Isabelle Olsson (figure skater)

Isabelle Olsson

Olsson in December 2013
Personal information
Country represented Sweden
Born 15 April 1993
Karlskrona, Sweden
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Coach Susanne Olsson
Choreographer Kim Zandvoort
Skating club Mörrums SC
Training locations Mörrum
Began skating 1996
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 152.85
2014 CS Ice Challenge
Short program 58.73
2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Free skate 99.12
2014 CS Ice Challenge
For the industrial designer, see Isabelle Olsson (designer).

Isabelle Olsson (born 15 April 1993) is a Swedish figure skater. She has won nine senior international medals, including gold at the 2014 Challenge Cup and 2012 Warsaw Cup.

Personal life

Isabelle Olsson was born on 15 April 1993 in Karlskrona, Sweden.[1] The daughter of Susanne and Ulf Olsson, she has a twin brother, Johannes, and a sister, Angelica, who is older by one and half years.[2][3] Her sister is a former competitive figure skater and their mother coaches figure skating.[4][3]

Career

Olsson debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2008. In the 2009–10 season, she won a bronze medal at JGP Lake Placid and the Swedish national junior title. She was selected to represent Sweden at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Gangneung, South Korea. Her placement of 13th in the short program allowed her to advance to the free skate where she ranked 24th, dropping her to 24th overall.

Olsson ended her junior career after competing at a pair of JGP events in October 2011. The following month, she made her senior international debut, placing fifth at the Crystal Skate of Romania. In February 2012, she won bronze medals at the Bavarian Open and The Nordics.

In the 2012–13 season, Olsson won silver medals at the International Cup of Nice and Ice Challenge, followed by gold at the Warsaw Cup and bronze at the Swedish Championships. The following season, she repeated as the national bronze medalist and was sent to the 2014 European Championships, where Sweden was allowed three ladies' entries. Ranked 22nd in the short program and 15th in the free skate, she finished 16th overall at Europeans, which took place in January in Budapest, Hungary. In March 2014, she won gold at the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, Netherlands.

In the 2014–15 season, Olsson competed at three ISU Challenger Series events, winning silver at the Ice Challenge.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2014–2015
[5][6]
2013–2014
[1][7]
2012–2013
[8]
  • Medley
    by Nightwish
2011–2012
[9]
  • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  • Sacred Spirit II - Culture Crash
2009–2010
[10]
2008–2009
[11]
  • Atlantis
    by Éric Serra

Results

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

International[12]
Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
Europeans 16th
CS Golden Spin 6th
CS Ice Challenge 2nd J. 2nd 2nd
CS Warsaw Cup 1st 5th 5th
Bavarian Open 3rd 4th
Challenge Cup 3rd J. 1st
Crystal Skate 5th
Cup of Nice 5th J. 2nd 8th 3rd
Finlandia 5th 6th
Nordics 2nd J. 1st J. 3rd 4th 4th
Printemps 5th 4th
Triglav Trophy 3rd
International: Junior[12]
Junior Worlds 24th
JGP Belarus 8th
JGP Czech Rep. 25th
JGP Estonia 8th
JGP Germany 9th
JGP Italy 9th
JGP Romania 5th
JGP U.K. 6th
JGP USA 3rd
Skate Celje 4th J.
National[6]
Swedish Champ. 2nd J. 1st J. 2nd J. 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd
J. = Junior level

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Isabelle OLSSON: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Isabelle Olsson". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Angelica OLSSON". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Jangbro, Eva Maria (1 February 2013). "Isabelle Olsson, another Swedish skater on the rise!". Absolute Skating.
  5. ↑ Jangbro, Eva Maria (17 October 2014). "Isabelle Olsson wants to make a mark". Absolute Skating.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Isabelle Olsson: Statistics, 2014/2015". Skate Sweden. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Isabelle Olsson: 2013/2014". Skate Sweden. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Isabelle OLSSON: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Isabelle OLSSON: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Isabelle M. OLSSON: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009.
  11. ↑ "Isabelle M. OLSSON: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Competition Results: Isabelle OLSSON". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Isabelle Olsson at Wikimedia Commons