Yrétha Silété

Yrétha Silété
Personal information
Full name Yrétha Silété
Country represented  France
Born August 27, 1994 (1994-08-27) (age 17)
Melun, France
Home town Dammarie-lès-Lys
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Coach Claude Thevenard
Skating club CSG Dammarie-Les-Lys
Began skating 2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 134.03
2010 JGP France
Short program 50.24
2011 Junior Worlds
Free skate 86.79
2010 JGP Germany

Yrétha Silété (born August 27, 1994 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne) is a French figure skater. She a two-time French Champion (2011, 2012).

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Career

Silété began skating at age six in Dammarie-lès-Lys and has worked with coach Claude Peri-Thevenard through her entire career.[1]

In 2008, Silété won the national novice title. She skated in the junior Grind Prix series in 2009 and 2010; her best result was a 4th place finish at the 2010 JGP Courchevel. Later that season, she won the bronze medal at the 2010 NRW Trophy. Silété won the French Championships at the senior level, finishing first in the short program and fourth in the free skating.[2][3] She was 11th at the 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Following the 2010-11 season, Silété decided to turn senior.[1] She began the 2011-12 season at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy, where she placed 11th. Her next event was the 2011 French Masters; she came in fifth in the short program but won the free skate to place third overall.[4] She competed at the 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard, where she placed 8th. Silété next competed at the French Nationals, and successfully defended her title.

Personal life

Silété's parents immigrated to France from Togo. Her sister is a gymnast and her brother plays soccer.[1]

Programs

Season Short program Free skate Exhibition
2011–2012 Black Swan
by Clint Mansell, Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Xotica
by René Dupéré
2010–2011 The Great Gig in the Sky
by Pink Floyd
Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adele Blanc-sec
by Eric Serra
2009–2010 The Great Gig in the Sky
by Pink Floyd
Romeo and Juliet
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2008–2009 Love Story
by Francis Lai

Competitive highlights

Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
World Junior Championships 11th
French Championships 6th 4th 1st 1st
Coupe de Nice 9th
Nebelhorn Trophy 11th
NRW Trophy 3rd
JGP Germany 6th 6th
JGP France 4th
JGP United States 10th
N. = Novice level

References