Francesca Rio (born 16 December 1990) is an Italian former competitive figure skater. She won ten senior international medals and four Italian national medals (three silver, one bronze). She represented Italy at five ISU Championships, reaching the free skate at the 2009 Junior Worlds in Sofia, 2009 Europeans in Helsinki, 2010 Junior Worlds in The Hague, and 2012 Europeans in Sheffield. She also competed at two Winter Universiades – 2011 (Erzurum) and 2013 (Trento). An injury having disrupted her intended final competitive season, Rio retired in November 2014.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2013–2014 Malagueña 2011–2012 Piano Fantasy Sheherazade 2010–2011 La Muerte del Angel 2009–2010 Harbinger Notre-Dame de Paris 2008–2009 Oceano 2007–2008 Tosca Violentango
Competitive highlights JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International Event 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 Europeans 15th 23rd Bavarian Open 6th Challenge Cup 5th Cup of Nice 13th 15th Crystal Skate 4th 11th 2nd DS Cup 2nd 3rd Gardena 3rd 6th Golden Spin 6th Hellmut Seibt 2nd Lombardia 6th Merano Cup 3rd 13th 5th Nebelhorn 7th 8th NRW Trophy 2nd Printemps 2nd Triglav Trophy 1st 4th 2nd Universiade 12th 10th Warsaw Cup 11th International: Junior Junior Worlds 33rd 11th 20th Austria 18th Croatia 12th Germany 21st Italy 14th U.K. 11th Challenge Cup 1st J. Fischer Pokal 2nd J. Gardena 1st J. Merano Cup 6th J. Skate Celje 1st J. National Italian Champ. 9th J. 5th J. 1st J. 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 8th 2nd J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
Detailed results
Junior level
References
External links
Francesca Rio at Tracings