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Isabeau Levito (born March 3, 2007) is an American figure skater. She is the 2022 Skate America silver medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy silver medalist, the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial champion, and the 2022 U.S. national bronze medalist.

Isabeau Levito
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(2007-03-03) March 3, 2007 (age 15) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Home town	Mount Holly, New Jersey
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Coach	Yulia Kuznetsova, Otar Japaridze, Slava Kuznetsov, Evgeni Platov, Zhanna Palagina
Choreographer	Yulia Kuznetsova
Skating club	Skating Club of Southern NJ
Training locations	Igloo Ice Rink, Mt. Laurel, NJ
Began skating	2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	215.74 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy
Short program	72.50 2022 Junior Worlds
Free skate	143.68 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy
Medal record Figure skating: Women's singles Representing  United States World Junior Championships 2022 Tallinn Women's singles

On the junior level, Levito is the 2022 Junior World champion, the 2021 JGP France II champion, the 2021 JGP Austria silver medalist, and the 2021 U.S. junior national champion.

Personal life

Levito was born on March 3, 2007, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and lives in Mount Holly, New Jersey.[1] Her mother, Chiara Garberi, is a clinical embryologist who immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1997. Levito is named after Michelle Pfeiffer's character, Isabeau d'Anjou, in the film Ladyhawke. She speaks English, Italian, and some Russian.

Levito cites skaters Alena Kostornaia, Evgenia Medvedeva, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, and Kaori Sakamoto as her skating inspirations and role models.[2][3]

Career

Early years

Levito began learning how to skate in 2010 at the age of three in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Her mother, a fan of figure skating, initially put her in learn-to-skate classes as a way to improve her balance.[4] Levito began taking private lessons with her current coach Yulia Kuznetsova, a former pair skater, at age three. She competed at her first U.S. Figure Skating Championships at the juvenile level in 2018 where she took the title, and would later go on to win the silver medal in the intermediate category in 2019, the junior silver medal in 2020, and the junior national title in 2021.

2021–22 season: Junior World champion

Levito made her junior international debut at the 2021 JGP France II, the second of two Junior Grand Prix event held in Courchevel, in August. She won both segments of competition to take the title ahead of South Korean skater Kim Chae-yeon and Canadian competitor Kaiya Ruiter.[5] At her second event in October, the 2021 JGP Austria, Levito took the silver medal between Russian skaters Sofia Muravieva in first and Anastasia Zinina in third.[6] Due to her win in France, Levito qualified as the fifth seeded skater to the junior women's event at the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan under the qualification rules established for the 2021–22 season, but she withdrew from the event in November due to injury.[7] The Final was later cancelled due to concerns related to the Omicron variant.[8]

After recovering from an unspecified lower body injury, Levito competed at her first senior-level U.S. Championships in January. She placed fourth in the short program and narrowly advanced to second in the free skate to take the bronze medal overall, behind Mariah Bell and Karen Chen. Due to her age, she was ineligible to be named to the American Olympic team.[9]

Levito was assigned to finish her season at the 2022 World Junior Championships, but these were soon disrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In response to the invasion, the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing at ISU championships.[10] With the Russian women having dominated the women's discipline in recent years, their absence made Levito a medal favorite at Junior Worlds.[11] However, due to both the invasion and concerns related to the Omicron variant, the World Junior Championships could not be held as scheduled in Sofia in early March, and were later moved to mid-April in Tallinn, Estonia.[12] At Junior Worlds, Levito won the short program, introducing a Lutz-loop combination into competition, with a score of 72.50, 3.12 points ahead of Shin Ji-a of South Korea.[13] She finished second in the free skate, behind Shin, but remained in first overall by 0.54 points and took the gold medal. She was the first American woman to win the World Junior Championships since Rachael Flatt in 2008.[14]

2022–23 season: Senior international debut

Entering the new quadrennial, Levito said that she was looking ahead to the 2026 Winter Olympics, noting "my mom is from Milano." Though she initially said she was unsure whether she would compete as a junior or senior, she ultimately moved up to the senior level.[15] Levito opened her debut senior season at the Philadelphia Summer International. She placed first in both segments of the competition to win the competition with a score of 207.67, four points ahead of second-place finisher Lindsay Thorngren.[16] In her first appearance on the Challenger circuit, she won the gold medal at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial.[17]

Levito was then invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America. She finished second, behind reigning World champion Kaori Sakamoto. Levito afterward said she was glad to perform in her first Grand Prix "in front of a home crowd in America."[18] At her next assignment, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, Levito placed second in both segments of the competition, including a personal best free skate, to take the silver medal behind Japan's Mai Mihara. These results qualified her for the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final.[19][20] She was the youngest American to qualify for the Final since Caroline Zhang in 2007.[21]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–2023 [22]	Una noche más by Yasmin Levy choreo. by Yulia Kuznetsova	Dulcea Si Tandra Mea Fiara by Eugen Doga performed by Catalina Caraus choreo. by Yulia Kuznetsova	The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Yulia Kuznetsova
2021–2022 [23]	The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns choreo. by Yulia Kuznetsova	Russian Dance (from Swan Lake) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky choreo. by Yulia Kuznetsova
2020–2021	Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps performed by Doris Day choreo. by Yulia Kuznetsova	Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona choreo. by Yulia Kuznetsova

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.

International[24]
Event	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
GP Final						TBD
GP Skate America						2nd
GP Wilson Trophy						2nd
CS Nepela Memorial						1st
Philadelphia						1st
International: Junior[24]
Junior Worlds					1st
JGP Final					WD/C
JGP Austria					2nd
JGP France					1st
International: Advanced novice[24]
Asian Open Trophy			3rd
National[24]
U.S. Champ.	1st V	2nd I	2nd J	1st J	3rd
Eastern Sectional	2nd V	2nd I	1st N
Northern Atlantic	1st V	2nd I	1st N
Championship Series				1st J
ISP Points Challenge				1st J
USCS Virginia					WD
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Canceled Levels: J = Junior, N = Novice, I = Intermediate, V = Juvenile

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
November 11–13, 2022	2022 MK John Wilson Trophy	2 72.06	2 143.68	2 215.74
October 21–23, 2022	2022 Skate America	2 71.30	2 135.36	2 206.66
September 29–October 1, 2022	2022 CS Nepela Memorial	1 65.37	1 133.62	1 198.99
August 4–7, 2022	2022 Philadelphia Summer International	1 70.72	2 136.95	1 207.67
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 2–9, 2022	2022 U.S. Championships	4 71.00	2 139.75	3 210.75

Junior results

2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
April 13–17, 2022	2022 World Junior Championships	1 72.50	2 134.05	1 206.55
October 7–9, 2021	2021 JGP Austria	2 71.32	2 136.99	2 208.31
August 25–28, 2021	2021 JGP France II	1 71.25	1 131.10	1 202.35
2020–21 season
January 9–20, 2021	2021 U.S. Championships	1 65.66	1 121.82	1 187.48

References

External links

• Isabeau LEVITO at the International Skating Union
• Isabeau Levito at U.S. Figure Skating

На других языках

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- [en] Isabeau Levito

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[ru] Левито, Изабо

Изабо Левито (англ. Isabeau Levito; род. 3 марта 2007, Филадельфия) — американская фигуристка, выступающая в одиночном катании. Серебряный призёр Гран-при США (2022), бронзовый призёр чемпионата США (2022), чемпионка мира среди юниоров (2022).

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