Kailani Craine
| Kailani Craine | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Australia |
| Born |
13 August 1998 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Coach | George Galanis, Tiffany Chin |
| Former coach | Kylie Fennell |
| Choreographer | Jamie Isley, Scott Brown |
| Skating club | Hunter ISC |
| Training locations | Los Angeles, California; Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Began skating | 2007 |
Kailani Craine (born 13 August 1998) is an Australian figure skater. She is the 2015 MNNT Cup silver medalist and Australian national champion.
Career
Craine started skating at the age of eight. Tiffany Chin became her coach in 2010.[1]
In the 2013–14 season, Craine competed in her first ISU Junior Grand Prix event and won her second junior national title. In March 2014, she made her ISU Championship debut at the World Junior Championships in Sofia but was eliminated after placing 35th in the short program.
In December 2014, Craine won her third junior and first senior national title at the Australian Championships.[2] Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, she outscored the defending senior champion, Brooklee Han, by 2.18 points overall.[3] Making her senior international debut, she took the silver medal at the MNNT Cup in January 2015. Craine placed 12th at the 2015 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea and qualified for the free skate at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 [4] |
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| 2013–2014 [5] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 |
| Four Continents | 12th | ||||
| MNNT Cup | 2nd | ||||
| International: Junior[6] | |||||
| Junior Worlds | 35th | 16th | |||
| JGP Estonia | 12th | ||||
| JGP Slovakia | 21st | ||||
| Cup of Nice | 23rd J. | ||||
| Ice Challenge | 17th J. | ||||
| Lombardia | 2nd J. | 1st J. | |||
| Down Under | 1st J. | ||||
| National | |||||
| Australian | 1st | ||||
| Australian | 1st N. | 4th J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st J. |
| Levels: N. = Novice, J. = Junior | |||||
References
- ↑ Yoshida, Hiro (17 March 2015). "Kailani Craine: Aussie Teen On The Rise". IFS Magazine.
- ↑ "Australian Figure Skating Championships". Ice Skating Queensland. 5 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kerry & Craine crowned Australian Figure Skating Champions". Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. 5 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kailani CRAINE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kailani CRAINE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Competition Results: Kailani CRAINE". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Kailani Craine at Wikimedia Commons