Isadora Williams

Isadora Williams

Williams in 2012
Personal information
Full name Isadora Marie Williams
Country represented  Brazil
Born (1996-02-08) February 8, 1996
Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Home town Ashburn, Virginia, U.S.
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Coach Andrei Kriukov
Choreographer Natasha Timoshenko
Danielle Rose
Skating club Brazilian Ice Sports Federation
Training locations Ashburn, Virginia, U.S.
Began skating 2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 130.08
2013 Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program 50.65
2017 Worlds
Free skate 79.73
2013 Nebelhorn Trophy

Isadora Marie Williams (born February 8, 1996) is a Brazilian American figure skater. She has won five senior international medals, including bronze at the 2012 Golden Spin of Zagreb and gold at the 2017 Sofia Trophy. She represented Brazil at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Williams was born in Marietta, Georgia.[1] Isadora was raised in the suburbs of Washington, DC. She has Brazilian citizenship through her mother, who is from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Isadora Williams also has a very large family that lives in Brazil.[2]

Career

Isadora Williams began skating at the age of 5 falling in love with the sport[2] while skating in a public session at the Cooler Ice Rink in Marietta, Georgia.

Williams represents Brazil, training four hours a day with coach Andrei Kriukov. She has all five triple jumps (Salchow, toe loop, loop, flip, and Lutz) since Worlds 2010. She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

At the 2010 World Junior Championships in March 2010, Williams became the third skater in any discipline to represent Brazil at the event. Her highest Junior Worlds placement was 16th in 2012.

In September 2013, Williams competed at the Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying competition for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She placed 8th in the short program and 14th in the free skate, finishing 12th overall. As a result of her placement, Brazil received one of the six remaining spots for countries which had not previously qualified a ladies' entry. This was the first ever ladies' figure skating Olympics entry for Brazil.[3]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2016–17
[4]
2015–16
[5]
2014–15
[6]
  • Brazilian medley
    by Jorge Ben Jor
2013–14
[7]
2012–13
[8]
  • Maria and the Violin's String
    by Ashram
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
    by John Williams
2011–12
[9]
2009–11
[10][11]
  • Sheherazade
    by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Results

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[12]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Olympics 30th
Worlds 25th 30th
Four Continents 18th
CS Volvo Cup 8th
CS U.S. Classic 14th
Asian Open 5th
Autumn Classic 7th
Golden Spin 3rd 6th
Ice Star 4th
Nebelhorn Trophy 11th 12th
Philadelphia 2nd
Santa Claus Cup 4th 2nd
Sofia Trophy 1st
Sportland Trophy 2nd
U.S. Classic 5th
International: Junior[12]
Junior Worlds 41st 16th 26th
JGP Germany 27th
JGP Italy 18th
WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ↑ "Isadora WILLIAMS". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Luchianov, Vladislav (October 7, 2013). "Williams puts Brazil on Olympic skating map". IceNetwork.com.
  3. ↑ "Nebelhorn Trophy – Olympic Qualifying Event – Review". International Skating Union. September 28, 2013. Archived from the original on October 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Isadora WILLIAMS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Isadora WILLIAMS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Isadora WILLIAMS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Isadora WILLIAMS: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Isadora WILLIAMS: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Isadora WILLIAMS: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 28, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Isadora WILLIAMS: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Isadora WILLIAMS: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 13, 2010.
  12. 1 2 "Competition Results: Isadora WILLIAMS". International Skating Union.
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