Lana Petranović (born 4 January 2000) is a Croatian

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. With her skating partner, Antonio Souza-Kordeiru, she has competed in the final segment at four

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Skating career

Early years

Petranović began learning to skate in 2007. As a singles skater, she appeared at one

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event, in October 2014. She last competed in singles in January 2015, at the

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, Austria. Petranović decided to switch to

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and formed a partnership with Michael Lueck. The pair trained in the United States. They made their international debut in September 2015, at the

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in Italy, and competed at six other competitions, including three

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events, before parting ways. Their final competition together was the Hellmut Seibt Memorial in February 2016. Petranović traveled to

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to find a new partner. She teamed up with Russia's Antonio Souza-Kordeiru in spring 2016.

2016–2017 season

Making their international debut as a team, Petranović/Souza-Kordeiru placed fourth at the

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in November. They finished fifth at the

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in December; 15th at the 2017 European Championships in January in

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, Czech Republic; and 21st at the 2017 World Championships in March in

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, Finland. They were coached by

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in Moscow.

2017–2018 season

Petranović underwent an operation after injuring the

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in her knee and returned to the ice after three months. Due to her injury, the pair was unable to compete in September at the

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, which served as the final qualification opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics. They returned to competition in January, placing 12th at the

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in Moscow. In March, they placed 21st at the 2018 World Championships in

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, Italy. They were coached by Larionov and Dmitri Savin in Moscow.

2018–2019 season

Coached by Savin in Moscow, Petranović/Souza-Kordeiru placed 7th at their first event of the season, the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy. They competed at two other Challenger events of the season, the

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and

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, placing eighth and seventh. They finished the season placing eighth at the 2019 European Championships and sixteenth at the 2019 World Championships.

2019–2020 season

Petranović/Souza-Kordeiru placed twelfth at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and fifteenth at the 2020 European Championships. The 2020 World Championships were cancelled as a result of the

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2020–2021 season

Petranović/Souza-Kordeiru placed twenty-first at the 2021 World Championships.

2021–2022 season

Petranović/Souza-Kordeiru began the season at the

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, seeking to

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a berth at the

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. They placed twelfth, outside of qualification. They went on to finish sixth at the

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and eleventh at the

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, and then sixteenth at the

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. In February, Souza-Kordeiru announced his retirement from competitive figure skating, ending their partnership.

Programs

With Souza-Kordeiru

With Lueck

Ladies' singles

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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Pairs with Souza-Kordeiru

Pairs with Lueck

Ladies' singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petranovic, Lana 2000 births Croatian figure skaters Living people Figure skaters from Zagreb