Donovan Carrillo

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carrillo and the second or maternal family name is Suazo.
Donovan Carrillo
2017 WJC - Donovan Carrillo - 03.jpg
Carrillo at the 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Personal information
Full nameDonovan Daniel Carrillo Suazo
Country represented Mexico
Born (1999-11-17) 17 November 1999 (age 22)
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Home townLeón, Guanajuato, Mexico
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
CoachGregorio Núñez
ChoreographerGregorio Núñez
Skating clubIce Sport Center León
Training locationsLeón, Guanajuato
Began skating2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total218.13
2022 Winter Olympics
Short program79.69
2022 Winter Olympics
Free skate138.44
2022 Winter Olympics

Donovan Daniel Carrillo Suazo[1] (born 17 November 1999) is a Mexican figure skater. He is the 2019 Philadelphia International silver medalist and a four-time Mexican national champion. He has competed in the final segment at six ISU Championships – two World Championships (2018, 2021), three Four Continents (2018–2020), and the 2018 World Junior Championships. He has earned the highest placement by any Mexican skater at a World Championships and qualified to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Personal life[]

Carrillo was born on 17 November 1999 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.[2] Before taking up skating, he was enrolled in gymnastics and diving.[3][4] His parents are physical education teachers.[5] He has three sisters: Daphne, Daniela and Sonny.[6]

Skating career[]

Early years[]

Carrillo began learning to skate in Guadalajara when he was eight years old.[7] In 2013, he moved to León to keep training with his Coach Gregorio Nuñez.[8]

His junior international debut came in September 2013, at a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Mexico City, where he placed 15th overall.

2014–2015 season[]

Carrillo received two JGP assignments. In September, he placed twenty-first at the 2014 Czech Skate after placing twenty-first in both segments. In October, he placed twenty-second at the 2014 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter. Later in the season, he won the junior men's title at the Mexican Championships.

2015–2016 season[]

In 2015, Carrillo placed eighth at the 2015 Santa Claus Cup in Budapest in the junior men's competition.

2016–2017 season[]

Returning to the JGP series, Carrillo placed thirteenth in September in Yokohama, Japan.[9] In October, he finished ninth at a JGP competition in Dresden, Germany.

In March, he placed twenty-seventh in the short program at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan and did not advance to the free skate.

2017–2018 season[]

Making his senior international debut, Carrillo placed ninth at the Philadelphia Summer International in early August 2017. Later that month, he achieved his career-best JGP result, finishing seventh in Brisbane, Australia. In September, he competed at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics. He ranked nineteenth in the short program, twelfth in the free skate, and fourteenth overall, which was not enough for an Olympic spot.[10]

In January, Carrillo qualified to the final segment at the 2018 Four Continents Championships in Taipei; he ranked twenty-second in the short program, seventeenth in the free skate, and eighteenth overall. In March, Carrillo qualified for the final segment at Junior Worlds, placing eighteenth in the short program and twenty-second in the free skate to finish twenty-first overall. Two weeks later at the World Championships, Donovan placed twenty-fourth in the short program and qualified for the free. He placed twenty-first in the free program and finished twenty-second overall.

He trains mainly in León, Guanajuato, coached by Gregorio Núñez.[11][12]

2018–2019 season[]

Carrillo started the season at 2018 JGP Bratislava, where he placed eleventh in both segments and placed eleventh overall. He was offered a second Junior Grand Prix assignment in Linz, Austria, but had to decline due to being unable to afford to attend the competition.[13] He was assigned to the 2018 CS Autumn Classic International but withdrew before the event. He had sustained a right ankle injury.[14] At the 2019 Four Continents Championships in January, he placed fourteenth in the short program (and thus qualified for the final segment), placed twentieth in the free program, and seventeenth overall. At Four Continents, Carrillo landed a triple Axel for the first time.[15]

In February 2019, the Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte announced that Carrillo would be granted funding beginning in March.[16] Carrillo aggravated his ankle injury before the 2019 World Championships, and did not make the free skate.[15]

2019–2020 season[]

Carrillo won his first international medal, a silver, at the 2019 Philadelphia Summer International. Assigned to two Challenger events, he placed tenth at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International and seventeenth at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Competing at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, Carrillo placed fifteenth with new personal bests, but came up 0.20 points short of the free skate technical score necessary to qualify to compete at the 2020 World Championships.[17]

Due to the pandemic, Carrillo was unable to train on ice for four months but the delivery of a harness and spinners allowed him to continue practicing jumps at his coach's house.[18]

2020–2021 season[]

At the International Challenge Cup, held in late February in the Netherlands, Carrillo earned the necessary technical minimum to compete at the 2021 World Championships, which took place in Stockholm in March. In Sweden, he qualified to his second Worlds free skate, by placing twenty-third in the short program. Ranked nineteenth in the final segment, he would finish twentieth overall. With his placement, he qualified a men's singles quota spot for Mexico at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[19]

2021–2022 season[]

Carrillo started the season at the Skating Club of Boston's Cranberry Cup, where he finished in ninth place.[20] Competing at the Festival Abierto Mexicano, Carrillo won the gold medal and became the first Mexican skater ever to land a quadruple jump, the quadruple Salchow, in a competition.[21] At the 2021 U.S. Classic Carrillo finished in fifth place with new personal bests. At the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy he became the first Mexican to land a quadruple Salchow in combination in an international competition.[22][23] Scoring a new personal best in his free skate, Carrillo finished in fifteenth.[20]

After winning his fourth national title at the Mexican championships, Carrillo was named to the Mexican Olympic team, and opted to withdraw from the 2022 Four Continents Championships to minimize the risk of catching COVID-19 in the interim.[24] Shortly afterward he was named one of Mexico's flagbearers for the opening ceremonies, alongside alpine skier Sarah Schleper.[25] Carrillo scored a new personal best of 79.69 in the short program of the Olympic men's event, placing nineteenth and becoming the first Mexican skater to qualify for the free skate segment at the Olympic Games. He called it "a dream come true."[26] Placing twenty-second in the free skate, he finished twenty-second overall.[27]

Programs[]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–2022
[28]
2020–2021
[29]
2019–2020
[30]
2018–2019
[2]
  • Jazz Machine
    by Black Machine
  • Picante
    by Vanessa Mae
2017–2018
[31]
2016–2017
[32]
  • Mambo Mix
    by Perez Prado
    choreo. by Gregorio Núñez
  • Hasta Que Te Conocí
    by Juan Gabriel
    performed by Raul di Blasio
    choreo. by Gregorio Núñez
2015–2016
[33]
  • Mexican Danzones Mix
    choreo. by Gregorio Núñez
  • Mambo Mix
    by Perez Prado
    choreo. by Gregorio Núñez
2014–2015
[34]
  • Mexican Danzones Mix
    choreo. by Gregorio Núñez

Competitive highlights[]

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[20]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics 22nd
Worlds 22nd 33rd 20th TBD
Four Continents 18th 17th 15th WD
CS Autumn Classic WD 10th WD
CS Cup of Tyrol C
CS Finlandia 15th
CS Golden Spin 17th WD
CS Nebelhorn 14th
Challenge Cup 10th 9th
Cranberry Cup 9th
Philadelphia 9th 2nd
Toruń Cup WD
U.S. Classic 5th
International Junior[20]
Junior Worlds 27th 21st
JGP Australia 7th
JGP Czech Republic 21st
JGP Germany 22nd 9th
JGP Japan 13th
JGP Mexico 15th
JGP Slovakia 11th
Santa Claus Cup 8th
National[20]
Mexican Champ. 1st J 1st 1st 1st 1st
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results[]

Historic ISU personal best scores highlighted in bold and italic. Current ISU personal best scores highlighted in bold.

Senior[]

2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 8–10, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics 19
79.69 		22
138.44 		22
218.13
October 7–10, 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 21
61.06 		14
131.48 		15
192.54
September 14–17, 2021 2021 U.S. International Classic 4
77.48 		7
130.93 		5
208.41
August 11–15, 2021 2021 Cranberry Cup 8
63.70 		10
106.38 		9
170.08
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 23
73.91 		19
130.87 		20
204.78
February 26–28, 2021 2021 Challenge Cup 11
61.45 		8
129.15 		9
190.60
2019–20 season
February 20–23, 2020 2020 Challenge Cup 7
68.93 		11
117.63 		10
186.56
February 4 – 9, 2020 2020 Four Continents Championships 13
73.13 		16
127.96 		15
201.09
December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 17
66.59 		18
117.28 		17
183.87
September 12–14, 2019 2019 CS Autumn Classic International 8
65.94 		10
109.05 		10
174.99
July 31 – August 3, 2019 2019 Philadelphia Summer International 2
69.08 		4
127.71 		2
196.79
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
18–24 March 2019 2019 World Championships 33
54.99 		- 33
54.99
7–10 February 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships 14
71.16 		20
103.54 		17
174.70
2017–18 season
19–25 March 2018 2018 World Championships 24
68.13 		21
132.63 		22
200.76
22–28 January 2018 2018 Four Continents Championships 22
59.07 		17
126.84 		18
185.91
27–30 September 2017 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 19
55.83 		12
121.83 		14
177.66
3–6 August 2017 2017 Philadelphia Summer International 7
65.12 		9
119.13 		9
184.45

Junior[]

2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
22–25 August 2018 2018 JGP Bratislava 11
58.09 		11
107.60 		11
165.69
2017–18 season
5–11 March 2018 2018 Junior World Championships 19
61.37 		22
107.31 		21
168.68
23–26 August 2017 2017 JGP Brisbane 9
51.61 		5
121.80 		7
173.41
2016–17 season
13–19 March 2017 2017 Junior World Championships 27
53.92 		DNQ 27
53.92
5–8 October 2016 2016 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 11
54.78 		10
114.37 		9
169.15
8–11 September 2016 2016 JGP Yokohama 12
53.64 		12
102.04 		13
155.68
2015–16 season
28 Nov.–4 Dec. 2015 2015 Santa Claus Cup 5
46.51 		9
75.95 		8
122.46
2014–15 season
1–4 October 2014 2014 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 22
38.38 		22
70.79 		22
109.17
3–6 September 2014 2014 Czech Skate 21
34.39 		21
58.62 		21
93.01
2013–14 season
4–7 September 2013 2013 JGP Mexico 15
31.52 		17
53.65 		15
85.17

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