Isabeau Levito

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Isabeau Levito
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (2007-03-03) March 3, 2007 (age 15)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Home townMount Holly, New Jersey
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
CoachYulia Kuznetsova, Otar Japaridze, Slava Kuznetsov, Evgeni Platov, Zhanna Palagina
ChoreographerYulia Kuznetsova
Skating clubSkating Club of Southern NJ
Training locationsMount Holly
Began skating2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total208.31
2021 JGP Austria
Short program71.32
2021 JGP Austria
Free skate136.99
2021 JGP Austria

Isabeau Levito (born March 3, 2007) is an American figure skater. She is the 2022 U.S. national bronze medalist.

On the junior level, she is the 2021 JGP France II champion, the 2021 JGP Austria silver medalist, and the 2021 U.S. junior national champion.

Personal life[]

Levito was born on March 3, 2007, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and lives in Mount Holly, New Jersey.[1] Her mother, Chiara Garberi, is a clinical embryologist who immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1997. Levito is named after Michelle Pfeiffer's character, Isabeau d'Anjou, in the film Ladyhawke. She speaks English, Italian, and some Russian.[2]

Levito cites Russian skaters Evgenia Medvedeva and Alena Kostornaia as her skating inspirations and role models.[3]

Career[]

Early years[]

Levito began learning how to skate in 2010 at the age of three in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Her mother, a fan of figure skating, initially put her in learn-to-skate classes as a way to improve her balance.[4] Levito began taking private lessons with her current coach Yulia Kuznetsova, a former pair skater, at age three. She competed at her first U.S. Figure Skating Championships at the juvenile level in 2018 where she took the title, and would later go on to win the silver medal in the intermediate category in 2019, the junior silver medal in 2020, and the junior national title in 2021.

2021–22 season: Junior international debut[]

Levito made her junior international debut at the 2021 JGP France II, the second of two Junior Grand Prix event held in Courchevel, in August. She won both segments of competition to take the title ahead of South Korean skater and Canadian competitor . At her second event in October, the 2021 JGP Austria, Levito took the silver medal between Russian skaters Sofia Muravieva in first and in third. Due to her win in France, Levito qualified as the fifth seeded skater to the junior women's event at the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan under the qualification rules established for the 2021–22 season, but she withdrew from the event in November due to injury. The Final was later cancelled due to concerns related to the Omicron variant.

After recovering from an unspecified lower body injury, Levito competed at her first senior-level U.S. Championships in January. She placed fourth in the short program and narrowly advanced to second in the free skate to take the bronze medal overall, behind Mariah Bell and Karen Chen. Due to her age, she was ineligible to be named to the American Olympic team.[5]

Programs[]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–2022
[6]
2020–2021
  • Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
    performed by Doris Day
    choreo. by Yulia Kuznetsova

Competitive highlights[]

JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.

International: Junior
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Junior Worlds TBD
JGP Final WD/C
JGP Austria 2nd
JGP France 1st
International: Advanced novice
Asian Open Trophy 3rd
National
U.S. Champ. 1st V 2nd I 2nd J 1st J 3rd
Eastern Sectional 2nd V 2nd I 1st N
Northern Atlantic 1st V 2nd I 1st N
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Canceled
Levels: J = Junior, N = Novice, I = Intermediate, V = Juvenile

Detailed results[]

Senior results[]

2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 2–9, 2022 2022 U.S. Championships 4
71.00 		2
139.75 		3
210.75

Junior results[]

2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
October 7–9, 2021 2021 JGP Austria 2
71.32 		2
136.99 		2
208.31
August 25–28, 2021 2021 JGP France II 1
71.25 		1
131.10 		1
202.35
2020–21 season
January 9–20, 2021 2021 U.S. Championships 1
65.66 		1
121.82 		1
187.48

References[]

  1. ^ Dunkel, Ellen. "South Jersey figure skater is on the rise, but her Olympic dreams are on hold; Isabeau Levito, 14, was born in Philadelphia, lives in Mount Holly, and trains at the Igloo Ice Rink in Mount Laurel. She won the bronze medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Nashville.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 13, 2022. Accessed January 13, 2022.
  2. ^ Hersch, Philip (December 28, 2021). "At age 14 and just 4-foot-9, figure skater Isabeau Levito within reach of senior podium at nationals". Olympic Channel.
  3. ^ Isaac, Dave (February 2, 2020). "Meet South Jersey's phenom figure skater with high Olympic hopes". Courier-Post.
  4. ^ Stigall, Kama (September 1, 2021). "'A BALL OF FIRE'". US Figure Skating.
  5. ^ Slater, Paula (January 8, 2022). "Mariah Bell takes first National title". Golden Skate.
  6. ^ "Isabeau LEVITO: 2021/22". International Skating Union. January 7, 2022.

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