Sandy Rucker began skating at the age of four. “It was so hot out in the summer and my mom would take my brothers and I to the mall to cool off. There was an ice rink in the mall, I would sit and watch the skaters for hours begging my parents to let me skate. Finally they said yes!” she explains.

Born Sandra Jean Rucker in Palm Springs, CA on October 29, 1987, she currently lives in Yorba Linda, CA and trains in Riverside, skating for the Rim of the World FSC. She attends Yorba Linda Middle School and is coached by Tammy Gambill. She says Gambill, along with her parents, has had the greatest impact on her skating. Phillip Mills choreographs her programs. In the future, Rucker hopes to either be a coach or a doctor.

Competitive Record 2003 U.S. Championships-Junior - 9th 2003 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior - 3rd 2003 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior - 1st 2002 North American Challange Skate (Ottawa)-Junior - 1st 2002 U.S. Championships-Novice - 12th 2001 North American Challange Skate (Vancouver)-Novice - 2nd 2001 U.S. Championships-Novice - 9th 2001 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice - 3rd 2001 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice - 2nd 2000 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate - 8th 1999 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate - 4th 1999 U.S. Junior Olympics-Juvenile - 18th 1998 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile - 2nd

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Biography written by Anna; January 2003. Photo courtesy Dave Amorde.
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