Isabelle Olsson (figure skater)

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Isabelle Olsson

Olsson in December 2013
Personal information
Country represented Sweden
Born (1993-04-15) 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 164.27
2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup
Short program 58.73
2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Free skate 108.48
2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup

Isabelle Olsson (born 15 April 1993) is a Swedish figure skater. She is the winner of two medals on the ISU Challenger Series – silver at the 2014 Ice Challenge and gold at the 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup. She has won nine other senior international medals and reached the free skate at three ISU Championships.

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 a half years.[2][3] Her sister is a former competitive figure skater and their mother coaches figure skating.[3][4]

Career

2008 to 2012

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.

2012–13 season

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.

2014–15 season

Olsson competed at three 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series events, winning silver at the 2014 Ice Challenge. She was awarded the bronze medal at the Swedish Championships.

2015–16 season

In the 2015–16 season, Olsson scored personal bests in the free skate and combined score to win the gold medal at a Challenger Series event, the 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup, with a margin of 1.01 over silver medalist Angelīna Kučvaļska. She was invited to compete at her first-ever Grand Prix event, 2015 Skate Canada International, as a replacement for Elene Gedevanishvili, who withdrew from the event; Olsson placed 11th in both segments and 12th overall. After winning the silver medal at the Swedish Championships, she was named in the Swedish team to the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.[5] There she qualified for the final after placing 23rd in the short program. She placed 24th in the free program and overall.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[1]
2014–2015
[6][7]
  • I Was Here
    by Beyoncé
    choreo. by Kim Zandvoort
2013–2014
[8][9]
2012–2013
[10]
  • Medley
    by Nightwish
2011–2012
[11]
  • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  • Sacred Spirit II - Culture Crash
2009–2010
[12]
2008–2009
[13]
  • Atlantis
    by Éric Serra

Results

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[14]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Europeans 16th 24th
GP Skate Canada 12th
CS DS Cup 1st
CS Golden Spin 6th
CS Ice Challenge 2nd
CS Warsaw Cup 5th
Bavarian Open 3rd 4th
Challenge Cup 1st
Crystal Skate 5th
Cup of Nice 2nd 8th 3rd
Cup of Tyrol 3rd
Finlandia 5th 6th
Ice Challenge 2nd 2nd
Nordics 3rd 4th 4th WD 3rd
Printemps 5th 4th
Triglav Trophy 3rd
Warsaw Cup 1st 5th
International: Junior[14]
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
Challenge Cup 3rd J.
Cup of Nice 5th J.
Ice Challenge 2nd J.
Nordics 2nd J. 1st J.
Skate Celje 4th J.
National[7]
Swedish Champ. 2nd J. 1st J. 2nd J. 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 "Isabelle OLSSON: 2015/2016". International Skating Union.
  2. ↑ "Isabelle Olsson". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "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. ↑ http://skatesweden.se/sv/sveriges-em-trupp-klar/
  6. ↑ Jangbro, Eva Maria (17 October 2014). "Isabelle Olsson wants to make a mark". Absolute Skating.
  7. 1 2 "Isabelle Olsson: Statistics, 2014/2015". Skate Sweden. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Isabelle OLSSON: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Isabelle Olsson: 2013/2014". Skate Sweden. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "Isabelle OLSSON: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Isabelle OLSSON: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
  12. ↑ "Isabelle M. OLSSON: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009.
  13. ↑ "Isabelle M. OLSSON: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009.
  14. 1 2 "Competition Results: Isabelle OLSSON". International Skating Union.

External links

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