Gabriella Izzo

Gabriella Izzo
Izzo and Maierhofer at the 2025 World Championships
Born	(2001-08-05) August 5, 2001 (age 24) San Francisco, California, United States
Hometown	Brighton, Massachusetts and Salzburg, Austria
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Austria (since 2024)   United States (2018–23)
Discipline	Pair skating (since 2024) Women's singles (2018–23)
Partner	Luc Maierhofer (since 2024)
Coach	Severin Kiefer Aleksey Letov Olga Ganicheva
Skating club	Skating Club of Boston
Began skating	2011
Medal record
Austrian Championships 2025 Dornbirn Pairs

Gabriella Izzo (born August 5, 2001) is an American-born pair skater who currently competes with Luc Maierhofer for Austria. Together, they are the 2025 Austrian national silver medalists and the 2024 Ice Challenge champions.

As a singles 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.

Personal life

Izzo was born August 5, 2001, in Greenbrae, California. ^[1] She graduated from Boston Latin School in 2019 before going on to attend Harvard University, graduating in 2025. ^{[2] [3]}

Career

Singles skating career

Early years

Izzo began learning to skate when she was eight or nine years old. ^[4] Her first figure skating coach was Suna Murray. ^[5]

At the 2018 U.S. Junior Championships, Izzo would finish sixth. That same year, she made her international junior debut at the 2018 International Challenge Cup, where she finished fourth. ^[6]

2018–19 season

Prior to the season, Izzo switched coaches and began training at the Mitchell Johansson Method Training Center in Revere, Massachusetts under coaches, Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson. ^[5]

She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in autumn 2018, placing sixth at 2018 JGP Canada and ninth at 2018 JGP Slovenia. In January, she won the junior ladies title at the 2019 U.S. Championships. ^[6]

In March, Izzo made her senior international debut at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy, where she won the gold medal. ^[6]

2019–20 season

Beginning her season on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Izzo placed eighth in 2019 JGP Croatia and ninth in 2019 JGP Latvia. In November, she won bronze at a senior international, the 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in China. ^[6]

In January, making her senior national debut, she finished ninth 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, 2020 Skate America, but withdrew before the event. She placed ninth at the 2021 U.S. Championships. Following the season, Izzo relocated to Norwood, Massachusetts, where she began training at the Skating Club of Boston under coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva. ^{[4] [1]}

2021–22 season

Izzo began the season in September, winning bronze at the 2021 U.S. International Classic. Given two Challenger assignments, Izzo finished thirteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup and fourth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. ^[7]

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. ^[8] This placement earned her an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where she came in eighth-place. ^[9]

2022–23 season

Withdrawing from the 2022 CS U.S. Classic, Izzo made her season debut at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, where she finished in eighth place. ^[10] She was then invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, where she came seventh. ^[6]

She ended her season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2023 U.S. Championships. ^[7]

In March 2023, Izzo announced her retirement from singles skating and planned to pursue pair skating. ^[11]

Pair skating career

2023–24 season: Brief partnership with Ferland for Canada and retirement

In August 2023, it was announced that Izzo had teamed up with Canadian pair skater, Thierry Ferland, and that they would represent Canada. ^{[12] [13]} However, this partnership would end up being short-lived. In November, Izzo would announce her retirement from competitive figure skating. ^[14]

2024–25 season: Return to competition and debuting with Maierhofer for Austria

In July 2024, it was announced that Izzo had decided to come out of retirement and had teamed up with Austrian skater Luc Maierhofer, to compete for Austria. ^[15] It was subsequently announced that the pair would be coached by Severin Kiefer in Salzburg while also making trips to Norwood, Massachusetts to work with Izzo's singles coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva. ^[16]

The pair would make their international debut in November, winning the gold medal at the 2024 Ice Challenge. At the event, the pair would also score the required minimum technical element score points to compete at the European and World Championships. ^{[17] [18]} They went on to compete on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing tenth at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup and ninth at the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. ^[17]

In mid-December, Izzo/Maierhofer won the silver medal at the 2025 Austrian Championships behind Schaller/Mayr. ^[17] They were subsequently named to the 2025 European Figure Skating Championships team, ^[19] but they later had to withdraw due to illness. ^[20]

The pair ended the season by making their World Championship debut, where they finished in twenty-third place. ^[17]

Programs

Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria)

Season	Short program	Free skating
2024–25 [21]	Maybe I Maybe You by Scorpions choreo. by Renée Roca, Drew Meekins	Phantasia by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julian Lloyd Webber, & Sarah Chang The Music of the Night (from The Phantom of the Opera ) by Andrew Lloyd Webber performed by Michael Crawford choreo. by Renée Roca, Drew Meekins

Single skating (for the United States)

Season	Short program	Free skating
2022–23 [22]	Punga by Cédric Tour choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Elena & Lila Orlando: Memory is the Seamstress by Max Richter November by Mari Samuelsen & Max Richter arranged by Cédric Tour choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2021–22 [1]	Sous le ciel de Paris La Foule by Édith Piaf choreo. by Adam Blake	With One Look (from Sunset Boulevard) by Andrew Lloyd Webber performed by Glenn Close choreo. by Adam Blake
2020–21 [23]	I'm Here (from The Color Purple) performed by Cynthia Erivo choreo. by Jamie Isley
2019–20 [24]		Starry, Starry Night (from Loving Vincent ) performed by Lianne La Havas choreo. by Jamie Isley
2018–19 [5]	Summertime by George Gershwin performed by Ella Fitzgerald choreo. by Jamie Isley	La Vie en rose T'es beau, tu sais Non, je ne regrette rien performed by Patricia Kaas choreo. by Jamie Isley
2017–18	Tu Pálida Voz by Lidia Borda	Dracula Soundtrack

Competitive highlights

• GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
• JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
• CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
• TBD – Assigned
• WD – Withdrew from competition

Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria)

Competition placements at senior level  ^[17]

Season	2024–25	2025–26
World Championships	23rd
European Championships	WD
Austrian Championships	2nd
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	9th
CS John Nicks Pairs		TBD
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		TBD
CS Warsaw Cup	10th
Challenge Cup	6th
Ice Challenge	1st
Merano Ice Trophy	3rd

Single skating (for the United States)

Competition placements at senior level  ^[6]

Season	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Four Continents Championships				8th
U.S. Championships		9th	8th	4th	11th
GP Wilson Trophy					7th
CS Asian Open Trophy		3rd
CS Budapest Trophy					8th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb				4th
CS Warsaw Cup				13th
Cranberry Cup				WD
Egna Spring Trophy	1st
U.S. Classic				3rd

Competition placements at junior level  ^[6]

Season	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20
U.S. Championships	6th	1st
JGP Canada		6th
JGP Croatia			8th
JGP Latvia			9th
JGP Slovenia		9th
Asian Open Trophy		2nd
Challenge Cup	4th

Detailed results

Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria)

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  ^[17]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	150.60	2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short program	TSS	51.68	2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
	TES	27.67	2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
	PCS	24.01	2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Free skating	TSS	98.92	2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
	TES	54.68	2024 CS Warsaw Cup
	PCS	46.59	2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb

Results in the 2024–25 season   ^[17]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 5–10, 2024	2024 Ice Challenge	3	51.69	1	112.13	1	163.82
Nov 20–24, 2024	2024 CS Warsaw Cup	15	38.87	8	95.13	10	134.00
Dec 4–7, 2024	2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	9	51.68	9	98.92	9	150.60
Dec 11–15, 2024	2025 Austrian Championships	2	47.46	1	111.57	2	159.03
Feb 13–16, 2025	2025 Merano Ice Trophy	3	54.46	4	103.06	3	157.52
Feb 13–16, 2025	2025 Challenge Cup	6	37.22	6	76.02	6	113.24
Mar 25–30, 2025	2025 World Championships	23	48.20	-	-	23	48.20

Single skating (for the United States)

• At national events in the United States, pewter medals are awarded for fourth place.

Senior level

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 level

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

References

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External links

• Gabriella Izzo & Luc Maierhofer at the International Skating Union
• Gabriella Izzo at the International Skating Union