Gabriella Izzo (born August 5, 2001) is an American

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. She is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy bronze medalist, the 2019

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champion, and the 2021

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bronze medalist. She is also the 2019 U.S. junior national champion.

Personal life

Izzo was born August 5, 2001, in

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. After graduating from

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in 2019, she began her studies at

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in 2020.

Career

Early years

Izzo began learning to skate when she was eight or nine years old. Her junior international debut came in February 2018 at the

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in the Netherlands, where she placed 4th.

2018–19 season

Izzo made her

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(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

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. In March, making her senior international debut, she won gold at the

in Italy.

2019–20 season

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 The 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy was held in November 2019 in Dongguan, China. It was part of the 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dance. The Intern ...

in China. In January, making her senior national debut, she finished 9th at the 2020 U.S. Championships in

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. 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.

2020–21 season

Izzo was invited to her first senior Grand Prix competition, the

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, 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.

2021–22 season

Izzo decided to train under Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva at the

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. In September, she won bronze at the

. Given two

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assignments, Izzo finished thirteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup and fourth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. 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. This placement earned her an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in

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, where she came eighth.

2022–23 season

Izzo withdrew from the 2022 CS U.S. Classic in advance, instead making her season debut at the

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, where she finished in eighth place. She was then invited to make her senior

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debut at the

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, where she came seventh.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.''

Detailed results

Senior results

Junior results

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Izzo, Gabriella 2001 births Living people American female single skaters People from Greenbrae, California 21st-century American women