Background
Sydne Vogel was born to Joy and Dennis Vogel.
Sydne Vogel was born to Joy and Dennis Vogel.
She graduated with her Bachelor of Surgery in Biology from City University of New York Brooklyn College in 2009. She is recently graduated from medical school and will start an emergency medicine residency in Augusta, Georgia in July 2015.
Vogel began skating as a hockey player and switched to figure skating two years later. She was coached by Traci Coleman from 1987 to 1995 and then by Vladimir Kaprov. She placed fifth on the novice level at the 1994 United States. Championships in Detroit.
The result spurred her to work harder to learn all of the triple jumps.
At the 1995 United States. Championships in Rhode Island, she defeated the favorite, Tara Lipinski, for the gold medal in Junior Ladies. She then developed shin splints in her right leg and a back injury, forcing her to withdraw from the 1997 United States. Championships.
Vogel appeared in competitions and shows sporadically until 2006. She performed for Royal Caribbean International in 2006 on the Mississippi Adventure of the Seas and the Mississippi Navigator of the Seas.