Kailani Craine

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Kailani Craine
Craine at the 2016 World Championships
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 25)
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
HometownNewcastle, New South Wales
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country Australia
CoachTiffany Chin
Skating clubHunter ISC
Began skating2007
Retired30 November 2022

Kailani Craine (born 13 August 1998) is an Australian former figure skater. She is the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist, the 2015 Toruń Cup silver medalist, and a six-time Australian national champion (2014–2019). She represented Australia at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, finishing 17th and 29th, respectively.

Personal life[edit]

Kailani Craine was born on 13 August 1998 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.[1] She is the daughter and only child of Katrina and Stephen Craine.[2] She graduated from St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton in 2016.

Career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Craine started skating at the age of eight.[3] Tiffany Chin became her coach in 2010.[4] She began appearing internationally on the junior level in 2012.

2013–2014 season[edit]

Craine debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and won her second junior national title. In March 2014, she made her first ISU Championship appearance at the World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria; she was eliminated after placing 35th in the short program.

2014–2015 season[edit]

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 Toruń Cup in January 2015. Craine placed twelfth at the 2015 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea, and sixteenth at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

2015–2016 season[edit]

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

2016–2017 season[edit]

After taking bronze at the Volvo Open Cup, Craine stepped on her first ISU Challenger Series podium. She received the silver medal at the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup, finishing 2.54 points behind Germany's Nicole Schott. In December, she outscored Brooklee Han by 6.94 points to win her third senior national title.

In December 2016, Craine was named to Australia's team for the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan.[7] She placed fifth at the Asian Games and sixteenth at the 2017 Four Continents Championships. In March, she qualified to the free skate at the 2017 World Championships and went on to finish twenty-fourth overall.

2017–2018 season[edit]

Craine won bronze at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in August 2017 and silver at the Slovenia Open the following month. Later in September, she competed at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics; she won the gold medal and earned a spot for Australia in the ladies singles event at the Olympics. Shortly afterwards, Craine was invited to the 2017 Skate Canada International, her debut on the Grand Prix.[8]

After winning another Australian national title, Craine competed at the 2018 Four Continents Championships, placing sixteenth. She placed seventeenth at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and also at the 2018 World Championships.[9]

2018–2019 season[edit]

Craine began her season at the Autumn Classic International, where she finished fourth and won the silver medal at the Warsaw Cup. She competed on the Grand Prix at the 2018 NHK Trophy, where she placed twelfth. After winning a fifth consecutive Australian national title, she placed fifteenth at the 2019 Four Continents Championships and thirty-sixth at the 2019 World Championships.

2019–2020 season[edit]

On the Challenger series, Craine placed fifth at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International and fourth at the 2019 CS Asian Open. Initially without assignment on the Grand Prix, Craine was first assigned to the Cup of China to replace a withdrawn Mai Mihara.[10] She placed twelfth at the 2020 Four Continents Championships.[11]

Craine was assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[12]

2020–2021 season[edit]

In her only event of the season, Craine competed at the 2021 World Championships, placing twenty-sixth.[13]

2021–2022 season[edit]

Following not making the free skate at the World Championships, Craine sought a second opportunity to qualify a berth for Australia at the 2022 Winter Olympics by competing at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. She placed fourth in the short program and tenth in the free skate, for seventh place overall and the sixth of six available places.[14] Competing next at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, Craine placed sixteenth before concluding the fall season by finishing eighth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[15]

With the Australian championships cancelled for a second year, Craine was assigned to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn to compete for her country's Olympic spot against domestic rival Victoria Alcantara.[16] Craine finished twelfth at the event, five ordinals and twenty-five points ahead of Alcantara. Days later, she was named to the Australian Olympic team. Craine called this "the end goal" of the preceding four years, which she was proud to have achieved.[17] She was twenty-eighth in the short program of the Olympic women's event after she doubled her triple lutz, and did not advance to the free skate.[18] She went on to finish the season with a twenty-second-place finish at the 2022 World Championships.[15]

Programs[edit]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–2022
[19]
2020–2021
[20]
2019–2020
[21]
2018–2019
[22]
2017–2018
[23]
2016–2017
[24]
  • Hallelujah
2015–2016
[1][3]
  • Flamenco Fire
    by Didulia
    choreo. by Alex Chang
2014–2015
[25]
  • Broken Sorrow
    by Nuttin' But Stringz
2013–2014
[26]
  • Broken Sorrow
    by Nuttin' But Stringz
  • Bolero
    by Steve Charles
2012–2013
2010–2011 unknown

Competitive highlights[edit]

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

International[15]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics 17th 28th
Worlds 27th 24th 17th 36th C 26th 22nd
Four Continents 12th 13th 16th 16th 15th 12th 12th
GP Cup of China 10th
GP NHK Trophy 12th 10th
GP Skate Canada 10th
CS Asian Open 4th
CS Autumn Classic 4th 5th
CS Denis Ten WD
CS Finlandia Trophy 16th
CS Golden Spin 8th
CS Ice Challenge 7th
CS Nebelhorn 8th 1st 7th
CS Ondrej Nepela 8th
CS Warsaw Cup 2nd WD
Asian Games 5th
Asian Open 3rd
Cranberry Cup 12th
Shanghai Trophy 5th
Slovenia Open 2nd
Toruń Cup 2nd
Volvo Open Cup 3rd
Warsaw Cup 2nd
International: Junior[15]
Junior Worlds 35th 16th
JGP Estonia 12th
JGP Slovakia 21st
JGP Spain 8th
JGP U.S. 12th
Cup of Nice 23rd
Ice Challenge 17th
Lombardia Trophy 2nd 1st
Skate Down Under 1st
National
Australian Champ. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st C C
Australian Junior Champ. 4th J 1st J 1st J 1st J 1st J

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Kailani CRAINE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ O'Connor, Michael (November 2014). "Hunter's Grace on Ice". Catholic Diocese of Maitland - Newcastle.
  3. ^ a b 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. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Kerry & Craine crowned Australian Figure Skating Champions". Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. 5 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Thirty Australians selected for Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games". www.corporate.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  8. ^ Flade, Tatjana (24 October 2017). "Olympic dream draws closer for Australia's Kailani Craine". Golden Skate.
  9. ^ Kingsley-Jones, John (3 November 2018). "Kailani Craine never gives up". MNNews.com.
  10. ^ SHISEIDO Cup of China (25 October 2019). "#COC选手# 中国杯女单替补选手已确定为Kailani CRAINE，现年21岁的她是澳大利亚女单5连冠，平昌冬奥第17名" [Cup of China replacement skater is Kailani Craine (21), who is the 5-time Australian champion, and was 17th in Pyeongchang] (Weibo) (in Chinese).
  11. ^ "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Results - Ladies". International Skating Union.
  12. ^ Ewing, Lori (11 March 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  13. ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Ladies". International Skating Union.
  14. ^ Flade, Tatjana (25 September 2021). "Liu pockets Nebelhorn gold; seals third spot for U.S. women". Golden Skate.
  15. ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Kailani CRAINE". International Skating Union.
  16. ^ "Australians at Four Continents with Beijing Olympic qualification on the line". SBS. 19 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Figure Skaters Kailani Craine and Brendan Kerry selected to Australian 2022 Winter Olympic Team". Australian Olympic Committee. 24 January 2022.
  18. ^ Penny, Brandon (15 February 2022). "As it happened: ROC, U.S. skaters star in women's short program". NBC Sports.
  19. ^ "Kailani CRAINE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ^ "Kailani CRAINE: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ^ "Kailani CRAINE: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  22. ^ "Kailani CRAINE: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  23. ^ "Kailani CRAINE: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  24. ^ "Kailani CRAINE: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  25. ^ "Kailani CRAINE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  26. ^ "Kailani CRAINE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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