Francesca Rio | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Rio in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Born | Como, Italy | 16 December 1990||||||||||||||
Hometown | Como | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||
Coach | Christina Mauri, Pierre Trente | ||||||||||||||
Skating club | Forum SSDRL Milano | ||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1997 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | November 2014 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record | |||||||||||||||
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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]
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2013–2014 | ||
2011–2012 [3] |
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2010–2011 [4] |
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2009–2010 [5] |
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2008–2009 [6] |
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2007–2008 [7] |
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JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International [8] | ||||||||||
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Event | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 |
Europeans | 15th | 23rd | ||||||||
Bavarian Open | 6th | |||||||||
Challenge Cup | 5th | |||||||||
Cup of Nice | 13th | 15th | ||||||||
Crystal Skate | 4th | 11th | 2nd | |||||||
DS Cup | 2nd | 3rd | ||||||||
Gardena | 3rd | 6th | ||||||||
Golden Spin | 6th | |||||||||
Hellmut Seibt | 2nd | |||||||||
Lombardia | 6th | |||||||||
Merano Cup | 3rd | 13th | 5th | |||||||
Nebelhorn | 7th | 8th | ||||||||
NRW Trophy | 2nd | |||||||||
Printemps | 2nd | |||||||||
Triglav Trophy | 1st | 4th | 2nd | |||||||
Universiade | 12th | 10th | ||||||||
Warsaw Cup | 11th | |||||||||
International: Junior [8] | ||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 33rd | 11th | 20th | |||||||
JGP Austria | 18th | |||||||||
JGP Croatia | 12th | |||||||||
JGP Germany | 21st | |||||||||
JGP Italy | 14th | |||||||||
JGP U.K. | 11th | |||||||||
Challenge Cup | 1st J. | |||||||||
Fischer Pokal | 2nd J. | |||||||||
Gardena | 1st J. | |||||||||
Merano Cup | 6th J. | |||||||||
Skate Celje | 1st J. | |||||||||
National [8] | ||||||||||
Italian Champ. | 9th J. | 5th J. | 1st J. | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | |
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 19–22, 2012 | ![]() | 4 | 46.56 | 8 | 72.36 | 6 | 118.92 |
Oct 24–27, 2013 | ![]() | 3 | 47.16 | 4 | 86.53 | 2 | 133.69 |
Nov 15–17, 2013 | ![]() | 8 | 41.28 | 3 | 79.49 | 5 | 120.77 |
Nov 29–Dec 1, 2013 | ![]() | 1 | 52.51 | 3 | 92.48 | 3 | 144.99 |
Dec 9–15, 2013 | ![]() | 9 | 43.40 | 9 | 84.92 | 8 | 128.32 |
Dec 19–22, 2013 | ![]() | 2 | 53.18 | 3 | 97.47 | 2 | 146.65 |
Feb 26–Mar 1, 2014 | ![]() | 6 | 47.58 | 3 | 86.28 | 2 | 133.86 |
Apr 2–6, 2014 | ![]() | 2 | 50.43 | 3 | 88.93 | 2 | 139.36 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 5–7, 2012 | ![]() | 13 | 37.72 | 11 | 69.98 | 11 | 107.70 |
Oct 30–Nov 4, 2012 | ![]() | 10 | 34.13 | 11 | 66.07 | 11 | 100.20 |
Nov 15–18, 2012 | ![]() | 10 | 40.01 | 13 | 67.25 | 11 | 107.26 |
Nov 29–Dec 1, 2013 | ![]() | 1 | 52.51 | 3 | 92.48 | 3 | 144.99 |
Dec 19–22, 2012 | ![]() | 5 | 50.42 | 8 | 74.46 | 8 | 124.88 |
Feb 6–11, 2013 | ![]() | 4 | 50.29 | 11 | 81.78 | 6 | 132.07 |
Feb 21–24, 2013 | ![]() | 4 | 52.89 | 8 | 83.20 | 5 | 136.09 |
Mar 27–31, 2013 | ![]() | 4 | 43.24 | 4 | 80.72 | 4 | 123.96 |
Apr 2–3, 2013 | ![]() | 4 | 49.36 | 7 | 82.69 | 6 | 132.05 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 22–24, 2011 | ![]() | 12 | 39.72 | 6 | 80.77 | 8 | 120.49 |
Oct 26–30, 2011 | ![]() | 6 | 46.04 | 16 | 68.19 | 15 | 114.23 |
Nov 11–13, 2011 | ![]() | 2 | 46.17 | 6 | 79.72 | 4 | 125.89 |
Nov 29–Dec 4, 2011 | ![]() | 6 | 51.24 | 9 | 88.85 | 7 | 140.09 |
Dec 19–22, 2011 | ![]() | 3 | 48.08 | 2 | 83.82 | 2 | 131.36 |
Jan 23–29, 2012 | ![]() | 22 | 40.02 | 23 | 68.64 | 23 | 108.66 |
Mar 16–18, 2012 | ![]() | 2 | 47.34 | 2 | 87.81 | 2 | 135.15 |
Apr 4–8, 2012 | ![]() | 4 | 47.79 | 16 | 65.20 | 15 | 112.99 |
Apr 13–15, 2012 | ![]() | 3 | 44.26 | 3 | 77.50 | 3 | 121.76 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 22–25, 2010 | ![]() | 5 | 44.23 | 7 | 76.84 | 7 | 121.07 |
Oct 13–17, 2010 | ![]() | 9 | 45.18 | 13 | 75.27 | 13 | 120.45 |
Nov 20–21, 2010 | ![]() | 19 | 34.29 | 13 | 69.74 | 13 | 104.03 |
Jan 30–Feb 5, 2011 | ![]() | 15 | 34.94 | 11 | 75.97 | 12 | 115.91 |
Mar 7–10, 2011 | ![]() | 11 | 37.07 | 11 | 61.59 | 11 | 98.66 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Nov 7–10, 2008 | ![]() | 3 | 39.30 | 3 | 71.93 | 3 | 111.23 |
Nov 13–16, 2008 | ![]() | 6 | 43.76 | 4 | 83.52 | 6 | 127.28 |
Dec 4–7, 2008 | ![]() | 5 | 48.26 | 2 | 88.98 | 2 | 119.61 |
Jan 20–25, 2009 | ![]() | 17 | 42.24 | 15 | 77.37 | 15 | 119.61 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 30–Oct 4, 2009 | ![]() | 14 | 36.52 | 23 | 57.16 | 21 | 93.68 |
Dec 19–21, 2009 | ![]() | 4 | 42.66 | 3 | 81.27 | 4 | 123.93 |
Mar 9–13, 2010 | ![]() | 16 | 44.64 | 20 | 62.48 | 20 | 107.12 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 3–7, 2008 | ![]() | 18 | 36.34 | 11 | 65.55 | 14 | 101.89 |
Oct 15–18, 2008 | ![]() | 15 | 38.24 | 7 | 73.52 | 11 | 111.76 |
Dec 18–21, 2008 | ![]() | 3 | 52.40 | 2 | 97.34 | 2 | 149.74 |
Feb 22–Mar 1, 2009 | ![]() | 7 | 48.24 | 12 | 74.46 | 11 | 122.70 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 13–16, 2007 | ![]() | 17 | 36.29 | 18 | 61.99 | 18 | 98.28 |
Sep 27–30, 2007 | ![]() | 19 | 30.30 | 10 | 67.60 | 12 | 97.90 |
Dec 19–21, 2007 | ![]() | 3 | 47.43 | 3 | 75.24 | 3 | 122.67 |
Feb 25–Mar 2, 2008 | ![]() | 32 | 34.45 | — | — | 32 | 34.45 |
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