Sarina Joos (born 24 June 2006) is a

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who now represents

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. Representing Italy, she is the 2024 Italian national champion. Representing Switzerland, she is the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist. On the junior level, Joos is the

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bronze medalist and a two-time Swiss junior national medalist (silver in 2022, bronze in 2020).

Personal life

Joos was born on 24 June 2006 in

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, Switzerland. She has a younger sister, Noemi, who is also a skater.

Career

Early career

Debuting at the 2019–20 Swiss Junior Championships, Joos won the bronze medal.

2021–22 season

Making her first appearance on the

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series, Joos placed eleventh at the 2021 JGP Poland. She then went on to win the silver medal at both the 2021 Tirnavia Ice Cup and the 2021 Merano Cup. At the 2021–22 Swiss Junior Championships, Joos won the silver medal behind

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. She ended the season by winning a bronze at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival in

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2022–23 season

Competing in the

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series, Joos placed seventh at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic and twelfth at the 2022 JGP Poland II. She made her senior international debut in September at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy, where she finished seventh. Joos went on to win the silver medal on the junior level at the 2022 Ice Challenge as well as her first medal on the senior level – silver at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. Joos ended the season with a bronze medal on the senior level at the 2022–23 Swiss Championships behind Livia Kaiser and

. Following the season, Joos made a coaching change from Gheorghe Chiper, Zoltán Kelemen, and Kelsey McNeil to Linda van Troyen and Sindra Kriisa.

2023–24 season

Joos and her younger sister, Noemi, switched to compete for Italy this season, listed as competing at a national qualifying competition for Italy. She made her international debut for Italy at the Tallinn Trophy in November, winning gold, before going on to win gold at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. In her first appearance at the Italian Championships she claimed the national title. Assigned to make her European Championship debut at the 2024 edition in

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, Joos came sixth, including a fifth-place finish in the free skate segment. She said she was "so incredibly happy. I am glad I could show what I do in practices." Joos finished fourteenth in the short program at the 2024 World Junior Championships, but rallied in the free skate, coming fifth in the segment and rising to seventh overall. She said it was "great to be here with such a big Italian team." She went on to make her senior World Championship debut, coming twentieth.

Programs

Competitive highlights

For Italy

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For Switzerland

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Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results for Italy

Senior results for Switzerland

Junior results for Italy

Junior results for Switzerland

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joos, Sarina 2006 births Living people Sportspeople from Zürich Swiss female single skaters Italian female single skaters