Isabella Gamez

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Isabella Gamez
Isabella Gamez - Philippines Pairs Figure Skater.jpg
Other namesGámez
Born (1999-02-01) February 1, 1999 (age 25)
Cape Coral, Florida
Height1.49 m (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (2018–)
Partner Alexander Korovin
CoachDmitri Savin
Marina Zoueva
Began skating2005

Isabella Gamez (born February 1, 1999) is a Filipina pair skater who competes for the Philippines with her partner Alexander 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] and two-time Philippine National Champions for pairs skating bringing attention to the sport in the tropical country.

Contents

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 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]

Career

Early career

Gamez started as a singles skater before switching to pairs starting as a novice. [7] 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 13th-place finish at the 2018 World Junior Championships. [8]

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. [9] 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 11th-place finish at the Challenge Cup. [10]

Gamez and Paradis split due to travel restrictions and inability to train together during the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] Paradis retired from pairs skating to focus on his coaching career. [12]

2020–2021 and 2021–2022 seasons

In August 2021, the Philippine Skating Union announced that Gamez had teamed up with Russian skater Alexander Korovin to represent the Philippines. [13] 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. [11] [14] 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. [15] 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

The Gamez/Korovin pair team started their second season 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 11th and competed at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Canada as the only competitors representing the Philippines at the annual event.

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. [16]

Programs

With Korovin

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

With Paradis

Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[9]

With Cónsul

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[8]

With Schwab

Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
[17]
2015–2016
[18]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.

With Korovin for the Philippines

International [6]
Event 22–23 23–24
Worlds 18th21st
Four Continents 9th11th
CS Autumn Classic 10th
CS Finlandia 9th
CS Warsaw Cup 11th
Cup of Nice 2nd
Challenge Cup 6th
John Nicks Challenge 6th
National [6]
Philippine Champ. 1st1st

With Paradis for the Philippines

Gamez/Paradis at the 2020 Challenge Cup Challenge Cup 2020-070.jpg
Gamez/Paradis at the 2020 Challenge Cup
International [10]
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

With Cónsul 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 [19]
Event 2017–18
Junior Worlds 13th
JGP Croatia 11th
JGP Poland 13th
Toruń Cup 1st
National [19]
Spanish Champ. 1st J
Levels: J = Junior

With Schwab for the United States

National [20]
Event 2016–17
U.S. Champ. 9th J
J = Junior

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. ISU Personal best in bold.

With Korovin

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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