Alexandra Greenfield: The Tip of the Iceberg

Alexandra Greenfield is not your ordinary eighth grader.

The 13-year-old is the first ice skater in Columbus, Georgia to earn Senior Level Gold Medalist honors.

Greenfield has always been a straight A student and has a black belt in karate.

She is also a member of State Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council, a violinist for the Greater Columbus Orchestra, as well as member of the All States, and Honor Chorus.

Greenfield has been skating when she was seven years old.

She fell in love with the sport when her father took her to a session and when she watched Olympic and national skating on television.

“My dad took me to this public session when I was seven,” she said. “Growing up, you watch these people on television in the Olympics and nationals and it looks like such a cool sport. I did not really know what I was really getting into, but I knew that I liked it. I’m still here skating now.”

Robbie Przepioski was Greenfield’s former local coach before he moved from Columbus, Georgia this year.

He met the young skater in 2017 back when she was nine years old.

“When I met Alex, she was in the lower levels and I told her a story to inspire her,” Przepioski said. “I told her about how I passed my tests in a short amount of time of two years. She did it in three.”

Seeing the work and training pay off when she passes tests is what keeps her going in the sport.

“You can see all the work that you put in pay off like passing tests,” Greenfield said.

COVID-19 put a stop to nearly everything at a certain point.

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