American figure skater
Gabriella Izzo (born August 5, 2001) is an American-born pair skater who currently competes with Luc Maierhofer for Austria . Together, they are the 2025 Austrian national silver medalists and the 2024 Ice Challenge champions.
As a singles skater, she is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy bronze medalist, the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy champion, and the 2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic bronze medalist. She is also the 2019 U.S. junior national champion.
Personal life
Izzo was born August 5, 2001, in Greenbrae, California .[ 1] Boston Latin School in 2019, she began her studies at Harvard University in 2020.[ 2]
Career
Singles skating career
Early years
Izzo began learning to skate when she was eight or nine years old.[ 3] Suna Murray .[ 4]
At the 2018 U.S. Junior Championships , Izzo would finish sixth. That same year, she made her international junior debut at the 2018 International Challenge Cup , where she finished fourth.[ 5]
Prior to the season, Izzo switched coaches and began training at the Mitchell Johansson Method Training Center in Revere, Massachusetts under coaches, Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson .[ 4]
She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in autumn 2018, placing sixth at 2018 JGP Canada and ninth at 2018 JGP Slovenia . In January, she won the junior ladies title at the 2019 U.S. Championships .[ 5]
In March, Izzo made her senior international debut at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy , where she won the gold medal.[ 5]
Beginning her season on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Izzo placed eighth in 2019 JGP Croatia and ninth in 2019 JGP Latvia . In November, she won bronze at a senior international, the 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in China.[ 5]
In January, making her senior national debut, she finished ninth at the 2020 U.S. Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina . 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.[ 3]
Izzo was invited to her first senior Grand Prix competition, 2020 Skate America , but withdrew before the event. She placed ninth at the 2021 U.S. Championships . Following the season, Izzo relocated to Norwood, Massachusetts , where she began training at the Skating Club of Boston under coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva.[ 3] [ 1]
Izzo began the season in September, winning bronze at the 2021 U.S. International Classic . Given two Challenger assignments, Izzo finished thirteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup and fourth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb .[ 6]
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.[ 7] 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn , where she came in eighth-place.[ 8]
Withdrawing from the 2022 CS U.S. Classic , Izzo made her season debut at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy , where she finished in eighth place.[ 9] Grand Prix debut at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy , where she came seventh.[ 5]
She ended her season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2023 U.S. Championships .[ 6]
In March 2023, Izzo announced her retirement from singles skating and planned to pursue pair skating.[ 10]
Pair skating career
In August 2023, it was announced that Izzo had teamed up with Canadian pair skater, Thierry Ferland , and that they would represent Canada.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
In July 2024, it was announced that Izzo had decided to come out of retirement and had teamed up with Austrian skater, Luc Maierhofer , to compete for Austria.[ 14] Severin Kiefer in Salzburg while also making trips to Norwood, Massachusetts to work with Izzo's singles coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva.[ 15]
The pair would make their international debut in November, winning the gold medal at the 2024 Ice Challenge . At the event, the pair would also score the required minimum technical element score points to compete at the European and World Championships.[ 16] [ 17] 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series , finishing tenth at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup and ninth at the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb .[ 16]
In mid-December, Izzo/Maierhofer won the silver medal at the 2025 Austrian Championships behind Schaller /Mayr .[ 16] 2025 European Figure Skating Championships team.[ 18]
Programs
Competitive highlights
Detailed results
ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [ 16]
Segment
Type
Score
Event
Total
TSS 150.60 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short program
TSS 51.68 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES
27.67
2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS
24.01
2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Free skating
TSS 98.92 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES
54.68
2024 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS
46.59
2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
At national events in the United States, pewter medals are awarded for fourth place.
Senior level
2022–2023 season
Date
Event
SP
FS
Total
January 23–29, 2023
2023 U.S. Championships
15
6
11
November 11–13, 2022
2022 MK John Wilson Trophy
5
7
7
October 13–16, 2022
2022 CS Budapest Trophy
10
7
8
2021–2022 season
Date
Event
SP
FS
Total
January 18–23, 2022
2022 Four Continents Championships
8
7
8
January 3–9, 2022
2022 U.S. Championships
7
4
4
November 17–20, 2021
2021 CS Warsaw Cup
11
14
13
September 15–19, 2021
2021 U.S. Classic
3
3
3
2020–2021 season
Date
Event
SP
FS
Total
January 11–21, 2021
2021 U.S. Championships
7
9
8
2019–2020 season
Date
Event
SP
FS
Total
January 20–26, 2020
2020 U.S. Championships
6
11
9
November 2–3, 2019
2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
2
3
3
Junior level
References
^ a b c "Gabriella IZZO: 2021/2022" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022.^ Feigenbaum, Paige (September 16, 2021). "Gabriella Izzo Exudes French Flair This Season" . U.S. Figure Skating . Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. ^ a b c "Trusting the process: Gabriella Izzo on attending Harvard and being patient with her career" . anythinggoe.com . December 1, 2021. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022.^ a b c "Gabriella IZZO: 2018/2019" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019.^ a b c d e f g "USA–Gabriella Izzo" . SkatingScores.com .^ a b "Competition Results: Gabriella IZZO" . International Skating Union.^ Slater, Paula (January 8, 2022). "Mariah Bell takes first National title" . Golden Skate . ^ Slater, Paula (January 22, 2022). "Japan's Mai Mihara reclaims Four Continents title" . Golden Skate . ^ Sausa, Christie (October 16, 2022). "Ziegler wins gold, Wolfkostin and Chen earn bronze at the 2022 Budapest Trophy" . U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone . ^ Izzo, Gabriella. "New Chapter" . Instagram . Retrieved 1 August 2023 . ^ "SOUVENIR GEORGES-ETHIER Liste des inscriptions" [SOUVENIR GEORGES-ETHIER List of Participants] (PDF) (in French). August 9, 2023.^ "Gabbie Izzo: Switching to Pairs with Thierry Ferland (A TSL Interview)" . TheSkatingLesson. August 24, 2023.^ Gabriella Izzo [@miss.gabbiee] (November 16, 2023). " – via Instagram . ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (July 10, 2024). "🇦🇹 Gabriella Izzo / Luc Maierhofer 🇨🇦 Cristina Lyons / Marty Haubrich 🇦🇹 Paola Jurisic / Michail Savenkov are new pairs teams" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ Izzo, Gabriella. "🐈⬛ ⬅️🛍️ @lucmaierhofer" . Instagram . Instagram. Retrieved 9 November 2024 . ^ a b c d e f "AUT–Gabriella Izzo/Luc Maierhofer" . SkatingScores .^ "Was für ein Debüt! Gabriella Izzo & Luc Maierhofer sichern sich bei ihrem allerersten gemeinsamen Wettkampf direkt die Goldmedaille mit beeindruckenden 163.82 Punkten! 🥇✨" . Instagram . Skate Austria. Retrieved 9 November 2024 .^ "Glanzleistungen in Dornbirn" [Brilliant Performances in Dornbirn] (in German). Olympia.at. December 16, 2024.^ "Gabriella IZZO: 2022/2023" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022.^ U.S. Figure Skating bios
^ "Gabriella IZZO: 2019/2020" . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020.
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