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Francesca Rio

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Francesca Rio
Rio in 2010
Born (1990-12-16) 16 December 1990 (age 34)
Como, Italy
HometownComo
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryItaly
CoachChristina Mauri, Pierre Trente
Skating clubForum SSDRL Milano
Began skating1997
RetiredNovember 2014

Francesca Rio (born 16 December 1990) is an Italian former competitive figure skater. She won ten senior international medals and four Italian national medals (three silver, one bronze). She represented Italy at five ISU Championships, reaching the free skate at the 2009 Junior Worlds in Sofia, 2009 Europeans in Helsinki, 2010 Junior Worlds in The Hague, and 2012 Europeans in Sheffield. She also competed at two Winter Universiades – 2011 (Erzurum) and 2013 (Trento). An injury having disrupted her intended final competitive season, Rio retired in November 2014.[1][2]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2013–2014
2011–2012
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2010–2011
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  • Sheherazade
    by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2009–2010
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2008–2009
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  • Harbinger
    by Mike Oldfield
  • Oceano
    by Roberto Cacciapaglia
2007–2008
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  • Violentango
    by Astor Piazzolla

Competitive highlights

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JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
Europeans 15th 23rd
Bavarian Open 6th
Challenge Cup 5th
Cup of Nice 13th 15th
Crystal Skate 4th 11th 2nd
DS Cup 2nd 3rd
Gardena 3rd 6th
Golden Spin 6th
Hellmut Seibt 2nd
Lombardia 6th
Merano Cup 3rd 13th 5th
Nebelhorn 7th 8th
NRW Trophy 2nd
Printemps 2nd
Triglav Trophy 1st 4th 2nd
Universiade 12th 10th
Warsaw Cup 11th
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds 33rd 11th 20th
JGP Austria 18th
JGP Croatia 12th
JGP Germany 21st
JGP Italy 14th
JGP U.K. 11th
Challenge Cup 1st J.
Fischer Pokal 2nd J.
Gardena 1st J.
Merano Cup 6th J.
Skate Celje 1st J.
National[8]
Italian Champ. 9th J. 5th J. 1st J. 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 8th 2nd
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

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Results in the 2013-–14 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 19–22, 2012 Italy 2013 Lombardia Trophy 4 46.56 8 72.36 6 118.92
Oct 24–27, 2013 Romania 2013 Crystal Skate of Romania 3 47.16 4 86.53 2 133.69
Nov 15–17, 2013 Italy 2013 Merano Cup 8 41.28 3 79.49 5 120.77
Nov 29–Dec 1, 2013 Bulgaria 2013 Denkova-Staviski Cup 1 52.51 3 92.48 3 144.99
Dec 9–15, 2013 Italy 2013 Universiade 9 43.40 9 84.92 8 128.32
Dec 19–22, 2013 Italy 2013 Italian Championships 2 53.18 3 97.47 2 146.65
Feb 26–Mar 1, 2014 Austria 2014 Hellmut Seibt Memorial 6 47.58 3 86.28 2 133.86
Apr 2–6, 2014 Slovenia 2014 Triglav Trophy 2 50.43 3 88.93 2 139.36
Results in the 2012-–13 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 5–7, 2012 Slovakia 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 13 37.72 11 69.98 11 107.70
Oct 30–Nov 4, 2012 Romania 2012 Crystal Skate of Romania 10 34.13 11 66.07 11 100.20
Nov 15–18, 2012 Poland 2012 Warsaw Cup 10 40.01 13 67.25 11 107.26
Nov 29–Dec 1, 2013 Bulgaria 2013 Denkova-Staviski Cup 1 52.51 3 92.48 3 144.99
Dec 19–22, 2012 Italy 2013 Italian Championships 5 50.42 8 74.46 8 124.88
Feb 6–11, 2013 Germany 2013 Bavarian Open 4 50.29 11 81.78 6 132.07
Feb 21–24, 2013 Netherlands 2013 Challenge Cup 4 52.89 8 83.20 5 136.09
Mar 27–31, 2013 Slovenia 2013 Triglav Trophy 4 43.24 4 80.72 4 123.96
Apr 2–3, 2013 Italy 2013 Gardena Spring Trophy 4 49.36 7 82.69 6 132.05
Results in the 2011-–12 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 22–24, 2011 Germany 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy 12 39.72 6 80.77 8 120.49
Oct 26–30, 2011 France 2011 Cup of Nice 6 46.04 16 68.19 15 114.23
Nov 11–13, 2011 Romania 2011 Crystal Skate of Romania 2 46.17 6 79.72 4 125.89
Nov 29–Dec 4, 2011 Germany 2011 NRW Trophy 6 51.24 9 88.85 7 140.09
Dec 19–22, 2011 Italy 2012 Italian Championships 3 48.08 2 83.82 2 131.36
Jan 23–29, 2012 United Kingdom 2012 European Championships 22 40.02 23 68.64 23 108.66
Mar 16–18, 2012 Luxembourg 2012 Coupe du Printemps 2 47.34 2 87.81 2 135.15
Apr 4–8, 2012 Slovenia 2012 Triglav Trophy 4 47.79 16 65.20 15 112.99
Apr 13–15, 2012 Italy 2012 Gardena Spring Trophy 3 44.26 3 77.50 3 121.76
Results in the 2010-–11 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 22–25, 2010 Germany 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 44.23 7 76.84 7 121.07
Oct 13–17, 2010 France 2010 Cup of Nice 9 45.18 13 75.27 13 120.45
Nov 20–21, 2010 Italy 2010 Merano Cup 19 34.29 13 69.74 13 104.03
Jan 30–Feb 5, 2011 Italy 2011 Universiade 15 34.94 11 75.97 12 115.91
Mar 7–10, 2011 Italy 2012 Gardena Spring Trophy 11 37.07 11 61.59 11 98.66
Results in the 2008-–09 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 7–10, 2008 Italy 2008 Merano Cup 3 39.30 3 71.93 3 111.23
Nov 13–16, 2008 Croatia 2008 Golden Spin of Zagreb 6 43.76 4 83.52 6 127.28
Dec 4–7, 2008 Germany 2008 NRW Trophy 5 48.26 2 88.98 2 119.61
Jan 20–25, 2009 Finland 2009 European Championships 17 42.24 15 77.37 15 119.61

Junior level

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Results in the 2009-–10 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 30–Oct 4, 2009 Germany 2009 JGP Germany 14 36.52 23 57.16 21 93.68
Dec 19–21, 2009 Italy 2010 Italian Senior Championships 4 42.66 3 81.27 4 123.93
Mar 9–13, 2010 Netherlands 2010 World Junior Championships 16 44.64 20 62.48 20 107.12
Results in the 2008-–09 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 3–7, 2008 Italy 2008 JGP Italy 18 36.34 11 65.55 14 101.89
Oct 15–18, 2008 United Kingdom 2008 JGP United Kingdom 15 38.24 7 73.52 11 111.76
Dec 18–21, 2008 Italy 2009 Italian Senior Championships 3 52.40 2 97.34 2 149.74
Feb 22–Mar 1, 2009 Bulgaria 2009 World Junior Championships 7 48.24 12 74.46 11 122.70
Results in the 2007-–08 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 13–16, 2007 Austria 2007 JGP Austria 17 36.29 18 61.99 18 98.28
Sep 27–30, 2007 Croatia 2008 JGP Croatia 19 30.30 10 67.60 12 97.90
Dec 19–21, 2007 Italy 2008 Italian Senior Championships 3 47.43 3 75.24 3 122.67
Feb 25–Mar 2, 2008 Bulgaria 2008 World Junior Championships 32 34.45 32 34.45

References

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  1. ^ "Francesca Rio annuncia il ritiro" [Francesca Rio announces her retirement] (in Italian). artonice.it. 12 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Figure Skating, la vicecampionessa senior Francesca Rio si ritira" [Figure skating senior vice-champion Francesca Rio retires]. Sportmediaset.mediaset.it (in Italian). 13 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Francesca RIO: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Francesca RIO: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Francesca RIO: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Francesca RIO: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009.
  7. ^ "Francesca RIO: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
  8. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Francesca RIO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.
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