Gabriella Izzo

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Gabriella Izzo
Born (2001-08-05) August 5, 2001 (age 23)
San Francisco, California, United States
Hometown Brighton, Massachusetts and
Salzburg, Austria
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria (since 2024)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  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 skating2011
Medal record
Austrian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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.

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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] After graduating from Boston Latin School in 2019, she began her studies at Harvard University in 2020. [2]

Career

Singles skating career

Early years

Izzo began learning to skate when she was eight or nine years old. [3] Her first figure skating coach was Suna Murray. [4]

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. [5]

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. [4]

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. [5]

In March, Izzo made her senior international debut at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy, where she won the gold medal. [5]

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. [5]

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. [3]

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. [3] [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. [6]

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

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. [9] She was then invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, where she came seventh. [5]

She ended her season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2023 U.S. Championships. [6]

In March 2023, Izzo announced her retirement from singles skating and planned to pursue pair skating. [10]

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. [11] [12] However, this partnership would end up being short-lived. In November, Izzo would announce her retirement from competitive figure skating. [13]

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. [14] 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. [15]

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. [16] [17] 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. [16]

In mid-December, Izzo/Maierhofer won the silver medal at the 2025 Austrian Championships behind Schaller/Mayr. [16] They were subsequently named to the 2025 European Figure Skating Championships team. [18]

Programs

Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria)

Season Short program Free skating
2024–25

Single skating (for the United States)

Season Short program Free skating
2022–23
[19]
2021–22
[1]
2020–21
[20]
2019–20
[21]
2018–19
[4]
2017–18
  • Dracula Soundtrack

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria)

Competition placements at senior level [16]
Season 2024–25
European Championships TBD
Austrian Championships 2nd
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 9th
CS Warsaw Cup 10th
Ice Challenge 1st

Single skating (for the United States)

Competition placements at senior level [5]
Season 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Four Continents Championships 8th
U.S. Championships 9th8th4th11th
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 [5]
Season 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
U.S. Championships 6th1st
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 [16]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS150.60 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short program TSS51.682024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES27.672024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS24.012024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Free skating TSS98.922024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES54.68 2024 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS46.592024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Results in the 2024–25 season [16]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Nov 5–10, 2024 Flag of Austria.svg 2024 Ice Challenge 351.691112.131163.82
Nov 20–24, 2024 Flag of Poland.svg 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 1538.87895.1310134.00

Single skating (for the United States)

Senior level

2022–2023 season
DateEvent 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
DateEvent 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
DateEvent SP FS Total
January 11–21, 2021 2021 U.S. Championships 7
62.32
9
109.44
8
171.76
2019–2020 season
DateEvent 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
DateEvent 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

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