Adrià Díaz

Adrià Díaz

Díaz and Hurtado at the 2011 Europeans
Personal information
Country represented  Spain
Born September 17, 1990 (1990-09-17) (age 21)
Madrid
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Partner Sara Hurtado
Coach Marie-France Dubreuil
Patrice Lauzon
Former coach John Dunn
Choreographer Pasquale Camerlengo
Former choreographer Romain Haguenauer
John Dunn
Skating club SAD Majadahonda
Current training locations Montreal
Former training locations Madrid, London
Began skating 1995
World standing 23 (As of 17 June 2011 (2011 -06-17))[1]
Season's bests 43 (2010–2011)[2]
76 (2009–2010)[3]
110 (2008–2009)[4]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 120.41
2011 Junior Worlds
Short dance: 48.84
2011 Junior Worlds
Free dance 71.57
2011 Junior Worlds

Adrià Díaz (born September 17, 1990 in Barcelona) is a Spanish ice dancer. With partner Sara Hurtado, he is the 2012 Spanish National Champion. They are the first ice dance team to represent Spain in ISU competition.[5]

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Career

Adrià Díaz started skating in 1995.[5] Originally a singles skater, he decided that ice dance might be a better fit for him and approached Sara Hurtado with the suggestion that they become partners. As there was no dance coach who could work with them in Spain, they had to wait for two years until the Spanish skating federation hired John Dunn to coach them in Madrid in early 2008.[6][7]

Díaz and Hurtado began competing in the 2008-2009 season. Their first major international event was the 2009 World Junior Championships where they finished 32nd. The next season, they competed in two events on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and finished 16th at Junior Worlds.

During the 2010-2011 season, Hurtado and Díaz competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, while also taking part in several senior internationals. They finished 15th at the 2011 European Championships, won a bronze medal at the Bavarian Open, and finished fourth at the Winter Universiade. They moved up to ninth at Junior Worlds. They went on to their first senior Worlds, where they qualified for the short dance out of the preliminary round but were unable to reach the free dance portion of the event.

Hurtado and Díaz moved to London, England in mid-2011 after Dunn accepted a coaching job in his native country.[8] In December 2011, they ended their relationship with Dunn and later relocated to Montreal, Canada to train under Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon.[9][10]

Hurtado and Díaz are known for performing innovative lifts.[11]

Personal life

Díaz is originally from Barcelona and moved to Madrid to train. He is a university student, studying sports science.[6]

Programs

(with Hurtado)

Season Short dance Free dance
2011–2012 Tristan and Isolde
by Maxime Rodriguez
2010–2011 Algo pequeñito
by Daniel Diges
Ein Wiener Walzer
by Karl Jenkins		 Be Italian
from Nine soundtrack
performed by Fergie
Original dance
2009–2010

Competitive highlights

(with Hurtado)

Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
World Championships 23rd
European Championships 15th
World Junior Championships 32nd 16th 9th
Spanish Championships 1st 1st J. 1st J. 1st
Trophée Eric Bompard 8th
Nebelhorn Trophy 7th
Coupe de Nice 3rd
Golden Spin 11th 8th
NRW Trophy 6th J. 8th J. 6th
Winter Universiade 4th
Bavarian Open 3rd
Junior Grand Priz, Germany 5th
Junior Grand Prix, England 10th
Junior Grand Prix, Turkey 6th
Junior Grand Prix, U.S. 10th
J. = Junior level

References

  1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 17, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsdance.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  2. ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. April 30, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  3. ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. March 26, 2010. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2009-10/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
  4. ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2008/2009 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. April 18, 2009. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2008-09/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved June 20, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "Sara Hurtado & Adria Diaz: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. http://www.webcitation.org/64MykcMem. 
  6. ^ a b Flade, Tatjana (March 24, 2011). "Spanish ice dancers progress quickly". GoldenSkate.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. http://www.goldenskate.com/2011/03/exotic-spanish-ice-dancers-progress-quickly/. 
  7. ^ "ENTREVISTA A SARA HURTADO [Interview with Sara Hurtado]" (in Spanish). Hielo Español. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. http://www.hieloespanol.es/1/entrevista_a_sara_hurtado_433460.html. 
  8. ^ Lamelas, Pedro (September 16, 2011). "Sara Hurtado y Adriá Díaz entrenarán en Londres y, la nueva pareja Celia Robledo y Luis Fenero, en Lyon [Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz will train in London and the new team, Celia Robledo and Luis Fenero, in Lyon]" (in Spanish). Hielo Español. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. http://www.webcitation.org/64MxqKugw. 
  9. ^ "Sara Hurtado y Adrià Díaz preparan el Mundial y el Europeo en Montreal [Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz to prepare for Europeans and Worlds in Montreal]" (in Spanish). Europa Press (Telecinco.es). December 28, 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. http://www.telecinco.es/informativos/Hurtado-Adria-Mundial-Europeo-Montreal_0_1531047293.html. 
  10. ^ "SARA HURTADO Y ADRIÁ DÍAZ ENTRENARÁN CON MARIE FRANCE DUBREUIL Y PATRICE LAUZON [Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz will train with Marie France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon]" (in Spanish). Hielo Español. 27 December 2011. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. http://www.hieloespanol.es/1/sara_hurtado_y_adria_diaz_entrenaran_con_marie_france_dubreuil_y_patrice_lauzon_674838.html. 
  11. ^ Ellis, Michelle (January 21, 2011). "European dance shake-up". Universal Sports. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. http://origin.universalsports.com/news-blogs/blogs/blog=gofigure/postid=510402.html. 

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