Alexandra "Sasha" Pauline Cohen was born on October 26th, 1984. She asked people to call her Sasha a Russian nickname for Alexandra when she first went to school because at the time she could not spell Alexandra. Sasha started gymnastics at age 5 and progressed to level 5 of the 10 levels but she switched to skating at age 7. It was a good decision. Sasha took group lessons until the age of 10 when she decided to take skating seriously. She began working with Yvonne Nicks.That very same year Sasha landed her axel and her first double jump and at age 11 Sasha could land all of the double jumps except the double axel. Sasha then began working with Yvonne's husband John Nicks. Sasha placed 2nd at the U.S. Junior Championships in 1999 and her future as a skater looked promising.

But no one, not even Sasha herself was prepared for what was going to happen next. In 2000 Sasha shocked the skating world by placing first in the short program at the U.S. Senior Championships. Overall she placed second behind World Champion Michelle Kwan. Sasha was too young to go to the Worlds that year so Angela Nicodinov took her place. In 2000- 2001 season Sasha only competed in 2 competitions because of a back injury. Now Sasha is back and better than ever. She placed second at the U.S. Championships again and went to the Olympics in Salt Lake City. She is trying to become the first woman ever to land a quadruple jump in competition. Sasha placed fourth at the Olympics before ever going to a World Championship. Later she went to the Worlds and placed fourth there as well.

Over the summer Sasha made a huge decision. She left her old coach John Nicks and she and her entire family moved across the country to Newington, Conneticut to train with Tatiana Tarasova and Nikolai Morosov at the International Figure Skating Center. (Morosov later left that center.) The decision proved to be a smart one. Sasha won 5 events the next season: Skate Canada, Trophee Lalique, Canadian Ophen, Crest Whitestrips International Figure Skating Challenge and most recently the Grand Prix Finals. Despite a disopointing 3rd place finish at the U.S. Nationals Sasha was confident going into the World Championships. Despite finishing fourth again Sasha had many firsts landing her first triple lutz- triple toe combination and skated her first clean seven triple program.

After a summer of working with Tatiana Tarasova Sasha entered the 2003- 2004 skating season more confident than ever. She won four events in a row Campbells Interantional her first victory over Michelle Kwan and she won her three Grand Prix Events Skate America, Skate Canada and Trophee Lalique. She placed second at the Grand Prix Fianls and has failed to place out of the medals this season. Two weeks before Nationals Tarasova and Sasha parted well due to Tarasova's bad health and Sasha began working with Robin Wagner. Wagner coached Sarah Hughes to an Olympic gold medal and hopes to do the same with Sasha. Sasha won her thrid U.S. silver medal despite having shingles the week before and with a new coach. She has two months to prepare for the Worlds in Germany and is very excited. After Worlds Sasha will tour with Champions on Ice and debut a new program she choreographed with Robin.

Despite of all this skating, Sasha still finds time for a fun off-ice life.. She graduated from high school last spring with straight As. She is taking correspondance courses in nutrition through Penn State Unniversity. She has modeled for important magazines like Seventeen and V and appears in commercials and print ads for Citizen Eco-Drive Watches. She has appeared on the cover of Blades on Ice and International Figure Skating magazines. She loves reading, art, shopping, hanging out with friends and family, cooking, making jewlery and desgning costumes.