Sarina Joos

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Sarina Joos
Born (2006-06-24) 24 June 2006 (age 17)
Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country Italy (2023–)
 Switzerland (until 2022)
CoachLinda van Troyen, Sindra Kriisa
Skating clubEislaufclub Zürich Oerlikon

Sarina Joos (born 24 June 2006) is a Swiss figure skater who now represents Italy. Representing Italy, she is the 2024 Italian national champion.

Representing Switzerland, she is the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist. On the junior level, Joos is the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival bronze medalist and a two-time Swiss junior national medalist (silver in 2022, bronze in 2020).

Personal life[edit]

Joos was born on 24 June 2006 in Zürich, Switzerland.[1] She has a younger sister, Noemi, who is also a skater.

Career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Debuting at the 2019–20 Swiss Junior Championships, Joos won the bronze medal.[2]

2021–22 season[edit]

Making her first appearance on the Junior Grand Prix series, Joos placed eleventh at the 2021 JGP Poland. She then went on to win the silver medal at both the 2021 Tirnavia Ice Cup and the 2021 Merano Cup.[2]

At the 2021–22 Swiss Junior Championships, Joos won the silver medal behind Kimmy Repond. She ended the season by winning a bronze at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival in Vuokatti, Finland.[2]

2022–23 season[edit]

Competing in the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Joos placed seventh at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic and twelfth at the 2022 JGP Poland II. She made her senior international debut in September at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy, where she finished seventh. Joos went on to win the silver medal on the junior level at the 2022 Ice Challenge as well as her first medal on the senior level – silver at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup.[2]

Joos ended the season with a bronze medal on the senior level at the 2022–23 Swiss Championships behind Livia Kaiser and Kimmy Repond.[2]

Following the season, Joos made a coaching change from Gheorghe Chiper, Zoltán Kelemen, and Kelsey McNeil to Linda van Troyen and Sindra Kriisa.[3]

2023–24 season[edit]

Joos and her younger sister, Noemi, switched to compete for Italy this season, listed as competing at a national qualifying competition for Italy.[4] She made her international debut for Italy at the Tallinn Trophy in November, winning gold, before going on to win gold at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. In her first appearance at the Italian Championships she claimed the national title.[2]

Assigned to make her European Championship debut at the 2024 edition in Kaunas, Joos came sixth, including a fifth-place finish in the free skate segment. She said she was "so incredibly happy. I am glad I could show what I do in practices."[5]

Joos finished fourteenth in the short program at the 2024 World Junior Championships, but rallied in the free skate, coming fifth in the segment and rising to seventh overall. She said it was "great to be here with such a big Italian team."[6] She went on to make her senior World Championship debut, coming twentieth.[2]

Programs[edit]

Season Short program Free skating
2023–2024
[3]


2022–2023
[1]
2021–2022
[7]

Competitive highlights[edit]

For Italy[edit]

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix.

International[2]
Event 23–24
Worlds 20th
Europeans 6th
CS Golden Spin 1st
Tallinn Trophy 1st
International: Junior[2]
Junior Worlds 7th
Tallink Hotels Cup 1st
Triglav Trophy 1st
National[2]
Italian Champ. 1st

For Switzerland[edit]

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix.

International[2]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
CS Lombardia Trophy 7th
CS Warsaw Cup 2nd
International: Junior[2]
EYOF 3rd
JGP Czech Republic 7th
JGP Poland 11th 12th
Ice Challenge 1st
Merano Ice Trophy 2nd
Tirnavia Ice Cup 2nd
National[2][8]
Swiss Champ. 3rd J 2nd J 3rd
TBD = Assigned
Levels: J = Junior

Detailed results[edit]

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results for Italy[edit]

2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 10–24, 2024 2024 Triglav Trophy 1
58.75
1
116.97
1
175.72
March 18–24, 2024 2024 World Championships 19
59.39
19
107.65
20
167.04
January 10–14, 2024 2024 European Championships 9
59.82
5
121.01
6
180.83
December 22–23, 2023 2024 Italian Championships 2
65.27
2
127.52
1
192.79
December 6–9, 2023 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 1
63.59
1
115.81
1
179.40
November 21–24, 2023 2023 Tallinn Trophy 2
61.55
1
120.35
1
181.90

Senior results for Switzerland[edit]

2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 15–16, 2022 2023 Swiss Championships 2
59.52
3
109.46
3
168.98
November 17–20, 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 3
58.76
2
121.55
2
174.96
September 16–19, 2022 2022 Lombardia Trophy 11
51.31
7
109.93
7
161.24

Junior results for Italy[edit]

2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, 2024 2024 World Junior Championships 14
57.66
5
117.07
7
174.73

Junior results for Switzerland[edit]

2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 9–13, 2022 2022 Ice Challenge 3
48.00
1
105.18
1
153.18
October 5–8, 2022 2022 JGP Poland II 10
53.79
14
95.57
12
149.36
August 31–September 3, 2022 2022 JGP Czech Republic 9
54.72
7
102.63
7
157.35
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 20–25, 2022 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 5
50.25
2
103.18
3
153.43
February 5–6, 2022 2022 Merano Cup 2
45.39
2
92.56
2
137.95
January 22–23, 2022 2022 Swiss Junior Championships 2
55.88
2
94.40
2
150.28
October 28–31, 2021 2021 Tirnavia Ice Cup 2
46.40
2
86.27
2
132.67
September 28–October 2, 2021 2021 JGP Poland I 11
44.71
11
82.28
11
126.99
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 1–2, 2020 2020 Swiss Junior Championships 7
42.68
3
81.91
3
124.59

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Sarina JOOS: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Sarina JOOS: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Sarina JOOS: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. ^ "PalaTazzoli - Pista 1 - Junior Women Gruppo 2: Entries". FISG. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  5. ^ Slater, Paula (January 13, 2024). "Hendrickx finally clinches gold at Europeans". Golden Skate. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  6. ^ Slater, Paula (March 1, 2024). "Mao Shimada defends Junior World title". Golden Skate. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "Sarina JOOS: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Sarina JOOS". rinkresults.com. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

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