Giada Russo

Giada Russo
Personal information
Country represented Italy
Born 25 May 1997
Turin, Italy
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach Claudia Masoero, Edoardo De Bernardis
Choreographer Edoardo De Bernardis
Skating club Ice Club Torino ASD
Training locations Turin
Began skating 2001

Giada Russo (born 25 May 1997) is an Italian figure skater. She is the 2015 Italian national champion and has won five senior international medals.

Personal life

Giada Russo was born 25 May 1997 in Turin, Italy.[1] She is studying psychopedagogy.[2]

Career

Russo began skating in 2004.[1] She is coached by Edoardo De Bernardis and Claudia Masoero in Turin.[3] In the 2011–12 season, she won the Italian national junior title and a pair of junior international medals – bronze at the 2012 International Challenge Cup and gold at the Coupe du Printemps. In 2012–13, Russo received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignment and placed 13th at the event, in Chemnitz, Germany, before taking the senior bronze medal at the Italian Championships in December 2012. Making her senior international debut, Russo placed fourth at the Dragon Trophy in February 2013 and won a bronze medal in April at the Gardena Spring Trophy.

Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Russo trained in Cerreto Laghi and in Los Angeles, where she received guidance from Christa Fassi.[4] She placed tenth at her sole JGP assignment, in Mexico, and fifth at the 2014 Italian Championships. She was awarded two senior international medals, bronze at the 2014 Hellmut Seibt Memorial and Gardena Spring Trophy.

Russo started the 2014–15 season at a JGP event, placing 13th in Dresden, but then competed exclusively on the senior level. After earning silver medals at the Merano Cup and Santa Claus Cup, she competed at the Italian Championships, held in Turin in December 2014. Ranked first in both programs, she won the national title by nearly 20.87 points over silver medalist Roberta Rodeghiero.[5][6][7] She was assigned to her first ISU Championship, the European Championships, held in January 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. Russo placed 28th in the short program, resulting in her elimination. In March 2015, she ranked 24th in the short program at the World Championships in Shanghai, allowing her to advance to the free skate.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2014–2015
[3][1]
2013–2014
[8][9]
2012–2013
[2]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[10]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
World Champ. 24th
European Champ. 28th
Challenge Cup 3rd J. 6th
Finlandia 10th
Gardena 3rd 3rd
Merano Cup 3rd J. 2nd
Santa Claus Cup 3rd J. 2nd
Seibt Memorial 3rd
Volvo Cup 4th
Dragon Trophy 4th
International: Junior[10]
JGP Germany 13th 13th
JGP Mexico 10th
EYOF 9th
Cup of Nice 14th J.
Printemps 1st J.
National[10]
Italian Champ. 1st J. 3rd 5th 1st
J. = Junior level, WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Giada RUSSO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Castellaro, Barbara (11 January 2013). "Giada Russo: in gara ci siamo solo io, i miei pattini e il mio programma" [Giada Russo: In competition, it's just me, my skates, and my program]. artonice.it (in Italian).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Castellaro, Barbara (2 January 2015). "Giada Russo si racconta, tra sogni e aspettative" [Giada Russo speaks on dreams and expectations]. artonice.it (in Italian).
  4. ↑ "Buongiorno 2013-2014!". piroette.org (in Italian). 2 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Giada Russo, profeta in patria, domina i Nazionali. Vittoria anche per un opaco Ivan Righini" [Giada Russo dominates Nationals]. Neve Italia (in Italian). 21 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Penna, Alexia (21 December 2014). "Pattinaggio al Palavela: la torinese Giada Russo è campionessa italiana Senior" [Skating at the Palavela: Turin's Giada Russo is the Italian senior champion]. Torino Today (in Italian).
  7. ↑ "Nazionali italiani, Torino applaude la vittoria della sua atleta Giada Russo" [Italian Nationals, Turin applauds the victory of hometown athlete Giada Russo]. artonice.it (in Italian). 21 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Giada RUSSO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014.
  9. ↑ Castellaro, Barbara (2 September 2013). "Giada Russo, i suoi programmi e i suoi sogni per la nuova stagione" [Giada Russo, her programs and hopes for the new season]. artonice.it (in Italian).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Competition Results: Giada RUSSO". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Giada Russo at Wikimedia Commons