Matilda Algotsson
| Matilda Algotsson | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Sweden |
| Born |
29 May 1998 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Home town | Enebyberg, Sweden |
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in) |
| Coach | Cecilia Willberg |
| Former coach | Sofia Rahme |
| Choreographer | Cecilia Willberg |
| Skating club | Solna SC |
| Training locations | Solna, Sweden |
| Began skating | 2003 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total |
145.32 2016 Europeans |
| Short program |
47.97 2016 Europeans |
| Free skate |
97.35 2016 Europeans |
Matilda Algotsson (born 29 May 1998) is a Swedish figure skater. She is the 2015 Volvo Open Cup champion, 2015 Nordic junior champion, and 2016 Swedish national bronze medalist. She qualified for the free skate at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava where she placed 13th.
Personal life
Matilda Algotsson was born on 29 May 1998 in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] The middle child of Johanna and Anders Algotsson, she has an older sister, Emma, and younger brother, Rickard.[2]
Career
Algotsson started skating in 2003.[1]
In the 2013–14 season, Algotsson won the Swedish national junior title and three international medals on the junior level – bronze at the MNNT Cup, silver at the Sarajevo Open, and bronze at the Nordics. She was assigned to represent Sweden at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, but was eliminated after placing 28th in the short program.
In 2014–15, Algotsson debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 20th in Japan. She repeated as the Swedish national junior champion and won junior gold at the Nordics.
Algotsson placed 7th at her 2015–16 JGP assignment in Zagreb, Croatia. Making her senior international debut, she won gold at the Volvo Open Cup in November 2015. After winning the senior bronze medal at the Swedish Championships, she was named in Sweden's team to the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. Ranked 18th in the short program, she qualified for the free skate where she placed 10th, lifting her to 13th overall.[3] At the 2016 Junior Worlds she placed 30th in the short program and did not qualify to the free skate.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 [1][4] |
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| 2014–15 [5][6] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 |
| Europeans | 13th | ||
| MNNT Cup | 6th | ||
| Nordics | 5th | ||
| Volvo Open Cup | 1st | ||
| International: Junior[7] | |||
| Junior Worlds | 28th | 30th | |
| JGP Croatia | 7th | ||
| JGP Japan | 20th | ||
| Gardena | 3rd J. | ||
| Ice Challenge | 8th J. | ||
| Lombardia Trophy | 5th J. | ||
| MNNT Cup | 3rd J. | 2nd J. | |
| Nordics | 3rd J. | 1st J. | |
| NRW Trophy | 5th J. | 4th J. | |
| Printemps | 4th J. | ||
| Sarajevo Open | 2nd J. | ||
| Seibt Memorial | 7th J. | ||
| National[4] | |||
| Swedish Champ. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 3rd |
| J. = Junior level | |||
References
- 1 2 3 "Matilda ALGOTSSON: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "Matilda Algotsson". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016.
- ↑ "European Championships 2016". International Skating Union. 27 January 2016.
- 1 2 "Matilda Algotsson: Statistics. 2015/2016". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016.
- ↑ "Matilda ALGOTSSON: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
- ↑ "Matilda Algotsson: Statistics. 2014/2015". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015.
- 1 2 "Competition Results: Matilda ALGOTSSON". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Matilda Algotsson at Wikimedia Commons