and Olympic coaches, and she is a former student of the Great River FSC and Premier Skating Academy Director, Melissa Jasperson. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences, Policy & Management and has minors in Sustainability Studies and German. Cora believes in pushing athletes to reach their goals while ensuring they maintain a love and appreciation for the sport of figure skating.