Isadora Williams

Isadora Marie Williams (born 8 February 1996) is a Brazilian-American figure skater who represents Brazil in ladies' singles. She is the 2017 Sofia Trophy champion, the 2019 Toruń Cup silver medalist, the 2018 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist, the 2016 Santa Claus Cup silver medalist, and the 2016 Sportland Trophy silver medalist.

Isadora Williams
Williams in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Isadora Marie Williams
Country represented	Brazil
Born	(1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 (age 26) Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Home town	Ashburn, Virginia, U.S.
Residence	New Jersey, U.S.
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Coach	Igor Lukanin, Kristin Fraser
Former coach	Andrei Kriukov, Natasha Timoshenko
Skating club	Brazilian Ice Sports Federation
Training locations	Floyd Hall Arena, Montclair State University, NJ, U.S. Ashburn, Virginia, U.S.
Began skating	2000
Retired	October 23, 2021
Season's bests	80 (2017–18)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	143.22 2019 Worlds
Short program	55.47 2018 Winter Olympics
Free skate	90.34 2019 Four Continents

She placed 30th at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 24th at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Williams is the first figure skater from Brazil to compete at the Olympics.^[1]

Personal life

Williams was born in Marietta, Georgia.^[2] Isadora was raised in the suburbs of Washington, DC. She has Brazilian citizenship through her mother, who is from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and also lived in Brazil for two years as a child.^[1] Isadora Williams also has a very large family that lives in Brazil, which she visits frequently.^[3] She attends Montclair State University in New Jersey.^[1]

Career

Isadora Williams began skating at the age of 5 falling in love with the sport^[3] while skating in a public session at the Cooler Ice Rink in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Williams trains four hours a day with coach Andrei Kriukov. She has all five triple jumps (Salchow, toe loop, loop, flip, and Lutz) since Worlds 2010. She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

At the 2010 World Junior Championships, Williams became the third skater in any discipline to represent Brazil at the event. Her highest Junior Worlds placement was 16th in 2012.^[4]

In September 2013, Williams competed at the Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying competition for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She placed 8th in the short program and 14th in the free skate, finishing 12th overall. As a result of her placement, Brazil received one of the six remaining spots for countries which had not previously qualified for a ladies' entry. This was the first ever ladies' figure skating Olympics entry for Brazil.^[5] Williams finished in last place (30th) at the Olympic contest.

In the 2016-2017 season, Williams earned the first gold medal for a Brazilian skater in an international competition at the 2017 Sofia Trophy.

In 2017, she placed 5th overall at Nebelhorn to once again qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[6] Also in 2017 she placed 2nd at Volvo Open Cup, competition held in Riga, Latvia.^[7] During the Olympic tournament, Williams made history by finishing 17th in the short program, enough to become the first Brazilian and South American to ever take part in the skating final. She placed 24th in the Free Skate and placed 24th overall. ^[8] She also became the first Brazilian and South American female skater to ever advance to the final segment of a senior World Championship at 2019 Worlds in Japan. She placed 24th in the short and in the free, finishing 24th overall.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2021-2022 ^[9]	Bound To You (from Burlesque) by Christina Aguilera	Never Enough (from The Greatest Showman) by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul performed by Loren Allred
2019–2021	Take Five by Dave Brubeck	Never Enough (from The Greatest Showman) by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul performed by Loren Allred
2018–2019 ^[10]	Take Five by Dave Brubeck	Malaguenã by Ernesto Lecuona Rocio de todos los campos by Natalia Lafourcade	Vai Malandra by Anitta
2017–2018 ^[11]	Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen performed by K. D. Lang	Nyah (from Mission: Impossible II) by Hans Zimmer	Hallelujah performed by K. D. Lang
2016–2017 ^[12]	Black Magic Woman by Santana	Nyah (from Mission: Impossible II) by Hans Zimmer
2015–2016 ^[13]	At Last by Etta James	Brazilian medley by Jorge Ben Jor
2014–2015 ^[14]	Stairway to Heaven	Brazilian medley by Jorge Ben Jor	Brasileirinho
2013–2014 ^[15]	Dark Eyes performed by Devotchka	Memoirs of a Geisha by John Williams	Brazilian medley by Jorge Ben Jor
2012–2013 ^[16]	Maria and the Violin's String by Ashram	Memoirs of a Geisha by John Williams
2011–2012 ^[17]	Tango de los Exilados by Walter Taieb, Vanessa-Mae	Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2009–2011 ^[18]^[19]	Bolero by Maurice Ravel	Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Results

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International^[20]
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22
Olympics					30th				24th
Worlds				25th				30th	35th	24th	C
Four Continents						18th				17th
CS Golden Spin										WD
CS Nebelhorn								WD	5th				WD
CS U.S. Classic							14th			12th
CS Volvo Cup						8th
Asian Open					5th
Autumn Classic							7th
Bavarian Open											5th
Cranberry Cup													WD
Golden Spin				3rd	6th
Ice Star								4th		5th
Nebelhorn Trophy				11th	12th
Philadelphia							2nd		8th	6th
Santa Claus Cup							4th	2nd	5th
Sofia Trophy								1st
Sportland Trophy							2nd
Toruń Cup										2nd	6th
U.S. Classic				5th
Volvo Open									2nd		10th
International: Junior^[20]
Junior Worlds	41st		16th	26th
JGP Germany		27th
JGP Italy			18th
WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

References

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8. "Brasileira faz história em PyeongChang e vai à final da patinação". Folha de S.Paulo. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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