Greta Crafoord

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Greta Crafoord
Greta Crafoord & John Crafoord 2024 Worlds Short Program 5.jpg
John and Greta Crafoord at the 2024 World Championships
Born (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Hometown Aliso Viejo, California,
United States
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Discipline Pair skating
Partner John Crafoord
Coach Bruno Massot
Skating clubLandvetter Skating Club
Began skating2005
Swedish Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Borås Pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Norrköping Pairs

Greta Crafoord (born 28 December 2000) is a Swedish pair skater. With her twin brother and skating partner, John Crafoord, she is a two-time Swedish national champion, two-time Swedish junior national champion, and placed 15th at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

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Personal life

Greta Crafoord was born on 28 December 2000 in Gothenburg, Sweden. [1] She is the daughter of Ann and Thomas and the twin sister of John Crafoord. [2] The family moved to the United States in 2009. [3]

Career

Crafoord began learning to skate in 2005. [1]

2017–18 season

During the 2017–18 season, the Crafoord twins trained in Aliso Viejo, California, coached by Jenni Meno and Todd Sand. [4] They made their junior international debut in September, placing 12th at a 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Latvia. They were 16th at their second JGP assignment in Poland and won the junior bronze medal at the Bavarian Open.

The pair made no international appearances the following season.

2019–20 season

The Crafoords placed fourth in the junior pairs event at the Bavarian Open and 15th at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. [5] They trained in Colorado Springs, Colorado, under Dalilah Sappenfield. [3]

2020–21 season

Making their senior international debut, the Crafoords placed fourth at the NRW Trophy in November 2020 and eighth at the International Challenge Cup in February. [5]

2021–22 season

The pair placed tenth at the Cranberry Cup International and ninth at the John Nicks Pairs Challenge. They then competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Their placement (14th) was insufficient to qualify. The pair missed the rest of the season due to Greta's broken knee cap. [5]

2022–23 season

Having recovered from her final surgery, Greta Crafoord returned to the ice in September 2022. The twins decided to train under Aljona Savchenko in Heerenveen, Netherlands. [1]

They made their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America, where they placed eighth. They were also eighth at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo. After coming twelfth at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, they won the Swedish national title, and finished thirteenth at the 2023 European Championships. [5]

2023–24 season

The Crafoords came twelfth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to start the season. [5] At the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, the Crafoords placed fifth, earning a personal best score of 139.38. [5]

Programs

with John Crafoord
Season Short program Free skating
2023–2024
[6]
2022–2023
[1]
2019–2020
[3]
2017–2018
[4]

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with John Crafoord

Competition placements at senior level [5]
Season 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
World Championships 23rd
European Championships 13th17th
GP Finland 8th
GP Skate America 8th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 12th5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 14th13th
Bavarian Open 7th
Challenge Cup 8thWD8th
Cranberry Cup 10th
John Nicks Challenge 9th4th
NRW Trophy 4th
Trophée Métropole Nice 4th
Warsaw Cup 5th
Swedish Championships 1st1st
Competition placements at junior level [5]
Season 2017–18 2019–20
World Junior Championships 15th
JGP Latvia 12th
JGP Poland 16th
Bavarian Open 3rd4th
Swedish Championships 1st1st

Detailed results

Pair skating with John Crafoord

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS139.38 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short program TSS49.572023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES28.502023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS23.18 2024 World Championships
Free skating TSS92.09 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES48.302023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS45.392023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE system
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS112.83 2017 JGP Poland
Short program TSS41.332017 JGP Poland
TES22.332017 JGP Poland
PCS19.002017 JGP Poland
Free skating TSS71.502017 JGP Poland
TES35.022017 JGP Poland
PCS36.482017 JGP Poland

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