Matilda Friend

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Matilda Friend
Matilda Friend and William Badaoui at the 2019 Autumn Classic - RD.jpg
Friend and Badaoui in 2019
Personal information
Country representedAustralia
Born (1999-08-30) 30 August 1999 (age 23)
Sydney
Home townSydney
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Coach Monica MacDonald
John Dunn
ChoreographerMonica MacDonald
Skating clubMacquarie ISC
Training locationsSydney
Began skating2007
RetiredAugust 10, 2021 [1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total137.36
2020 Four Continents
Short program55.80
2020 Four Continents
Free skate82.52
2019 CS Asian Open Trophy

Matilda Friend (born 30 August 1999) is an Australian former competitive ice dancer. With her skating partner, William Badaoui, she is the 2016 Australian national champion and represented Australia at five Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

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Career

Early in her career, Friend skated with Patrick Adderley. They won two Australian junior titles.

By the 2014–15 season, Friend had teamed up with William Badaoui. The two debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series and won the first of their three junior national titles.

In 2015–16, Friend/Badaoui returned to the JGP series and also made their senior international debut at the Open d'Andorra, in November 2015. They then competed at their first ISU Championships, placing 16th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships, held in February in Taiwan, and 30th at the 2016 World Junior Championships, which took place in March in Hungary.

Friend/Badaoui took the Australian national senior title in the 2016–17 season. They finished 15th at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in South Korea and 25th at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taiwan.

The duo competed at three more Four Continents, placing 14th in 2018, 12th in 2019, and 15th in 2020.

They trained at Macquarie Ice Rink under 1988 Winter Olympian Monica MacDonald. [2]

Programs

with Badaoui
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
[3]
2018–2019
[4]
  • Tango: Tango A La Haut
    by Tango Society
2017–2018
[5]
  • Samba: Arranca
    by Manzanita
  • Rhumba: I'm Not Giving Up On You
    by Gloria Estefan
  • Samba: Arranca
    by Manzanita
2016–2017
[6]
2015–2016
[7]
2014–2015
[8]

Competitive highlights

With Badaoui

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Four Continents 16th15th14th12th15th
CS Alpen Trophy 12th
CS Asian Open 10th
CS Autumn Classic 6th
Asian Games 6th
Lake Placid IDI 14th
Open d'Andorra 8th8th
Warsaw Cup 6th
Winter Universiade 12th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 30th25th
JGP Austria 10th
JGP Canada 9th
JGP Croatia 15th17th
JGP Japan 12th10th
JGP U.S. 13th
Lake Placid IDI 9th
Toruń Cup 9th
National [9]
Australia 1st2nd3rd
Australia, Junior 1st1st1st
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

With Adderley

National
Event 2011–12 2012–13
Australian Champ. 1st J1st J

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References

  1. Friend, Matilda [@tillyfriend] (10 August 2021). "🖤" via Instagram.
  2. "Matilda Friend on training for the new season, coming from an unconventional skating nation, and her goals for the future". anythinggoe.com. 17 August 2019. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020.
  3. "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.
  4. "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  5. "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
  6. "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017.
  7. "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  8. "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
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