William Badaoui
| William Badaoui | |
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 Badaoui with Friend in 2019 | |
| Born | 27 July 1998 Sydney |
| Hometown | Sydney |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Australia |
| Coach | Monica MacDonald John Dunn |
| Skating club | Macquarie ISC |
| Began skating | 2004 |
| Retired | August 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.
Skating career
[edit]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
[edit]- with Friend
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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| 2019–2020 [2] |
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| 2018–2019 [3] |
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| 2017–2018 [4] |
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| 2016–2017 [5] |
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| 2015–2016 [6] |
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| 2014–2015 [7] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
Ice dance with Friend
[edit]| International | ||||||
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| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 |
| Four Continents | 16th | 15th | 14th | 12th | 15th | |
| CS Alpen Trophy | 12th | |||||
| CS Asian Open | 10th | |||||
| CS Autumn Classic | 6th | |||||
| Asian Games | 6th | |||||
| Lake Placid IDI | 14th | |||||
| Open d'Andorra | 8th | 8th | ||||
| Warsaw Cup | 6th | |||||
| Winter Universiade | 12th | |||||
| International: Junior | ||||||
| Junior Worlds | 30th | 25th | ||||
| JGP Austria | 10th | |||||
| JGP Canada | 9th | |||||
| JGP Croatia | 15th | 17th | ||||
| JGP Japan | 12th | 10th | ||||
| JGP U.S. | 13th | |||||
| Lake Placid IDI | 9th | |||||
| Toruń Cup | 9th | |||||
| National[8] | ||||||
| Australia | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| Australia, Junior | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
| J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
- ^ "Competition Results: Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021.