Anna CAPPELLINI/ Luca LANOTTE, ITA

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Zinaida Mamchenkova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wao8FqhsT2s

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2015/2016
Waltz: The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar
Polka: The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz_Ty-AD52I

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2015/2016
La Dolce Vita (soundtrack) by Nino Rota
Coach:Paola Mezzadri, Roberto Pelizzola, Marina Zueva

Choreographer: Liudmila Vlasova, Massimo Scali

Personal Best Total Score 177.50
Personal Best Score Short Dance 72.39
Personal Best Score Free Dance 106.91

Date of birth: Anna CAPPELLINI 19.02.1987 (28 y.o.),Como
Luca LANOTTE 30.07.1985 (30 y.o.), Milan

Cappellini/Lanotte teamed up in spring 2005. They are the second Ice Dance couple from Italy to win the World title (in 2014) after Barbara Fusar Poli/Maurizio Margaglio won in 2001. Cappellini got married to pair skater Ondrej Hotarek in summer 2015.
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00008719.htm

Kaitlyn WEAVER/ Andrew POJE, CAN

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Zinaida Mamchenkova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BYsZ9YFpcE

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2015/2016
Waltz: The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss
Polka: Annenpolka by Johann Strauss
Waltz: The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Svf_FAUXxs

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2015/2016
On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter
Run by Ludovico Einaudi

Coach: Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova
Choreographer: P. Camerlengo, S. Bourne, P. Tchernyshev

Personal Best Total Score 257.43
Personal Best Score Short Program 88.90
Personal Best Score Free Skating 176.65

Date of birth: Kaitlyn WEAVER 12.04.1989 (26 y.o.),Houston, USA
Andrew POJE 25.02.1987 (28 y.o.),Kitchener, ON

Weaver/Poje teamed up in Augst 2006. She moved from Texas, USA to skate with him and they found immediate success by taking the bronze medal at the Canadian National Championships (senior level) and the bronze medal at the 2007 World Junior Championships. The couple switched coaches in January 2008. Coach Shae-Lynn Bourne is the 2003 Ice Dance World Champion (with Victor Kraatz). Weaver obtained Canadian citizenship in 2009 and now holds dual citizenship. The couple missed the 2013 National Championships and 2013 Four Continents Championships as Weaver suffered an injury to her left ankle (broken fibula) in practice in December 2012.

http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00009841.htm

Shoma UNO, JPN

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Zinaida Mamchenkova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PIthKkQAfY

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2015/2016
Legends by Sacred Spirits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnnsQL2IWUE

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2015/2016
Turandot by Giacomo Puccini performed by Vanessa Mae
Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini performed Paul Potts

Coach: Machiko Yamada, Mihoko Higuchi
Choreographer: Mihoko Higuchi

Personal Best Total Score 257.43
Personal Best Score Short Program 88.90
Personal Best Score Free Skating 176.65
Date of birth: 17.12.1997 (17)
Place of birth: Nagoya, JPN

Uno went to the ice rink for fun with his father when he was five years old and liked skating immediately. He looks up to 2010 World Champion Daisuke Takahashi.
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012455.htm

Javier FERNANDEZ, ESP

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Zinaida Mamchenkova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9ZcQnPqu_g

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2015/2016
Malaguena performed by Paco de Lucia and Placido Domingo

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2015/2016
Guys and Dolls performed by Frank Sinatra

Personal Best Total Score 275.93
Personal Best Score Short Program 96.42
Personal Best Score Free Skating 186.07

Coach: Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson, Daniel Peinado
Choreographer: David Wilson, Antonio Najarro
Date of birth: 15.04.1991 (24 y.o.)
Place of birth: Madrid, ESP
Fernandez is the first figure skater from Spain to win the world title (2015) and to take a medal at an ISU Championship (gold at 2013 Europeans). He is also the first Spanish skater to win a medal at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (silver at Skate Canada 2011) and to qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, where he took bronze in Dec 2011. Fernandez is the first man to represent Spain in figure skating at the Olympic Winter Games since 1956 when Dario Villalba competed. He landed three quadruple jumps (two Salchows and one toeloop) at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Dec 2012 and at the European Championships 2013. Fernandez switched coaches in spring 2011 and moved to Canada for training. Coach Brian Orser is the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medalist.
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00007684.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfJyyrqpYQo

Gracie GOLD, USA

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Zinaida Mamchenkova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnvy7kvK47Y

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2015/2016
El Choclo by Angel Villoldo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsqMcor9swc

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2015/2016
The Firebird by Igor Stravinski

Coach: Frank Carroll
Choreographer: Lori Nichol
Date of birth: 17.08.1995 (20 y.o.)
Place of birth:Newton, MA USA

Personal Best Total Score 205.53
Personal Best Score Short Program 71.26
Personal Best Score Free Skating 137.41

Gold is a bronze medalist in the team event at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Her twin sister Carly is a competitive skater at the national level. Gold started skating at age 7 after watching other girls at a skating rink birthday party. Gold and her mother Denise are taking part in the design of her costumes. Gold switched coaches in September 2013.

Elena RADIONOVA, RUS

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Zinaida Mamchenkova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6gkzIQn37I

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2015/2016
Je t’aime by Lara Fabian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gR__R4pli0

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2015/2016
Titanic (soundtrack) by James Horner
Coach:Inna Goncharenko
Choreographer:Liudmila Vlasova, Anna Bilibina
Radionova also lists Anna Bilibina as her choreographer.

Date of birth: 06.01.1999 (16 y.o)
Place of birth:Moscow.RUS

Personal Best Total Score 211.32
Personal Best Score Short Program 71.79
Personal Best Score Free Skating 139.53

Radionova’s father put her into skating when she was four in order to strengthen her legs. She is the first female skater to win two World Junior titles (in 2013 and 2014).

Evgenia MEDVEDEVA, RUS

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Zinaida Mamchenkova

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4KJlObMe48

Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2015/2016
Melodies of the White Nights (soundtrack) by Isaak Schwarz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10ROZOzAFxE

Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2015/2016
Dance For Me Wallis (from “W.E.” soundtrack) by Abel Korzeniowski
Allegro by Rene Aubry
Charms (from “W.E.” soundtrack) by Abel Korzeniowski

Coach:Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov
Choreographer:Ilia Averbukh, Daniil Gleikhengauz

Personal Best Total Score 206.76
Personal Best Score Short Program 70.92
Personal Best Score Free Skating 139.73
Date of birth: 19.11.1999 (16y.o)
Place of birth:Moscow, RUS