Gabriella Izzo
Born (2001-08-05) August 5, 2001
Greenbrae, California
HometownBoston, Massachusetts
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryCanada Canada
CoachOlga Ganicheva, Aleksey Letov
Skating clubThe Skating Club of Boston
Began skating2011
Retired16 November, 2023

Gabriella Izzo (born August 5, 2001) is a retired American figure 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.

As of August 2023, she was switched to pairs skating and is now paired with Thierry Ferland, and was going to represent Canada prior to her retirement.

Personal life

Izzo was born August 5, 2001, in Greenbrae, California.[1] After graduating from Boston Latin School in 2019, she began her studies at Harvard University in 2020.[2]

She is in a relationship with pair skater, Spencer Howe.[3]

Career

Early years

Izzo began learning to skate when she was eight or nine years old.[4] Her junior international debut came in February 2018 at the International Challenge Cup in the Netherlands, where she placed 4th.

2018–19 season

Izzo made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in autumn 2018, placing 6th in Canada and 9th in Slovenia. In January, she won the junior ladies title at the 2019 U.S. Championships in Detroit, Michigan. In March, making her senior international debut, she won gold at the Egna Spring Trophy in Italy.

2019–20 season

Beginning her season on the JGP series, Izzo placed 8th in Croatia and 9th in Latvia. In November, she won bronze at a senior international, the 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in China.

In January, making her senior national debut, she finished 9th 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.[4]

2020–21 season

Izzo was invited to her first senior Grand Prix competition, the 2020 Skate America, but withdrew before the event. She placed 9th at the 2021 U.S. Championships. She was coached by Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson until the end of the season.[4]

2021–22 season

Izzo decided to train under Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva at the Skating Club of Boston.[4] In September, she won bronze at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic. Given two Challenger assignments, Izzo finished thirteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup and fourth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[5]

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.[6] This placement earned her an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where she came eighth.[7]

2022–23 season

Izzo withdrew from the 2022 CS U.S. Classic in advance, instead making her season debut at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, where she finished in eighth place.[8] She was then invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, where she came seventh.

She ended her season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2023 U.S. Championships.[5]

In March 2023, Izzo announced her retirement from singles skating and planned to pursue pair skating.[9]

2023-24 season

In August, Izzo was on the entry list for a Canadian domestic competition, Souvenir George-Ethier, with new partner, Thierry Ferland. [10] It was announced that she and Ferland would be representing Canada.[11] The partnership was short-lived, however, as in November, Izzo announced her retirement from competitive skating.[12]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2022–2023
[13]
2021–2022
[1]
2020–2021
[14]
  • With One Look
    (from Sunset Boulevard)
    by Andrew Lloyd Webber
    performed by Glenn Close
2019–2020
[15]
  • I'm Here
    (from The Color Purple)
    performed by Cynthia Erivo
2018–2019
[16]
2017–2018
  • Dracula soundtrack

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Ferland for Canada

National[17]
Event 23-24
Section Québec3rd

Women's singles for the United States

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.

International[5]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
Four Continents8th
GP Wilson Trophy7th
CS Asian Open3rdWD
CS Budapest Trophy8th
CS Golden Spin4th
CS Warsaw Cup13th
Egna Trophy1st
U.S. Classic3rd
International: Junior[5]
JGP Canada6th
JGP Croatia8th
JGP Latvia9th
JGP Slovenia9th
Asian Trophy2nd
Challenge Cup4th
National[14]
U.S. Championships9th V6th I9th N6th J1st J9th8th4th11th
Eastern Sectionals1st V2nd I3rd N7th J3rd J1st J
New England Reg.3rd V1st I3rd N1st N2nd J3rd J
Championship Series9th
USCS Massachusetts1st
USCS Texas1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior

Detailed results

Senior results

2022–2023 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 23–29, 2023 2023 U.S. Championships 15
45.73		 6
120.67		 11
166.40
November 11–13, 2022 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 5
62.92		 7
111.18		 7
174.10
October 13–16, 2022 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 10
52.01		 7
101.22		 8
153.23
2021–2022 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 18–23, 2022 2022 Four Continents Championships 8
63.19		 7
116.87		 8
180.06
January 3–9, 2022 2022 U.S. Championships 7
67.51		 4
120.60		 4
188.11
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 11
55.56		 14
100.22		 13
155.78
September 15–19, 2021 2021 U.S. Classic 3
63.93		 3
118.83		 3
182.76
2020–2021 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 11–21, 2021 2021 U.S. Championships 7
62.32		 9
109.44		 8
171.76
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships 6
65.94		 11
108.47		 9
174.41
November 2–3, 2019 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy 2
65.30		 3
104.45		 3
169.75

Junior results

2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
September 25–28, 2019 2019 JGP Croatia 9
51.61		 8
98.10		 8
149.71
September 4–7, 2019 2019 JGP Latvia 5
59.39		 9
101.55		 9
160.94

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 "Gabriella IZZO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022.
    2. ↑ Feigenbaum, Paige (September 16, 2021). "Gabriella Izzo Exudes French Flair This Season". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on September 18, 2021.
    3. ↑ "GOEing into Detail with Emily Chan and Spencer Howe". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
    4. 1 2 3 4 "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.
    5. 1 2 3 4 "Competition Results: Gabriella IZZO". International Skating Union.
    6. ↑ Slater, Paula (January 8, 2022). "Mariah Bell takes first National title". Golden Skate.
    7. ↑ Slater, Paula (January 22, 2022). "Japan's Mai Mihara reclaims Four Continents title". Golden Skate.
    8. ↑ Sausa, Christie (October 16, 2022). "Ziegler wins gold, Wolfkostin and Chen earn bronze at the 2022 Budapest Trophy". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone.
    9. ↑ Izzo, Gabriella. "New Chapter". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
    10. ↑ "SOUVENIR GEORGES-ETHIER Liste des inscriptions" [SOUVENIR GEORGES-ETHIER List of Participants] (PDF) (in French). August 9, 2023.
    11. ↑ "Gabbie Izzo: Switching to Pairs with Thierry Ferland (A TSL Interview)". TheSkatingLesson. August 24, 2023.
    12. ↑ Gabriella Izzo [@miss.gabbiee] (November 16, 2023). ""If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello"" – via Instagram.
    13. ↑ "Gabriella IZZO: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022.
    14. 1 2 U.S. Figure Skating bios
    15. ↑ "Gabriella IZZO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 6, 2020.
    16. ↑ "Gabriella IZZO: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019.
    17. ↑ "Championnats de la Section Québec - Patinage Canada 2024" (PDF). Patinage Québec. 5 November 2023.
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