Gabriella Izzo
| Gabriella Izzo | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 5, 2001 Greenbrae, California |
| Hometown | Brighton, Massachusetts |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Austria (since 2024) Canada (2023) United States (2018–23) |
| Discipline | Pair skating (since 2023) Women's singles (2018–23) |
| Partner | Luc Maierhofer (since 2024) Thierry Ferland (2023) |
| Began skating | 2011 |
Gabriella Izzo (born August 5, 2001) is an American figure skater. She is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy bronze medalist, the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy champion, and the 2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic bronze medalist. She is also the 2019 U.S. junior national champion.
As of August 2023, she was switched to pairs skating and was paired with Thierry Ferland to represent Canada prior to her retirement. As of July 2024, she was unretired and competing with Luc Maierhofer for Austria.
Personal life
[edit]Izzo was born August 5, 2001, in Greenbrae, California.[1] After graduating from Boston Latin School in 2019, she began her studies at Harvard University in 2020.[2]
She is in a relationship with pair skater, Spencer Howe.[3]
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Izzo began learning to skate when she was eight or nine years old.[4] Her junior international debut came in February 2018 at the International Challenge Cup in the Netherlands, where she placed 4th.
2018–19 season
[edit]Izzo made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in autumn 2018, placing 6th in Canada and 9th in Slovenia. In January, she won the junior ladies title at the 2019 U.S. Championships in Detroit, Michigan. In March, making her senior international debut, she won gold at the Egna Spring Trophy in Italy.
2019–20 season
[edit]Beginning her season on the JGP series, Izzo placed 8th in Croatia and 9th in Latvia. In November, she won bronze at a senior international, the 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in China.
In January, making her senior national debut, she finished 9th at the 2020 U.S. Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. Following the event, she underwent surgery for a torn labrum in her left shoulder. Due to the operation and pandemic-related rink closures, she was off the ice from around mid-January to June.[4]
2020–21 season
[edit]Izzo was invited to her first senior Grand Prix competition, the 2020 Skate America, but withdrew before the event. She placed 9th at the 2021 U.S. Championships. She was coached by Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson until the end of the season.[4]
2021–22 season
[edit]Izzo decided to train under Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva at the Skating Club of Boston.[4] In September, she won bronze at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic. Given two Challenger assignments, Izzo finished thirteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup and fourth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[5]
At the 2022 U.S. Championships, Izzo was seventh after the short program, but a fourth-place free skate elevated her to the pewter medal position overall.[6] This placement earned her an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where she came eighth.[7]
2022–23 season
[edit]Izzo withdrew from the 2022 CS U.S. Classic in advance, instead making her season debut at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, where she finished in eighth place.[8] She was then invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, where she came seventh.
She ended her season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2023 U.S. Championships.[5]
In March 2023, Izzo announced her retirement from singles skating and planned to pursue pair skating.[9]
2023-24 season
[edit]In August, Izzo was on the entry list for a Canadian domestic competition, Souvenir George-Ethier, with new partner, Thierry Ferland. [10] It was announced that she and Ferland would be representing Canada.[11] The partnership was short-lived, however, as in November, Izzo announced her retirement from competitive skating.[12]
2024-25 season
[edit]It was announced in July that Izzo was paired up with Luc Maierhofer to compete for Austria, coming out of retirement.[13]
Programs
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2022–2023 [14] |
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| 2021–2022 [1] |
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| 2020–2021 [15] |
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| 2019–2020 [16] |
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| 2018–2019 [17] |
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| 2017–2018 |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]Women's singles for the United States
[edit]GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.
| International[5] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 |
| Four Continents | 8th | |||||
| GP Wilson Trophy | 7th | |||||
| CS Asian Open | 3rd | |||||
| CS Budapest Trophy | 8th | |||||
| CS Golden Spin | 4th | |||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 13th | |||||
| Cranberry Cup | WD | |||||
| Egna Trophy | 1st | |||||
| U.S. Classic | 3rd | |||||
| International: Junior[5] | ||||||
| JGP Canada | 6th | |||||
| JGP Croatia | 8th | |||||
| JGP Latvia | 9th | |||||
| JGP Slovenia | 9th | |||||
| Asian Trophy | 2nd | |||||
| Challenge Cup | 4th | |||||
| National[15] | ||||||
| U.S. Championships | 6th J | 1st J | 9th | 8th | 4th | 11th |
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior | ||||||
Detailed results
[edit]Senior results
[edit]| 2022–2023 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 23–29, 2023 | 2023 U.S. Championships | 15 45.73 |
6 120.67 |
11 166.40 |
| November 11–13, 2022 | 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy | 5 62.92 |
7 111.18 |
7 174.10 |
| October 13–16, 2022 | 2022 CS Budapest Trophy | 10 52.01 |
7 101.22 |
8 153.23 |
| 2021–2022 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 18–23, 2022 | 2022 Four Continents Championships | 8 63.19 |
7 116.87 |
8 180.06 |
| January 3–9, 2022 | 2022 U.S. Championships | 7 67.51 |
4 120.60 |
4 188.11 |
| November 17–20, 2021 | 2021 CS Warsaw Cup | 11 55.56 |
14 100.22 |
13 155.78 |
| September 15–19, 2021 | 2021 U.S. Classic | 3 63.93 |
3 118.83 |
3 182.76 |
| 2020–2021 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 11–21, 2021 | 2021 U.S. Championships | 7 62.32 |
9 109.44 |
8 171.76 |
| 2019–2020 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 20–26, 2020 | 2020 U.S. Championships | 6 65.94 |
11 108.47 |
9 174.41 |
| November 2–3, 2019 | 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy | 2 65.30 |
3 104.45 |
3 169.75 |
Junior results
[edit]| 2019–2020 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 25–28, 2019 | 2019 JGP Croatia | 9 51.61 |
8 98.10 |
8 149.71 |
| September 4–7, 2019 | 2019 JGP Latvia | 5 59.39 |
9 101.55 |
9 160.94 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gabriella IZZO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022.
- ^ Feigenbaum, Paige (September 16, 2021). "Gabriella Izzo Exudes French Flair This Season". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on September 18, 2021.
- ^ "GOEing into Detail with Emily Chan and Spencer Howe". YouTube. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Trusting the process: Gabriella Izzo on attending Harvard and being patient with her career". anythinggoe.com. December 1, 2021. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Gabriella IZZO". International Skating Union.
- ^ Slater, Paula (January 8, 2022). "Mariah Bell takes first National title". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (January 22, 2022). "Japan's Mai Mihara reclaims Four Continents title". Golden Skate.
- ^ Sausa, Christie (October 16, 2022). "Ziegler wins gold, Wolfkostin and Chen earn bronze at the 2022 Budapest Trophy". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone.
- ^ Izzo, Gabriella. "New Chapter". Instagram. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "SOUVENIR GEORGES-ETHIER Liste des inscriptions" [SOUVENIR GEORGES-ETHIER List of Participants] (PDF) (in French). August 9, 2023.
- ^ "Gabbie Izzo: Switching to Pairs with Thierry Ferland (A TSL Interview)". TheSkatingLesson. August 24, 2023.
- ^ Gabriella Izzo [@miss.gabbiee] (November 16, 2023). ""If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello"" – via Instagram.
- ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (July 10, 2024). "🇦🇹 Gabriella Izzo / Luc Maierhofer 🇨🇦 Cristina Lyons / Marty Haubrich 🇦🇹 Paola Jurisic / Michail Savenkov are new pairs teams" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Gabriella IZZO: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Figure Skating bios
- "2019-20 Figure Skating Roster: Gabriella Izzo". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 8, 2020.
- "2020-21 Figure Skating Roster: Gabriella Izzo". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021.
- "2021-22 Figure Skating Roster: Gabriella Izzo". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Gabriella IZZO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020.
- ^ "Gabriella IZZO: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019.