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.
Gabriella Izzo | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | ![]() |
Born | (2001-08-05) August 5, 2001 (age 21) Greenbrae, California |
Home town | Boston, Massachusetts |
Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in) |
Coach | Olga Ganicheva, Aleksey Letov |
Former coach | Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson, Suna Murray |
Choreographer | Adam Blake |
Former choreographer | Jamie Isley |
Skating club | The Skating Club of Boston |
Former skating club | Mitchell Johansson Method |
Training locations | Norwood, Massachusetts |
Former training locations | Revere, Massachusetts |
Began skating | 2011 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 180.06 2022 Four Continents |
Short program | 65.30 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy |
Free skate | 116.87 2022 Four Continents |
Izzo was born August 5, 2001, in Greenbrae, California.[1] She began her studies at Harvard University in 2020.[2]
Izzo began learning to skate when she was eight or nine years old.[3] Her junior international debut came in February 2018 at the International Challenge Cup in the Netherlands, where she placed 4th.
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.
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.[3]
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.[3]
Izzo decided to train under Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva at the Skating Club of Boston.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] This placement earned her an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where she came eighth.[6]
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2022–2023 [1] |
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2021–2022 [1] |
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2020–2021 [7] |
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2019–2020 [8] |
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2018–2019 [9] |
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2017–2018 |
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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[4] | |||||||||||
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Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 |
Four Continents | 8th | ||||||||||
GP Skate America | WD | ||||||||||
GP Wilson Trophy | TBD | ||||||||||
CS Asian Open | 3rd | WD | |||||||||
CS Budapest | 8th | ||||||||||
CS Golden Spin | 4th | ||||||||||
CS U.S. Classic[lower-alpha 1] | WD | ||||||||||
CS Warsaw Cup | 13th | ||||||||||
Cranberry Cup | WD | ||||||||||
Egna Trophy | 1st | ||||||||||
U.S. Classic | 3rd | ||||||||||
International: Junior[4] | |||||||||||
JGP Canada | 6th | ||||||||||
JGP Croatia | 8th | ||||||||||
JGP Latvia | 9th | ||||||||||
JGP Slovenia | 9th | ||||||||||
Asian Trophy | 2nd | ||||||||||
Challenge Cup | 4th | ||||||||||
National[7] | |||||||||||
U.S. Championships | 9th V | 6th I | 9th N | 6th J | 1st J | 9th | 8th | 4th | |||
Championship Series | 9th | ||||||||||
USCS Texas | 1st | ||||||||||
USCS Massachusetts | 1st | ||||||||||
Eastern Sectionals | 1st V | 2nd I | 3rd N | 7th J | 3rd J | 1st J | |||||
New England Reg. | 3rd V | 1st I | 3rd N | 1st N | 2nd J | 3rd J | |||||
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior |
2022–2023 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
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November 11–13, 2022 | 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy | TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
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 |
2019–2020 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
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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 |