Alex FITZSIMMONS | (AUS)

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Despite only having skated competitively for 2 years, I was selected as a member of the MajesticIce Australia Junior Team, the current national champions. As a self-confessed skating nerd, I am…

Michelle COETZEE | (AUS)

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I started skating Precision almost at the same time I started Ice Skating, back in 1991, and was lucky enough to have a very successful domestic synchro career, winning more than 10 National…

Sam GOLEBY WILLIAMS | (AUS)

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I began Synchro in 1982 when it was Precision Skating and was a competitive skater from the 1980’s through to 2013 in Junior, Senior and Adult divisions. I am now a married working Mum of three. My…

Kristen LORITZ | (CAN)

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I competed in seven ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships, earning two world titles and three world silver medal finishes from 2009-2015. Since my retirement from sport, I’ve been actively…

Élodie ACHERON | (CAN)

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I’m French-Canadian (since 2015). I started skating when I was 5 years old and in 2010, I move to Montréal to skate with Les Suprêmes Senior. In 2015, I had to stop skating because of an injury. So…

Marjaana SAARTENOJA | (FIN)

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I have been a synchro-mum for 15 years, five years of that as a team leader when my daughter skated in a junior team. I can´t even remember in how many competitions I have been but it´s always as…

Polly ANDERSON | (FIN)

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Hi, my name is Polly and I’m a former member of Team Unique. I’ve skated my whole life and after I quit my own career I started coaching young synchro skaters. I study at the University of Helsinki…

Julia HAKALA | (FIN)

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Hi everyone! I am a former member of Team Unique, where I was skating six years. I started skating when I was four years old and my dream was to be a ice princess. I'm a student at Aalto University…

Julius OLLIKAINEN | (FIN)

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I discovered synchronized skating when the world championships were taken place in Helsinki in 2011. After that, thanks to my two skating sisters, I have had an opportunity to go to competitions…

Alicia TROMPETTE | (FRA)

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I’ve been skating synchro for 10 years now being a part of different teams in my club. Since 2012, I skate with Zoulous and I had the opportunity to participate in 4 World Championships. Last year, I…

Pauline PROVOST | (FRA)

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I am Pauline Provost and I skate since I’m 8 years old. At the age of 11 I joined the Mixed Age team: "Les Hermines" which I am captain today. What I like the most in this discipline is the strong…

Norma LEROY | (FRA)

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Hi everyone, i’m Norma and i’m a synchronized skater since 2006. I’m evolving in the French team Black Diam’s. Most of my teammates told me that i’m very funny and i love that !  I’m also assistant…

Taryn DAVISON | (GBR)

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I've been a synchronised skater for the past four years and therefore I feel like I've adopted many siblings, #SquadGoals has become a legitimate part of my vocabulary and I have pushed myself harder…

Roy NG | (HKG)

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I am just a recreational skater who can't even properly stop on ice! My first trip to World Championship 2016 was fantastic and I became a synchro fan since then. I enjoy travelling and taking photos…

Lilla BAKSAY | (HUN)

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I love doing synchro skating, always find new friends, from around the world. I also like boxing and drawing. I have a lot of hobbies, but those two what I really like next to skating. I like making…

Elisa PARINI | (ITA)

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Hi, I'm Elisa and I've been a single skater discontinuously for many years. In 2013, I discovered synchronized skating and I initially thought that it was really strange seeing 16 people skating…

Serena GIANVECCHIO | (ITA)

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Hello, I'm Serena and I am synchro skater in Shining Blades team. I bumped into synchronized skating the first time when i was 11 years old and I saw my cousin skating in a final gala with her team.…

Diletta THAU | (ITA)

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I am 15 years old I live in Rome and I am doing my second year at the high school. I practice ice skate since I was 5 y.o and two years ago I was practicing artistic skating, but after I have decided…

Eva CHEKANAUSKA | (LAT)

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I started synchro when I was 16 years old (I was doing single skating from of age of 7) in the very first day of team Amber. Now, 6 years later, at age of 22 I have become a coach of our team and…

Anna RZHEVKINA | (POL)

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I am originally from Russia, as a student I started travelling around the world and recently settled down in Poland. My passion for synchro skating began with a trip to Rouen (France) where I saw…

Alena MANDZHIEVA | (RUS)

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I was a skater in Team Paradise from 2006 to 2015 and I've been in love with synchro skating since my first competitive season. When I was a pupil I liked journalism. When I finished my skating…

Elvira MATVEEVA | (RUS)

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I had been skating with team Paradise since 2013. I fell in love with synchronized skating. I know how synchronized skating works inside, in the team, but know I want to open the other side of…

Anna NEGASHEVA | (RUS)

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Hi everyone! I've been skating in Team Junost' for 4 years! As a member of the team I became two times World Junior Champion and won Nationals twice. I'm also multiply winner of the international…

Céline JORAY | (SUI)

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I started synchronized skating at the age of 6 and I have never been able to stop since this moment. I had the chance to skate with Team Dancers of Switzerland during one season but my studies to get…

Tony RAIMONDO | (USA)

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I have been a voiceover artist for five years doing projects which have included promotions for community, education and sports organizations. Having two daughters that were involved in team sports,…

Sophie DAVIS | (USA)

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I have been in the sport for almost 7 years, competing in majority of levels from preliminary, pre-juv, open-juv, intermediate, and novice. I am currently in an advanced English writing class and…

Tara TAHIL | (USA)

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Hi! My name is Tara Tahil and I will be competing my 13th year of synchro with Adrian College’s Varsity Synchronized Skating Teams! At Adrian, I’m studying Sports Management with a minor in…

Heidi WEBER-HOWE | (USA)

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Hi I’m Heidi and I am a freshman at Miami University! I was a former member of Chicago Jazz for seven seasons and on the Junior team for four seasons. I have represented Team USA internationally in…