Francesca Rio

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]

Francesca Rio
Rio in 2010
Born (1990-12-16) 16 December 1990
Como, Italy
HometownComo
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryItaly
CoachChristina Mauri, Pierre Trente
Skating clubForum SSDRL Milano
Began skating1997
RetiredNovember 2014

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2013–2014
2011–2012
[3]
2010–2011
[4]
  • Sheherazade
    by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2009–2010
[5]
2008–2009
[6]
  • Harbinger
    by Mike Oldfield
  • Oceano
    by Roberto Cacciapaglia
2007–2008
[7]
  • Violentango
    by Astor Piazzolla

Competitive highlights

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
Europeans15th23rd
Bavarian Open6th
Challenge Cup5th
Cup of Nice13th15th
Crystal Skate4th11th2nd
DS Cup2nd3rd
Gardena3rd6th
Golden Spin6th
Hellmut Seibt2nd
Lombardia6th
Merano Cup3rd13th5th
Nebelhorn7th8th
NRW Trophy2nd
Printemps2nd
Triglav Trophy1st4th2nd
Universiade12th10th
Warsaw Cup11th
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds33rd11th20th
JGP Austria18th
JGP Croatia12th
JGP Germany21st
JGP Italy14th
JGP U.K.11th
Challenge Cup1st J.
Fischer Pokal2nd J.
Gardena1st J.
Merano Cup6th J.
Skate Celje1st J.
National[8]
Italian Champ.9th J.5th J.1st J.3rd2nd4th2nd8th2nd
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References
  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. "Competition Results: Francesca RIO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.

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