Samantha Cesario

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Samantha Cesario
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Cesario at Bompard 2013.
Born (1993-08-21) August 21, 1993 (age 31)
Rockville Centre, New York
Hometown Oceanside, New York
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
Skating clubSC of New York
Began skating1999
RetiredMay 11, 2015

Samantha Cesario (born August 21, 1993) is an American former competitive figure skater. She won three bronze medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed 4th at the 2013 World Junior Championships. On the senior level, she won bronze at the 2013 U.S. Classic and silver at the 2014 Finlandia Trophy.

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Personal life

Samantha Cesario was born on August 21, 1993, in Rockville Centre, New York. [1] Her mother, Joanne, is an elementary school monitor. [2] She grew up in Oceanside, New York, and graduated from Oceanside High School in 2011. [3] Deciding to focus on skating, she turned down a scholarship to the Fashion Institute of Technology. [2]

In June 2019, Cesario married her partner of 9 years, [4] Jesse Kramer. [5] In August 2021, Cesario and Kramer announced they were expecting their first child. [6] On December 18, 2021, Cesario gave birth to a daughter named Whitney Jane. [7]

Career

Cesario began skating when she was six years old. [3] She was coached by Mary Lynn Gelderman from the age of eight until the end of her career. [8] [9]

Cesario made her international debut in 2010 when she won the 2010 Gardena Spring Trophy on the junior level. The following season, she made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut, competing at the JGP in Romania where she placed 4th. After winning 2011 Eastern Sectionals she withdrew from the 2011 U.S. Championships due to a back injury. [10] [11] She spent eight weeks in a hard cast. She was later diagnosed with an arthritic facet joint and was administered a cortisone shot to be able to train full run-throughs. [12]

Cesario made her comeback in the 2011–12 season. She competed at the Junior Grand Prix event in Poland where she took bronze. [13] She placed third also at her other Junior Grand Prix event in Estonia. In January 2012, she tore her left lateral collateral ligament, resulting in her withdrawing from the 2012 U.S. Championships and keeping her off the ice for six to eight weeks. [14]

In the 2012–13 season, Cesario competed at the Junior Grand Prix in Austria where she earned the bronze medal. She went to the Junior Grand Prix in Germany, but was injured and withdrew after the short program. At the 2013 U.S. Championships, she placed 8th and earned a spot on the Junior World Team. Cesario placed fourth at Junior Worlds after placing 1st in the short program and 4th in the free skate. [15] Due to misaligned knees, [2] she attempted 3Lo–3Lo combinations more commonly than 3T–3T ( jumps ) in order to reduce pressure on her facet joint. [16]

In 2013–14, Cesario won bronze in her first event of the season, the U.S. International Classic. She placed fifth and fourth at her two senior Grand Prix assignments, the 2013 Skate America and 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard. She had mononucleosis in May and June 2014. [8]

During the 2014–15, Cesario won silver at 2014 Finlandia Trophy. She then finished fourth and seventh at her two senior Grand Prix assignments, the 2014 Skate America and 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. [17] She went on to place fifth at the 2015 U.S. Championships [18] before ending her season at 2015 Four Continents Championships, where she finished eighth. On May 11, 2015, Cesario announced her retirement from competitive figure skating due to recurring injuries and disagreements with the judging system. She intended to become a coach. [9]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2014–15
[1] [3] [8]
  • Danza Mora
    by Dr. Samy Farag
  • Carmen Suite
    by Giuseppe Grazioli & Orchestra
    Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
2013–14
[19]
  • Fever
2011–13
[20] [21]
2010–11
[22]
  • Carmen Fantasie
    by David Garrett
2009–10
[3]
2008–09
[3]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2009–present

International [23]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15
Four Continents 8th8th
GP Bompard 4th7th
GP Skate America 5th4th
CS Finlandia 2nd
U.S. Classic 3rd
International: Junior [23]
Junior Worlds 4th
JGP Austria 3rd
JGP Estonia 3rd
JGP Germany WD
JGP Poland 3rd
JGP Romania 4th
Gardena 1st J
National [3]
U.S. Champ. 14thWDWD8th5th5th
Eastern Sectionals 3rd1st2nd1st
North Atlantic Reg.1st1st
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

2003–2009

National [3]
Event03–0404–0505–0606–0707–08 08–09
U.S. Championships 6th J
U.S. Junior Champ. 8th V
Eastern Sectionals 7th N13th N3rd J
North Atlantic Regionals6th V3rd V2nd N2nd N1st J
Levels: V = Juvenile; N = Novice; J = Junior

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Albanese, Laura (January 17, 2015). "Oceanside's Samantha Cesario to compete in U.S. Figure Skating Championships". Newsday.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Samantha Cesario". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  5. ↑ "instagram_married" . Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  6. ↑ "instagram_pregnancy" . Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  7. ↑ "instagram_birth" . Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 McCarvel, Nick (September 16, 2014). "Cesario still fighting to prove she belongs". IceNetwork.com .
  9. 1 2 Rosewater, Amy (May 11, 2015). "Calling it a career: Cesario decides to retire at 21". IceNetwork.
  10. ↑ Walker, Elvin (July 17, 2011). "Skate Liberty 2011". GoldenSkate. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
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  12. ↑ Rutherford, Lynn (July 16, 2011). "Cesario's stunning 'Black Swan' wins the day". icenetwork.com. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
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  15. ↑ "Junior Ladies".
  16. ↑ Rutherford, Lynn (July 20, 2013). "Cain's 'Ave Maria' free skate wins day at Liberty". IceNetwork.com .
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  19. ↑ "Samantha CESARIO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ↑ "Samantha CESARIO: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ↑ "Samantha CESARIO: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  22. ↑ "Samantha CESARIO: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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