Isabelle Olsson
Olsson in December 2013
Born (1993-04-15) 15 April 1993
Karlskrona, Sweden
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountrySweden
CoachSusanne Olsson
Skating clubMörrums SC
Began skating1996
RetiredJanuary 12, 2018

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.

Personal life

Isabelle 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

2008 to 2012

Olsson 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

In 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

Olsson 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

In 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

Season Short program Free skating
2016–17
[6]
2015–16
[1][6]
2014–15
[7][6]
  • I Was Here
    by Beyoncé
    choreo. by Kim Zandvoort
2013–14
[8][6]
2012–13
[9]
  • Medley
    by Nightwish
2011–12
[10]
  • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  • Sacred Spirit II - Culture Crash
2010–11
  • Sacred Spirit II - Culture Crash
2009–10
[11]
2008–09
[12]
  • Atlantis
    by Éric Serra

Results

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[13]
Event 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Europeans16th24th
GP Skate Canada12th
CS Denkova-Staviski1st
CS Golden Spin6th
CS Ice Challenge2nd
CS Warsaw Cup5th
Bavarian Open3rd4th
Int. Challenge Cup1st9th
Crystal Skate5th
Cup of Nice2nd8th3rd
Cup of Tyrol3rd
Dragon Trophy1st
Finlandia5th6th
Ice Challenge2nd2nd
Nordics3rd4th4thWD3rd7th
Coupe du Printemps5th4th
Triglav Trophy3rd
Warsaw Cup1st5th
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds24th
JGP Belarus8th
JGP Czech Republic25th
JGP Estonia8th
JGP Germany9th
JGP Italy9th
JGP Romania5th
JGP U.K.6th
JGP U.S.3rd
Int. Challenge Cup3rd J
Cup of Nice5th J
Ice Challenge2nd J
Nordics2nd J1st J
Skate Celje4th J
National[6]
Swedish Champ.2nd J1st J2nd J4th3rd3rd3rd2nd
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. 1 2 "Isabelle OLSSON: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "Isabelle Olsson". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Angelica OLSSON". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Jangbro, Eva Maria (1 February 2013). "Isabelle Olsson, another Swedish skater on the rise!". Absolute Skating.
  5. ↑ "Sveriges EM-trupp klar | #skatesweden". skatesweden.se. Archived from the original on 2016-01-03.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ Jangbro, Eva Maria (17 October 2014). "Isabelle Olsson wants to make a mark". Absolute Skating.
  8. ↑ "Isabelle OLSSON: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ↑ "Isabelle OLSSON: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ↑ "Isabelle OLSSON: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ↑ "Isabelle M. OLSSON: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ↑ "Isabelle M. OLSSON: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. 1 2 "Competition Results: Isabelle OLSSON". International Skating Union.

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