Adrià Díaz

Adrià Díaz

Díaz and Hurtado at the 2011 Europeans
Personal information
Alternative names Adrian Díaz
Country represented Spain
Born (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990
Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Partner Olivia Smart
Former partner Sara Hurtado
Coach Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer
Former coach John Dunn
Choreographer David Wilson, Marie-France Dubreuil
Former choreographer Antonio Najarro, Ginette Counoyer, Patrice Lauzon, Pasquale Camerlengo, Romain Haguenauer, John Dunn
Skating club SAD Majadahonda
CP Gadbois Montreal
Training locations Montreal
Former training locations Madrid, London
Began skating 1995
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 155.81
2015 Europeans
Short dance 62.59
2015 Europeans
Free dance 93.22
2015 Europeans
Medal record
Competitor for  Spain
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Winter Universiade
2015 Granada Ice dancing

Adrià Díaz (born 17 September 1990) is a Spanish ice dancer who skates with Olivia Smart. With former partner Sara Hurtado, he is a four-time Spanish national champion and has won four senior international medals. Hurtado and Diaz were the first dance team to represent Spain in ISU competition[1] and the first to qualify for the Olympics.

Personal life

Adrià Díaz was born September 17, 1990 in Barcelona.[2] He studied sports science at university.[3] Although he competes as Adrià Díaz, he prefers to be called Adrian or Adri.[4]

Career

Partnership with Hurtado

Adrià Díaz started skating in 1995.[5] After skating in singles, he decided to switch to ice dance and approached Sara Hurtado to propose a partnership.[3] The Spanish skating federation hired coach John Dunn to develop an ice dancing program in Madrid in early 2008.[6][7]

Hurtado/Díaz began competing in the 2008–09 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/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/Díaz moved to London, England in mid-2011 after Dunn accepted a coaching job in his native country.[8][9] In December 2011, they ended their relationship with Dunn and later relocated to Montreal, Canada to train under Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon.[10][11][12]

At the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, Hurtado/Díaz became the first ice dancers to qualify an Olympic entry for Spain.[13] In January 2014, they competed at the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships and finished 10th, allowing Spain to send two ice dancing teams to the next Europeans.[14] One month later, Hurtado/Díaz competed at the Winter Olympics, where they set personal best scores in both segments and finished in 13th place.[2]

Hurtado/Díaz had their best results yet in the 2014-15 season, finishing 5th at the 2015 Europeans with a new personal best score and 14th at Worlds.

For the 2015-16 Grand Prix season, they were assigned to the Trophée Eric Bompard and the Rostelecom Cup. However, on October 16, 2015, Hurtado announced on her personal Facebook page that she had decided to end her partnership with Díaz.[15][16]

Partnership with Smart

On December 13, 2015, it was announced that Díaz had pairing up with British ice dancer, Olivia Smart, with whom he would continue to skate for Spain with. It was also stated that Díaz would remain training in Montreal with his new partner.[17] On January 15, 2016, Smart announced that the Skating Association of Great Britain had released her.[18]

Programs

Hurtado and Díaz at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy.
Hurtado and Díaz perform a lift at the 2011 European Championships.

(with Hurtado)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2015–2016
[19][20]
2014–2015
[21]
2013–2014
[1][22][23]
  • Quickstep: Steppin' Out With My Baby
    (from "Insongniac")
    by Tim Draxl
  • Foxtrot: Boardwalk Empire
  • Charleston
2012–2013
[24][12]
  • Waltz: Jane's Waltz
  • Polka: Modern Times
  • Little Wing
    by Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • Pride and Joy
    by Stevie Ray Vaughan
2011–2012
[5][23]
2010–2011
[25][23]
Original dance
2009–2010
[26][23]
2008–2009
[27][23]

Competitive highlights

(with Hurtado)

International[28]
Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015-16
Olympics 13th
Worlds 23rd 19th 19th 16th 14th
Europeans 15th 16th 15th 10th 5th
GP Bompard 8th 4th
GP Skate Canada 8th
CS Finlandia WD
Bavarian Open 3rd
Cup of Nice 3rd 2nd
Golden Spin 11th 8th 5th 3rd
Nebelhorn 7th 9th 8th
NRW Trophy 6th J. 8th J. 6th
MNNT Cup 2nd
Universiade 4th 8th 2nd
International: Junior[28]
Junior Worlds 32nd 16th 9th
JGP Germany 5th
JGP Turkey 6th
JGP U.K. 10th
JGP U.S. 10th
National[28]
Spanish Champ. 1st 1st J. 1st J. 1st 1st 1st 1st
GP = Grand Prix; Challenger Series; JGP = Junior Grand Prix
J. = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 "Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Adria DIAZ". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 Flade, Tatjana (24 March 2011). "Spanish ice dancers progress quickly". GoldenSkate.
  4. ↑ Profile – official website
  5. 1 2 "Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012.
  6. ↑ Halonen, Lena; Jangbro, Eva Maria (18 January 2013). "Spaniards on ice – meet Sara Hurtado and Adriá Díaz". Absolute Skating.
  7. ↑ "ENTREVISTA A SARA HURTADO" [Interview with Sara Hurtado]. Hielo Español (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 January 2012.
  8. ↑ Lamelas, Pedro (16 September 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]. Hielo Español (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Sara Hurtado: "El Esfuerzo y el Sacrificio tienen Resultado"" [Sara Hurtado: "Effort and sacrifice pay off"]. delasrozas.es (in Spanish). 4 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "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]. Europa Press (in Spanish) (Telecinco.es). 28 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "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]. Hielo Español (in Spanish). 27 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012.
  12. 1 2 Hoyt, Melanie (September 2012). "Sara Hurtado & Adriá Díaz Strive to Improve". ice-dance.com.
  13. ↑ Tetzloff, Katerina; Hoyt, Melanie (6 October 2013). "Recap – Nebelhorn Trophy". ice-dance.com.
  14. ↑ Luchianov, Vladislav (5 May 2014). "Hurtado, Diaz push ice dance forward in Iberia". IceNetwork.
  15. ↑ Sara Hurtado Martin (16 October 2015). "To end my journey with Adrian Diaz" (Facebook).
  16. ↑ "Sara Hurtado deja la alta competición" [Sara Hurtado left high competition]. Marca (in Spanish). 16 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Se oficializa la nueva pareja Olivia Smart y Adriá Díaz" [The new pairing of Olivia Smart and Adriá Diaz becomes official]. hieloespanol.es (in Spanish). 13 December 2015.
  18. ↑ Smart, Olivia. "Release". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  19. ↑ Hurtado, Sara (26 September 2015). "Time to kickstart our season!" (Instagram).
  20. ↑ "Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 "Programs". Official website of Hurtado and Diaz; Absolute Skating. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014.
  24. ↑ "Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013.
  25. ↑ "Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
  26. ↑ "Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010.
  27. ↑ "Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009.
  28. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ". International Skating Union.

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