William Badaoui

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William Badaoui
Matilda Friend and William Badaoui at the 2019 Autumn Classic - RD.jpg
Badaoui with Friend in 2019
Born (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 (age 26)
Sydney
HometownSydney
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountryAustralia
Coach Monica MacDonald
John Dunn
Skating clubMacquarie ISC
Began skating2004
RetiredAugust 10, 2021[ citation needed ]

William Badaoui (born 27 July 1998) is an Australian former competitive ice dancer. With his skating partner, Matilda Friend, he is the 2016 Australian national champion and represented Australia at five Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

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Skating career

By the 2014–15 season, Badaoui had teamed up with Matilda Friend. 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. [1]

Programs

with Friend
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
[2]
2018–2019
[3]
  • Tango: Tango A La Haut
    by Tango Society
2017–2018
[4]
  • Samba: Arranca
    by Manzanita
  • Rhumba: I'm Not Giving Up On You
    by Gloria Estefan
  • Samba: Arranca
    by Manzanita
2016–2017
[5]
2015–2016
[6]
2014–2015
[7]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Ice dance with Friend

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 [8]
Australia 1st2nd3rd
Australia, Junior 1st1st1st
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

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References

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