Sonia Lafuente
Sonia Lafuente | |
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Full name | Sonia Lafuente Martínez |
Born | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands | 7 December 1991
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Spain |
Coach | Ghisland Briand, Tracy Wilson |
Skating club | Sad Majadahonda |
Began skating | 1995 |
Retired | 2017? |
Sonia Lafuente Martínez (born 7 December 1991) is a Spanish former figure skater. She is a six-time Spanish national champion. Lafuente became the first Spanish skater to medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit when she won silver at the 2006 Mexico Cup.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Lafuente was born on 7 December 1991 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands.[2] She is a university student, studying sports. She intends to spread her studies over several years in order to accommodate her career.[3]
Career
[edit]Lafuente began skating at age four, after her parents took her and her sister to a newly opened rink in Madrid. Carolina Sanz and Ivan Saez were her coaches for much of her career.[3] In the 2003–04 season, Lafuente made her international debut as a novice, and finished with the bronze medal at the Merano Cup, an event she would win one year later. She began competing in junior internationals in 2005–06.
In the 2006–07 season, Lafuente became the first Spanish skater to win a Junior Grand Prix medal. She trained mainly in Majadahonda.[4]
In 2008, Lafuente made her debut at the European Championships. She was 30th at her first Senior Worlds. The next season, she finished 23rd at Europeans and 26th at Worlds, which did not qualify her for the 2010 Winter Olympics. However, she was able to qualify for the Olympics with an 8th-place finish at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, and finished 22nd in Vancouver. The next season, she received her first Grand Prix assignments, and finished 10th and 7th, respectively, at the 2010 Skate Canada International and the 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard. She was 12th at the European Championships but did not qualify for the free skate at Worlds.
Lafuente was 9th at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy, 7th at the 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard, 5th at the 2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb, and 15th at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield.
Lafuente finished 7th at the 2013 European Championships and earned the minimum score to compete at the 2013 World Championships where she was 22nd.
The 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy was the last opportunity to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Lafuente was unable to win one of the six available ladies' berths, finishing 26th. In October 2013, she decided to move to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to train in Brian Orser's group.[5][6] In 2014, she began working with Ghisland Briand and Tracy Wilson as her coaches.[7]
After finishing 33rd at the 2016 European Championships, Lafuente decided to leave competition for a year.
In 2018, Lafuente was the sole performer in the music video for the song Pausa, from the album Autoterapia, by the Spanish band Izal.[8]
Programs
[edit]Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2015–2016 [2] |
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2014–2015 [7] |
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2013–2014 [9] |
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2012–2013 [10] |
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2011–2012 [1][11][12] |
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2010–2011 [13] |
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2009–2010 [14] |
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2008–2009 [15] |
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2007–2008 [16] |
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2006–2007 [17] |
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2005–2006 [18] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
2005–present
[edit]International[19] | ||||||||||||
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Event | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 |
Olympics | 22nd | |||||||||||
Worlds | 30th | 26th | 20th | 25th | 15th | 22nd | 32nd | 37th | ||||
Europeans | 20th | 23rd | 17th | 12th | 15th | 7th | 28th | 18th | 33rd | |||
GP Bompard | 7th | 7th | ||||||||||
GP Skate Canada | 10th | |||||||||||
CS Autumn Classic | 7th | |||||||||||
CS Golden Spin | 10th | 12th | 16th | |||||||||
Golden Spin | 1st | 5th | ||||||||||
Autumn Classic | 9th | |||||||||||
Challenge Cup | 4th | 17th | ||||||||||
Cup of Nice | 5th | WD | ||||||||||
Cup of Tyrol | 7th | |||||||||||
Dragon Trophy | 1st | |||||||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 7th | |||||||||||
Open d'Andorra | 1st | 5th | ||||||||||
Merano Cup | 6th | |||||||||||
Nebelhorn Trophy | 8th | 9th | 26th | |||||||||
NRW Trophy | 5th | 10th | ||||||||||
Seibt Memorial | 9th | |||||||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 5th | |||||||||||
Universiade | 2nd | 15th | 8th | |||||||||
International: Junior[19] | ||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 30th | 14th | 12th | 20th | ||||||||
JGP Andorra | 12th | |||||||||||
JGP Austria | 20th | |||||||||||
JGP France | 5th | |||||||||||
JGP Mexico | 2nd | |||||||||||
JGP Poland | 23rd | |||||||||||
JGP South Africa | 6th | |||||||||||
JGP Spain | 9th | |||||||||||
JGP Turkey | 13th | |||||||||||
JGP U.K. | 3rd | |||||||||||
EYOF | 1st | |||||||||||
Cup of Nice | 4th J | |||||||||||
Merano Cup | 1st J | |||||||||||
National[19] | ||||||||||||
Spanish Champ. | 1st | 1st J | 1st J | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | ||
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew |
Novice career
[edit]International | |||
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Event | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 |
Merano Cup | 3rd N | 1st N | |
Copenhagen Trophy | 6th N | ||
National | |||
Spanish Champ. | 1st N | 1st N | |
N = Novice level |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Jangbro, Eva Maria; Halonen, Lena (15 November 2011). "Sonia Lafuente: "It would be a pleasure to try to make the sport bigger in Spain."". Absolute Skating.
- ^ "ENTREVISTA A SONIA LAFUENTE" [Interview with Sonia Lafuente]. Hielo Español (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2013.
- ^ "Sonia Lafuente abandona España para trabajar con el entrenador de Javier Fernández" [Sonia Lafuente leaves Spain to train with Javier Fernandez' coach]. EFE (in Spanish). 20minutos.es. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
- ^ "Sonia Lafuente entrenará con Brian Orser" [Sonia Lafuente will train with Brian Orser]. Hielo Español (in Spanish). 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Pausa (Izal)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "SONIA LAFUENTE CAMBIA SU PROGRAMA LARGO" [Sonia Lafuente changes her long program]. Hielo Español (in Spanish). 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
- ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2007.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c "Competition Results: Sonia LAFUENTE". International Skating Union.
External links
[edit]Media related to Sonia Lafuente at Wikimedia Commons
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Las Palmas
- Spanish female single skaters
- Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic figure skaters for Spain
- Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Spain
- Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
- 21st-century Spanish women