Isabella Gamez

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Isabella Gamez
Isabella Gamez - Philippines Pairs Figure Skater.jpg
Gamez in 2022
Other namesGámez
Born (1999-02-01) February 1, 1999 (age 25)
Cape Coral, Florida,
United States
Hometown Fort Myers, Florida
Height1.49 m (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (since 2019)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (2017–18)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States (2016–17)
Discipline Pair skating
Partner Aleksandr Korovin
(since 2022)
David-Alexandre Paradis (2019–20)
Tòn Cónsul (2017–18)
Griffin Schwab (2016–17)
CoachDmitri Savin
Fedor Klimov
Skating clubPhilippine Skating Union
Began skating2005
Medal record
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Philippine Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Pasay Pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Manila Pairs

Isabella Gamez (born February 1, 1999) is a Filipina pair skater who competes for the Philippines with her partner Aleksandr Korovin. Gamez and Korovin are the first pair from Southeast Asia and the Philippines to qualify and compete in the final segment of the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships. [1] They are the first international medalists for the Philippines in pairs skating, [2] first pair to compete at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating for Southeast Asia and the Philippines, as well as two-time Philippine National Champions for pairs skating bringing attention to the sport in the tropical country.

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With her former skating partner, David-Alexandre Paradis, Isabella competed in the final segment at the 2020 Four Continents Championships. They were the first figure skating pairs team to represent the Philippines at International Skating Union competitions starting in 2019.

Competing for Spain in junior pairs with her former skating partner, Tòn Cónsul, she is the 2018 Spanish Junior National champion and finished 13th at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Gamez was born on February 1, 1999, to Filipino parents, Gerardo Alisangco Gamez and Maria Victoria Webb Ramirez. Both parents were born and raised in Quezon City. [3] Gamez is the grandniece of former Philippines Olympics basketball player, Senator Freddie Webb on her mother's side. [4] Her paternal grandfather is Dr. Gilberto Gamez, former Dean of University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. She grew up regularly spending time in Manila, maintaining a close tie to her Philippine roots and both sides of her family living there. [5] In addition to figure skating, Gamez is a scuba diver, who spends time in Anilao, Mabini, Batangas. She also enjoys painting and baking. [6]

On March 20, 2024, Isabella Gamez was among the major Filipina athlete awardees at the inaugural Women in Sports Awards, hosted by the Philippine Sports Commission at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila. [7]

Career

Early career

Gamez/Consul at the 2018 World Junior Championships Isabella Gamez and Ton Consul - 2018 Junior World Championships - 4.jpg
Gamez/Cónsul at the 2018 World Junior Championships

Gamez started as a singles skater before switching to pairs starting as a novice. [8] Gamez teamed up with Griffin Schwab in pairs from the 2015–16 season. They earned the novice silver medal in their first season at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

In 2017, Gamez teamed up with Spanish skater Tòn Cónsul to represent Spain for juniors pairs. They competed at two Junior Grand Prix events, finishing 11th in Zagreb and 13th in Gdańsk. Gamez/Cónsul then won the 2018 Spanish junior national title and the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup. They ended the season with a thirteenth-place finish at the 2018 World Junior Championships. [9]

Partnership with Paradis

2019–2020 season

Gamez began representing the Philippines in a new senior pair with Canadian skater David-Alexandre Paradis. Gamez/Paradis competed at three Challenger Series events, becoming the first Filipino and Southeast Asian pair to compete in an International Skating Union competition. [10] They then finished seventh at Volvo Open Cup. Gamez/Paradis also earned the technical minimums for the 2020 Four Continents Championships to become the first Filipino and Southeast Asian pair to compete at an ISU Championship. They finished ninth at Four Continents. Gamez/Paradis concluded their season with an eleventh-place finish at the Challenge Cup. [11]

Gamez and Paradis split due to travel restrictions and inability to train together during the COVID-19 pandemic. [12] Paradis retired from pairs skating to focus on his coaching career. [13]

Partnership with Korovin

2020–2021 and 2021–2022 seasons

In August 2021, the Philippine Skating Union announced that Gamez had teamed up with Russian skater Aleksandr Korovin to represent the Philippines. [14] Korovin and Gamez were paired by 2014 Winter Olympics pairs champion Maxim Trankov and Olympic, World Championship coach Marina Zoueva. They met and began training together in early 2021. For the 2021–2022 season, Gamez and Korovin focused on their training at Hertz Arena with coach, Marina Zoueva, and her team in Estero, Florida.

2022–2023 season

The Gamez/Korovin pair made their debut at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they placed ninth after two years of inactivity. [12] [15] The pair shared before their international debut, Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida affecting their training venue and practice schedule a week before Finland. [5] In their second competition together, Gamez and Korovin achieved a historical milestone for the Philippines. They won the first-ever medal for Philippine pairs skating in an international competition, a silver medal at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur in Nice, France. [16] They competed at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup placing 11th, and withdrew from the Golden Spin of Zagreb due to injury. Gamez/Korovin continued the season to become the first senior pairs team to win the Philippine Figure Skating Championships, bringing awareness to the pairs discipline in the tropical country as the only competitors in December 2022. They qualified and competed at the 2023 Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs placing ninth. They competed at the Challenge Cup in Tilburg, Netherlands, where they placed 6th and earned the technical minimums to become the first Southeast Asian and Philippine pairs team to qualify and compete at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan. [1] They competed in the final segment at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships ending a five-year drought for the Philippines at the World Figure Skating Championships, wherein the last Philippine skater to compete was Michael Christian Martinez in 2017.

2023–2024 season

Gamez/Korovin at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships Isabella Gamez & Aleksandr Korovin 2024 Worlds Short Program 0.jpg
Gamez/Korovin at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships

Prior to the season, it was announced that Gamez/Korovin had relocated to Montclair, New Jersey, where they were now being coached by Dmitri Savin, Alexei Bychenko, Evgeni Krasnopolski, and Galit Chait. [17]

They would start their second season together by competing at John Nicks Pairs Challenge in New York, NY and 2023 CS Autumn Classic International in Montreal, Canada in September 2023. They withdrew from October 2023 competitions due to a COVID-diagnosis and returned to compete at Philippine Figure Skating Championships in November 2023, where they won their second National Championship title at SM Mall of Asia in Manila, Philippines. In January 2024, they competed at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, China, where they placed eleventh and competed at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Canada as the only competitors representing the Philippines at the annual event. They would finish the event in twenty-first place.

2024–2025 season

Prior to the season, Fedor Klimov joined Gamez and Korovin's coaching team. [18] They began the season by finishing ninth at the 2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition. [19] They went on to compete at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur; however, after completing the short program segment, the pairs free skate event was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. [20] Gamez and Korovin were awarded the silver medal based on their short program result. [21]

Not initially assigned to compete on the Grand Prix series, Gamez and Korovin were later entered to compete at the 2024 NHK Trophy. [22] However, they were unable to accept the assignment due to the short notice invitation. [23] They were later assigned to the 2024 Cup of China following another team's withdrawal. [24] They finished the event in seventh place. [21]

Programs

With Korovin

Season Short program Free skating
2024–2025
[18]
2023–2024
[17]
2022–2023
[6]

With Paradis

Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[10]

With Cónsul

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[9]

With Schwab

Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
[25]
2015–2016
[26]

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Aleksandr Korovin (for the Philippines)

International [6]
Event 22–23 23–24 24–25
Worlds 18th21st
Four Continents 9th11th
GP Cup of China 7th
CS Autumn Classic 10th
CS Finlandia 9th
CS Golden Spin WD
CS John Nicks Pairs 6th9th
CS Warsaw Cup 11th
Trophée Métropole Nice 2nd2nd
Challenge Cup 6th
National [6]
Philippine Champ. 1st1st

Pair skating with David-Alexandre Paradis (for the Philippines)

Gamez/Paradis at the 2020 Challenge Cup Challenge Cup 2020-070.jpg
Gamez/Paradis at the 2020 Challenge Cup
International [11]
Event 2019–20
Four Continents 9th
CS Finlandia Trophy 9th
CS Golden Spin 14th
CS Warsaw Cup 11th
Challenge Cup 11th
Volvo Open Cup 7th

Pair skating with Tòn Cònsul Vivar (for Spain)

Gamez/Consul at the 2018 World Junior Championships Isabella Gamez and Ton Consul - 2018 Junior World Championships - 1.jpg
Gamez/Cónsul at the 2018 World Junior Championships
International: Junior [27]
Event 2017–18
Junior Worlds 13th
JGP Croatia 11th
JGP Poland 13th
Toruń Cup 1st
National [27]
Spanish Champ. 1st J

Pair skating with Griffin Schwab (for the United States)

National [28]
Event 2016–17
U.S. Champ. 9th J

Detailed results

Pair skating with Aleksandr Korovin (for the Philippines)

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [21]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS157.04 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition
Short program TSS57.282024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition
TES31.342024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition
PCS25.942024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition
Free skating TSS100.61 2024 Cup of China
TES49.76 2023 World Championships
PCS52.362024 Cup of China
Results in the 2024–25 season   [21]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 3–4, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg 2024 CS John Nicks Pairs Competition 657.28999.769157.04
Oct 16–20, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 255.73——255.73
Nov 22–24, 2024 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2024 Cup of China 750.657100.617151.26

Note: The senior pairs free skate at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur was cancelled on account of inclement weather. It was later announced that the short program results would be considered as the final results for the competition. [20]

2023–2024 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2024 2024 World Championships 21
49.70
-		21
49.70
January 30-February 4, 2024 2024 Four Continents Championships 12
49.79		11
93.07		11
142.86
September 14–17, 2023 2023 CS Autumn Classic International 10

37.40

10

85.25

10

122.65

September 6–7, 2023 2023 John Nicks Pairs Challenge 8
46.73		6
91.66		6
138.39
2022-23 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
March 20–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 19
53.29		18
93.78		18
147.07
February 23–26, 2023 2023 Challenge Cup 6
54.74		8
95.27		6
150.01
February 7–12, 2023 2023 Four Continents Championships 10
39.69		9
73.79		9
113.48
December 7–10, 2022 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 14
39.71		WDWD
November 17–20, 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 11
42.94		11
84.66		11
127.60
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 9
44.25		9
78.15		9
122.40

With Paradis

2019–20 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
February 20–23, 2020 2020 Challenge Cup 11
45.38		11
82.74		11
128.12
February 4–9, 2020 2020 Four Continents Championships 10
47.34		9
80.09		9
127.43
December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 14
47.50		15
88.40		14
135.90
November 14–17, 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 12
47.99		8
97.05		11
145.04
November 5–10, 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 7
44.37		7
82.42		7
126.79
October 11–13, 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 10
43.09		9
81.61		9
124.70

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