Kailani Craine

Kailani Craine

Craine at the 2015 Junior Worlds
Personal information
Country represented Australia
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Home town Newcastle, New South Wales
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach Tiffany Chin, Kylie Fennell, Galina Pachin
Choreographer Alex Chang
Former choreographer Jamie Isley, Scott Brown
Skating club Hunter ISC
Training locations Los Angeles, California; Newcastle, New South Wales; Macquarie Park, New South Wales
Began skating 2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 157.82
2016 Four Continents
Short program 50.80
2015 JGP Spain
Free skate 108.80
2016 Four Continents

Kailani Craine (born 13 August 1998) is an Australian figure skater. She is the 2015 MNNT Cup silver medalist and a two-time Australian national champion.

Personal life

Kailani Craine was born on 13 August 1998 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.[1] She is the daughter of Katrina and Stephen Craine.[2]

Career

Craine started skating at the age of eight.[3] Tiffany Chin became her coach in 2010.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] 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.

In December 2015, Craine repeated as Australia's junior and senior national champion. At the 2016 Four Continents Championships she placed 9th in the free skate and 13th overall. At the 2016 World Championships she did not qualify to the free skate.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
[1][3]
  • Flamenco Fire
    by Didulia
    choreo. by Alex Chang
Romeo + Juliet:
2014–2015
[7]
  • Broken Sorrow
    by Nuttin' But Stringz
2013–2014
[8]
  • Broken Sorrow
    by Nuttin' But Stringz
  • Bolero
    by Steve Charles

Competitive highlights

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

International[9]
Event 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Worlds 27th
Four Continents 12th 13th
CS Ice Challenge 7th
CS Nebelhorn 8th
MNNT Cup 2nd
International: Junior[9]
Junior Worlds 35th 16th
JGP Estonia 12th
JGP Slovakia 21st
JGP Spain 8th
JGP United States 12th
Cup of Nice 23rd J.
Ice Challenge 17th J.
Lombardia 2nd J. 1st J.
Down Under 1st J.
National
Australian 1st 1st
Australian 1st N. 4th J. 1st J. 1st J. 1st J. 1st J.
Levels: N. = Novice, J. = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 "Kailani CRAINE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015.
  2. ↑ O'Connor, Michael (November 2014). "Hunter's Grace on Ice". Catholic Diocese of Maitland - Newcastle.
  3. 1 2 Remmel, Ia (6 October 2015). "Kailani Craine - the starry-eyed girl from Australia". Absolute Skating.
  4. ↑ Yoshida, Hiro (17 March 2015). "Kailani Craine: Aussie Teen On The Rise". IFS Magazine.
  5. ↑ "Australian Figure Skating Championships". Ice Skating Queensland. 5 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kerry & Craine crowned Australian Figure Skating Champions". Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. 5 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kailani CRAINE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Kailani CRAINE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Competition Results: Kailani CRAINE". International Skating Union.

External links

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