コートニー・ヒックス

ヒックスは2011年全米選手権でジュニアタイトルを獲得した。^{[ 4 ] [ 5 ]}彼女は2011年世界ジュニア選手権に出場するよう選ばれ、国際大会デビューで6位となった。^{[ 6 ]}

2011-12シーズン、ヒックスはジュニアグランプリシリーズにデビューし、オーストラリアのブリスベンでの最初の大会で金メダルを獲得した。2011年10月8日、イタリアのミラノで行われた2回目のJGP大会で、シーズン終了となる怪我を負った。フリープログラムの最初のジャンプで、右足の脛骨から骨片が剥がれ落ちた。 ^{[ 7 ]} 10月12日に手術を受けた。 ^{[ 8 ]}ヒックスは2011年12月に氷上に戻り、2012年2月にジャンプを再開した。^{[ 9 ]} 2012年4月まで、カリフォルニア州アリソビエホで主にジョン・ニックスの指導を受けていたが、その後、カリフォルニア州エルセグンドのトヨタスポーツセンターでケン・コンジェミがメインコーチとなった。^{[ 9 ] [ 10 ]}

ジェレ・マイケルとアレックス・チャンの指導を受けたヒックスは、 2013年の全米選手権で銅メダルを獲得し、2013年の世界ジュニア選手権では5位に入賞した。

Hicks made her senior international debut in the 2013–14 season, winning gold at the 2013 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic ahead of Gracie Gold. Replacing 2010 Olympic champion Kim Yuna, she placed 6th at her first senior Grand Prix (GP) event, the 2013 Skate Canada International. Hicks won the 2013 Ice Challenge ahead of Miki Ando. After finishing 6th at the 2014 U.S. Championships, she was sent to the 2014 Four Continents, where she placed 5th.

In 2014–15, Hicks won silver at the U.S. Classic, a part of the newly inaugurated ISU Challenger Series (CS). She finished fourth at both of her GP assignments, the 2014 Skate Canada International and 2014 Trophee Eric Bompard, and 8th at the 2015 U.S. Championships.

In 2015–16, Hicks started her season with a bronze medal at the CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Competing on the GP series, she placed 6th at the 2015 Cup of China before winning her first GP medal, silver, at the 2015 NHK Trophy. She finished 9th at the 2016 U.S. Championships. Having decided to change coaches in March 2016, she spent several months working with the 87-year-old John Nicks, from whom she had previously taken lessons, before joining Todd Sand in early August.^[11]

In 2018–19, Hicks added a triple flip-triple loop combination to her short program and free skate. She finished 7th at the 2018 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic and finished 8th at the 2018 NHK Trophy. At the 2019 U.S. Championships, Hicks placed sixteenth. She was eighth the following season.^[12]

Hicks placed sixteenth at the 2020 ISP Points Challenge, a virtual competition. She did not compete at the Championship Series, another virtual competition used the qualifier for Nationals. In January 2021, she announced she had been struggling with a hip injury and had surgery to replace it. She said would be off the ice for a couple of months.^[13]

In June 2023, Hicks announced her plans to return to competition for the 2023–24 figure skating season.^[14]