Isabelle Olsson (born 15 April 1993) is a Swedish former figure skater. She is a two-time medalist on the ISU Challenger Series – having won silver at the 2014 Ice Challenge and gold at the 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup – and a four-time Swedish national medalist. She has won twelve other senior international medals and reached the free skate at three ISU Championships.
| Isabelle Olsson | |
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 Olsson in December 2013 | |
| Born | 15 April 1993 Karlskrona, Sweden |
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
| 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 in Karlskrona, 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 the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in 2008. In the 2009–10 season, she won a bronze medal at JGP Lake Placid and the Swedish national junior title. She was selected to represent Sweden at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Gangneung, 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 the Crystal Skate of Romania. In February 2012, she won bronze medals at the Bavarian Open and The Nordics.
2012–13 season
editIn the 2012–13 season, Olsson won silver medals at the International Cup of Nice and Ice Challenge, followed by gold at the Warsaw Cup and bronze at the Swedish Championships. The following season, she repeated as the national bronze medalist and was sent to the 2014 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 in Budapest, Hungary. In March 2014, she won gold at the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, Netherlands.
2014–15 season
editOlsson competed at three 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series events, winning silver at the 2014 Ice Challenge. She was awarded the bronze medal at the Swedish Championships.
2015–16 season
editIn the 2015–16 season, Olsson scored personal bests in the free skate and combined score to win the gold medal at a Challenger Series event, the 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup, with a margin of 1.01 over silver medalist Angelīna Kučvaļska. She was invited to compete at her first-ever Grand Prix event, 2015 Skate Canada International, as a replacement for Elene Gedevanishvili, who withdrew from the event; Olsson placed 11th in both segments and 12th overall. After winning the silver medal at the Swedish Championships, she was named in the Swedish team to the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, 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 | |||||||
| GP Skate Canada | 12th | ||||||||
| CS Denkova-Staviski | 1st | ||||||||
| CS Golden Spin | 6th | ||||||||
| CS Ice Challenge | 2nd | ||||||||
| CS Warsaw 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 | ||||||||
| JGP Belarus | 8th | ||||||||
| JGP Czech Republic | 25th | ||||||||
| JGP Estonia | 8th | ||||||||
| JGP Germany | 9th | ||||||||
| JGP Italy | 9th | ||||||||
| JGP Romania | 5th | ||||||||
| JGP U.K. | 6th | ||||||||
| JGP U.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- ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Angelica OLSSON". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 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 from the original on 2016-01-03.
- ^ a b c d e "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. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
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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) - ^ a b "Competition Results: Isabelle OLSSON". International Skating Union.
External links
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Media related to Isabelle Olsson at Wikimedia Commons
- Isabelle Olsson at the International Skating Union
- Isabelle Olsson at Tracings