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Kailani Craine

Kailani Craine(born 13 August 1998) is an Australian formerfigure skater.She is the2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophychampion, the2016 CS Warsaw Cupsilver medalist, the 2015Toruń Cupsilver medalist, and a six-timeAustralian nationalchampion (2014–2019). She represented Australia at the2018and2022 Winter Olympics,finishing 17th and 29th, respectively.

Kailani Craine
Craine at the 2016 World Championships
Born(1998-08-13)13 August 1998(age 26)
Newcastle, New South Wales,Australia
HometownNewcastle, New South Wales
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
CountryAustralia
CoachTiffany Chin
Skating clubHunter ISC
Began skating2007
Retired30 November 2022

Personal life

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

Career

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Early career

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

2013–2014 season

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Craine debuted on theISU Junior Grand Prixseries and won her second junior national title. In March 2014, she made her firstISU Championshipappearance at theWorld Junior ChampionshipsinSofia,Bulgaria; she was eliminated after placing 35th in the short program.

2014–2015 season

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In December 2014, Craine won her third junior and first senior national title at theAustralian 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 theToruń Cupin January 2015. Craine placed twelfth at the2015 Four Continents ChampionshipsinSeoul,South Korea, and sixteenth at the2015 World Junior ChampionshipsinTallinn,Estonia.

2015–2016 season

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In December 2015, Craine repeated as Australia's junior and senior national champion. She placed ninth in the free skate and thirteenth overall at the2016 Four Continents Championships.At the2016 World Championships,she did not qualify to the free skate.

2016–2017 season

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After taking bronze at theVolvo Open Cup,Craine stepped on her firstISU Challenger Seriespodium. She received the silver medal at the2016 CS Warsaw Cup,finishing 2.54 points behind Germany'sNicole Schott.In December, she outscoredBrooklee Hanby 6.94 points to win her third senior national title.

In December 2016, Craine was named toAustralia's teamfor the2017 Asian Winter GamesinSapporo,Japan.[7]She placed fifth at the Asian Games and sixteenth at the2017 Four Continents Championships.In March, she qualified to the free skate at the2017 World Championshipsand went on to finish twenty-fourth overall.

2017–2018 season

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Craine won bronze at theAsian Open Figure Skating Trophyin August 2017 and silver at the Slovenia Open the following month. Later in September, she competed at the2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy,the finalqualifying 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 the2017 Skate Canada International,her debut on theGrand Prix.[8]

After winning another Australian national title, Craine competed at the2018 Four Continents Championships,placing sixteenth. She placed seventeenth at the2018 Winter Olympics,and also at the2018 World Championships.[9]

2018–2019 season

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Craine began her season at theAutumn Classic International,where she finished fourth and won the silver medal at theWarsaw Cup.She competed on the Grand Prix at the2018 NHK Trophy,where she placed twelfth. After winning a fifth consecutive Australian national title, she placed fifteenth at the2019 Four Continents Championshipsand thirty-sixth at the2019 World Championships.

2019–2020 season

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On theChallenger series,Craine placed fifth at the2019 CS Autumn Classic Internationaland fourth at the2019 CS Asian Open.Initially without assignment on theGrand Prix,Craine was first assigned to theCup of Chinato replace a withdrawnMai Mihara.[10]She placed twelfth at the2020 Four Continents Championships.[11]

Craine was assigned to compete at theWorld ChampionshipsinMontreal,but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.[12]

2020–2021 season

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In her only event of the season, Craine competed at the2021 World Championships,placing twenty-sixth.[13]

2021–2022 season

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Following not making the free skate at the World Championships, Craine sought a second opportunity toqualifya berth for Australia at the2022 Winter Olympicsby competing at the2021 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 the2021 CS Finlandia Trophy,Craine placed sixteenth before concluding the fall season by finishing eighth at the2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[15]

With the Australian championships cancelled for a second year, Craine was assigned to the2022 Four Continents ChampionshipsinTallinnto compete for her country's Olympic spot against domestic rivalVictoria Alcantara.[16]Craine finished twelfth at the event, five ordinals and twenty-five points ahead of Alcantara. Days later, she was named to theAustralian 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 theOlympic women's eventafter 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 the2022 World Championships.[15]

Programs

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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

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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
GPCup of China 10th
GPNHK Trophy 12th 10th
GPSkate Canada 10th
CSAsian Open 4th
CSAutumn Classic 4th 5th
CSDenis Ten WD
CSFinlandia Trophy 16th
CSGolden Spin 8th
CSIce Challenge 7th
CSNebelhorn 8th 1st 7th
CSOndrej Nepela 8th
CSWarsaw 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
JGPEstonia 12th
JGPSlovakia 21st
JGPSpain 8th
JGPU.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

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  1. ^ab"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. ^abRemmel, 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 fromthe originalon 8 December 2014.Retrieved8 December2014.
  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".corporate.olympics.au.Australian Olympic Committee.22 December 2016.Retrieved22 December2016.
  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.
  10. ^SHISEIDO Cup of China(25 October 2019)."#COC tuyển thủ # Trung Quốc ly nữ đơn thay thế bổ sung tuyển thủ đã xác định vì Kailani CRAINE, hiện năm 21 tuổi nàng là Australia nữ đơn 5 liền quan, bình xương đông áo đệ 17 danh"[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. ^abcd"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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