Diane Szmiett | |
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Szmiett at the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final. | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | Canada |
Born | London, Ontario | September 17, 1990
Home town | Watford, Ontario |
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Former coach | Scott Rachuk, Alison Purkiss |
Former choreographer | Alison Purkiss |
Skating club | Watford Skating Club |
Began skating | 1997 |
Retired | 2011 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 144.28 2009 Cup of China |
Short program | 48.93 2008 JGP South Africa |
Free skate | 100.04 2009 Cup of China |
Diane Szmiett (born September 17, 1990) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. She placed tenth at the 2010 Four Continents Championships and won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2008.
Szmiett began skating at age seven because her friend was a skater. [1] After becoming the 2006 Canadian national junior champion, she was sent to the 2006 World Junior Championships, where she finished 21st. The following season, she began competing on the senior level nationally but remained a junior internationally.
In 2008, Szmiett won silver and bronze medals at her two JGP events in Courchevel, France and South Africa. She was assigned to the 2009 World Junior Championships and placed 13th.
In the 2009—10 season, Szmiett began competing as a senior internationally. She received one senior Grand Prix assignment, the 2009 Cup of China, where she finished eighth. After placing fourth at the Canadian Championships, she was sent to the 2010 Four Continents Championships where she finished tenth.
In 2010–11, Szmiett appeared at two Grand Prix events and retired from competition at the end of the season.
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2010–11 [2] |
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2009–10 [3] |
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2008–09 [4] |
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2007–08 [5] | ||
2005–06 [6] |
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GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International [7] | ||||||||
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Event | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 |
Four Continents | 10th | |||||||
GP Cup of China | 8th | 10th | ||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 12th | |||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 6th | |||||||
International: Junior or novice [7] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 21st | 13th | ||||||
JGP Final | 8th | |||||||
JGP France | 6th | 3rd | ||||||
JGP Estonia | 9th | |||||||
JGP Norway | 15th | |||||||
JGP South Africa | 2nd | |||||||
Copenhagen Trophy | 1st N | |||||||
National [7] | ||||||||
Canadian Champ. | 2nd N | 16th J | 1st J | 13th | 10th | 4th | 4th | |
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior |
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