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Paige Conners

Paige Conners is an American-Israeli pair skater who competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

born 2000Pair skating with Evgeni KrasnopolskiCompeting for Israel at 2018 Olympics2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star bronze

Born: 9 April 2000, Pittsford
Occupation: figure skater

Paige Conners was born in 2000 in Pittsford

Conners was born on April 9, 2000, in Pittsford, New York. Her mother Karen is a reading teacher from Buffalo with Israeli citizenship, and her father Mark is a dentist. She later moved to Edgewater, New Jersey, and holds both American and Israeli citizenship.

She started skating in 2003. Skating singles for Israel, she placed 27th at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei. Her coaches were Galit Chait, Gilberto Viadana and Michela Boschetto.

In March 2017 she moved to pairs with Evgeni Krasnopolski, training in Hackensack, New Jersey. The pair placed 8th at the 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy, which earned Israel an Olympic pairs spot, and won bronze at the 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star. They finished 9th at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, she competed for Israel in pairs, finishing 19th, and in the team event.