Isabelle Olsson(born 15 April 1993) is a Swedish formerfigure skater.She is a two-time medalist on theISU Challenger Series– having won silver at the2014 Ice Challengeand gold at the2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup– and a four-timeSwedish nationalmedalist. She has won twelve other senior international medals and reached the free skate at threeISU Championships.
| Isabelle Olsson | |
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 Olsson in December 2013 | |
| Born | 15 April 1993 Karlskrona,Sweden |
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft2+1⁄2in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Coach | Susanne Olsson |
| Skating club | Mörrums SC |
| Began skating | 1996 |
| Retired | January 12, 2018 |
Personal life
editIsabelle Olsson was born on 15 April 1993 inKarlskrona,Sweden.[1]The daughter of Susanne and Ulf Olsson, she has a twin brother, Johannes, and a sister,Angelica,who is older by one and a half years.[2][3]Her sister is a former competitive figure skater and their mother coaches figure skating.[3][4]
Career
edit2008 to 2012
editOlsson debuted on theISU Junior Grand Prix(JGP) series in 2008. In the 2009–10 season, she won a bronze medal atJGP Lake Placidand theSwedish national junior title.She was selected to represent Sweden at the2011 World Junior ChampionshipsinGangneung,South Korea. Her placement of 13th in the short program allowed her to advance to the free skate where she ranked 24th, dropping her to 24th overall.
Olsson ended her junior career after competing at a pair of JGP events in October 2011. The following month, she made her senior international debut, placing fifth at theCrystal Skate of Romania.In February 2012, she won bronze medals at theBavarian OpenandThe Nordics.
2012–13 season
editIn the2012–13 season,Olsson won silver medals at theInternational Cup of NiceandIce Challenge,followed by gold at theWarsaw Cupand bronze at the Swedish Championships. The following season, she repeated as the national bronze medalist and was sent to the2014 European Championships,where Sweden was allowed three ladies' entries. Ranked 22nd in the short program and 15th in the free skate, she finished 16th overall at Europeans, which took place in January inBudapest,Hungary. In March 2014, she won gold at theInternational Challenge CupinThe Hague,Netherlands.
2014–15 season
editOlsson competed at three2014–15 ISU Challenger Seriesevents, winning silver at the2014 Ice Challenge.She was awarded the bronze medal at theSwedish Championships.
2015–16 season
editIn the2015–16 season,Olsson scored personal bests in the free skate and combined score to win the gold medal at a Challenger Series event, the2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup,with a margin of 1.01 over silver medalistAngelīna Kučvaļska.She was invited to compete at her first-everGrand Prixevent,2015 Skate Canada International,as a replacement forElene Gedevanishvili,who withdrew from the event; Olsson placed 11th in both segments and 12th overall. After winning the silver medal at theSwedish Championships,she was named in the Swedish team to the2016 European ChampionshipsinBratislava,Slovakia.[5]There she qualified for the final after placing 23rd in the short program. She placed 24th in the free program and overall.
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2016–17 [6] |
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| 2015–16 [1][6] |
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| 2014–15 [7][6] |
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| 2013–14 [8][6] |
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| 2012–13 [9] |
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| 2011–12 [10] |
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| 2010–11 |
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| 2009–10 [11] |
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| 2008–09 [12] |
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Results
editGP:Grand Prix;CS:Challenger Series;JGP:Junior Grand Prix
| International[13] | |||||||||
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| Event | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
| Europeans | 16th | 24th | |||||||
| GPSkate Canada | 12th | ||||||||
| CSDenkova-Staviski | 1st | ||||||||
| CSGolden Spin | 6th | ||||||||
| CSIce Challenge | 2nd | ||||||||
| CSWarsaw Cup | 5th | ||||||||
| Bavarian Open | 3rd | 4th | |||||||
| Int. Challenge Cup | 1st | 9th | |||||||
| Crystal Skate | 5th | ||||||||
| Cup of Nice | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | ||||||
| Cup of Tyrol | 3rd | ||||||||
| Dragon Trophy | 1st | ||||||||
| Finlandia | 5th | 6th | |||||||
| Ice Challenge | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||
| Nordics | 3rd | 4th | 4th | WD | 3rd | 7th | |||
| Coupe du Printemps | 5th | 4th | |||||||
| Triglav Trophy | 3rd | ||||||||
| Warsaw Cup | 1st | 5th | |||||||
| International: Junior[13] | |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 24th | ||||||||
| JGPBelarus | 8th | ||||||||
| JGPCzech Republic | 25th | ||||||||
| JGPEstonia | 8th | ||||||||
| JGPGermany | 9th | ||||||||
| JGPItaly | 9th | ||||||||
| JGPRomania | 5th | ||||||||
| JGPU.K. | 6th | ||||||||
| JGPU.S. | 3rd | ||||||||
| Int. Challenge Cup | 3rd J | ||||||||
| Cup of Nice | 5th J | ||||||||
| Ice Challenge | 2nd J | ||||||||
| Nordics | 2nd J | 1st J | |||||||
| Skate Celje | 4th J | ||||||||
| National[6] | |||||||||
| Swedish Champ. | 2nd J | 1st J | 2nd J | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | |
| J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ab"Isabelle OLSSON: 2015/2016".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Isabelle Olsson".Skate Sweden.Archivedfrom the original on 13 April 2015.Retrieved13 April2015.
- ^ab"Angelica OLSSON".International Skating Union. Archived fromthe originalon 15 October 2012.
- ^Jangbro, Eva Maria (1 February 2013)."Isabelle Olsson, another Swedish skater on the rise!".Absolute Skating.
- ^"Sveriges EM-trupp klar | #skatesweden".skatesweden.se.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-01-03.
- ^abcde"Isabelle Olsson: Statistik"[Isabelle Olsson: Statistics] (in Swedish). Skate Sweden.
- "2013/2014 season".Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "2014/2015 season".Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.Retrieved2015-04-13.
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- "2013/2014 season".Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
- ^Jangbro, Eva Maria (17 October 2014)."Isabelle Olsson wants to make a mark".Absolute Skating.
- ^"Isabelle OLSSON: 2013/2014".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Isabelle OLSSON: 2012/2013".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Isabelle OLSSON: 2011/2012".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Isabelle M. OLSSON: 2009/2010".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Isabelle M. OLSSON: 2008/2009".International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ab"Competition Results: Isabelle OLSSON".International Skating Union.
External links
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Media related toIsabelle Olssonat Wikimedia Commons
- Isabelle Olssonat theInternational Skating Union
- Isabelle Olssonat Tracings