John Crafoord

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John 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
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Discipline Pair skating
Partner Greta 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

John Crafoord (born 28 December 2000) is a Swedish pair skater. With his twin sister and skating partner, Greta Crafoord, he is a three-time Swedish national champion (2023-25), two-time Swedish junior national champion, and placed 15th at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

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Personal life

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

Career

John 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

Prior to the season, it was announced that the Crafoords had relocated to Caen, France, where Bruno Massot became their new coach. [6] They began the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2023 John Nicks Pairs Challenge. Going on to compete at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the pair came in twelfth place. They would then participate at the 2023 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and the 2023 Warsaw Cup, where they placed fourth and fifth, respectively. They would follow these events with a fifth-place finish at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. [5]

In December, the Crafoords won their second national title at the 2024 Swedish Championships. They were then selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, where they placed seventeenth. Shortly following this event, the Crafoords would finish eighth at the 2024 International Challenge Cup. [5]

In March, the Crafoords made their World Championship debut at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where they finished in twenty-third place. [5]

2024–25 season

The Crafoords started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing twelfth at the 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition and eleventh at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Going on to compete at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, however after completing the short program segment, the senior pairs free skate event was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. The Crafoords would finish fourth based on their short program result. [7]

In November, the Crafoords competed at the 2024 Ice Challenge, the 2024 NRW Trophy, and the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing fourth, second, and eighth respectively. They would win their third consecutive national title the following month. [2]

Programs

with Greta Crafoord
Season Short program Free skating
2024–2025
[8]
  • LUX
    Gregg Lehrman, Cyrus Reynolds, & Connor Shambrook
  • Hold Your Breath
    by Astyria
2023–2024
[6]
2022–2023
[1]
2019–2020
[3]
2017–2018
[4]

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Greta Crafoord

Competition placements at senior level  [9]
Season 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships 23rd
European Championships 13th17th
Swedish Championships 1st1st1st
GP Finland 8th
GP Skate America 8th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 12th5th8th
CS John Nicks Pairs 9th4th12th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 14th12th11th
Bavarian Open 7th
Challenge Cup 8th8th
Cranberry Cup 10th
Ice Challenge 4th
NRW Trophy 4th2nd
Trophée Métropole Nice 4th4th
Warsaw Cup 5th
Competition placements at junior level  [9] [5]
Season 2017–18 2019–20
World Junior Championships 15th
Swedish Championships 1st1st
JGP Latvia 12th
JGP Poland 16thWD
Bavarian Open 3rd4th

Detailed results

Pair skating with Greta Crafoord

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System  [9]
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS142.32 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition
Short program TSS49.57 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES28.502023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS23.552024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition
Free skating TSS94.852024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition
TES49.462024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition
PCS45.392023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System  [9]
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
Results in the 2024–25 season   [9]
DateEvent SP FS Total
PScorePScorePScore
Sep 3–4, 2024 Flag of the United States.svg 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition 1247.471194.8512142.32
Oct 16–20, 2024 Flag of France.svg 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 444.70––444.70
Nov 5-10, 2024 Flag of Austria.svg 2024 Ice Challenge 252.68497.514150.19
Dec 12-15, 2024 Flag of Sweden.svg 2025 Swedish Championships 184.003122.772206.77

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. [10]

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  4. 1 2 "Greta CRAFOORD / John CRAFOORD: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Competition Results: Greta CRAFOORD / John CRAFOORD". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Greta CRAFOORD / John CRAFOORD: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "The Junior Women's Free, Junior Ice Dance Free, and Senior Pairs Free events at Trophy Metropole Nice Côte d'Azur had to be cancelled due to poor weather. The final results of these categories are the Short/Rhythm results". X. Anything GOEs. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
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  10. ↑ @AnythingGOE (17 October 2024). "The Junior Women's Free, Junior Ice Dance Free, and Senior Pairs Free events at Trophy Metropole Nice Côte d'Azur had to be cancelled due to poor weather" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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