Zhaira Costiniano

Zhaira Costiniano
Zhaira Costiniano
Full nameZhaira Costiniano
Born (1995-11-30) November 30, 1995 (age 29)
Manila, Philippines
Figure skating career
CountryPhilippines
CoachAlexei Letov

Zhaira Costiniano (born November 30, 1995, in Manila, Philippines)[1] is a Filipino figure skater. She qualified to the free skate at the 2012 Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is the 2009 junior ladies Philippine national champion[2] and the 2010 senior ladies Philippine national champion. NW Asian Weekly named Costiniano among the top ten Asian-American sports figures in 2010.[3]

Costiniano became the youngest lady to win the Philippine senior ladies title at age 15.[4] She is also the first lady to win the Philippine junior and senior national titles in consecutive years. Costiniano represented the Philippines at the Junior World Championship in 2010 and 2011. She was the flag bearer for the Philippines at the 2011 Asian Winter Games held in Kazakhstan and placed 7th at the event.[5]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2011–2012
[1]
2010–2011
[6]
  • Take Five
    by David Brubeck
  • Schindler's List
    by John Williams
2009–2010
[7]
  • Within
    by William Joseph
  • Broken Sorrow
    by Nuttin But Strings

Competitive highlights

International[5]
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
World Champ. 47th
Four Continents Champ. 24th
Asian Winter Games 7th
International: Junior[5]
World Junior Champ. 36th 18th PR
JGP Turkey 21st
National[5]
Philippine Champ. 1st J. 1st 2nd 2nd
JGP = Junior Grand Prix
J. = Junior level; PR = Preliminary round

References

  1. ^ a b "Zhaira COSTINIANO: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "Fil-Am wins RP figure skating tilt". CBN News. July 20, 2009.
  3. ^ "The top 10 Asian American sports figures of 2010". NW Asian Weekly. December 2010.
  4. ^ Filipino-American Zhaira Costiniano ... to become the youngest women’s champion of the National Figure Skating Championships...
  5. ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Zhaira COSTINIANO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  6. ^ "Zhaira COSTINIANO: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 22, 2012.
  7. ^ "Zhaira COSTINIANO: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 6, 2009.
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