Matilda Algotsson

Matilda Algotsson
Personal information
Country represented Sweden
Born (1998-05-29) 29 May 1998
Stockholm, Sweden
Home town Enebyberg, Sweden
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 12 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]
2014–15
[5][6]

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. 1 2 3 "Matilda ALGOTSSON: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016.
  2. "Matilda Algotsson". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016.
  3. "European Championships 2016". International Skating Union. 27 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Matilda Algotsson: Statistics. 2015/2016". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016.
  5. "Matilda ALGOTSSON: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
  6. "Matilda Algotsson: Statistics. 2014/2015". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Competition Results: Matilda ALGOTSSON". International Skating Union.

External links

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