Gabriella Izzo (born August 5, 2001) is an American-born pair skater who currently competes with Luc Maierhofer for Austria. Together, they are the 2026 Austrian national champions and the 2024 Ice Challenge champions.
As a singles skater, she is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy bronze medalist, 2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic bronze medalist, and the 2022 U.S. national pewter medalist. At the junior level, she is the 2019 U.S. junior national champion.
Personal life Izzo was born August 5, 2001, in Greenbrae, California. She graduated from Boston Latin School in 2019 before going on to attend Harvard University, graduating in 2025.
Career Singles skating career Early years Izzo began learning to skate when she was eight or nine years old. Her first figure skating coach was Suna Murray.
At the 2018 U.S. Junior Championships, Izzo would finish sixth. That same year, she made her international junior debut at the 2018 International Challenge Cup, where she finished fourth.
2018–19 season: U.S. junior national title Prior to the season, Izzo switched coaches and began training at the Mitchell Johansson Method Training Center in Revere, Massachusetts under coaches, Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson.
She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in autumn 2018, placing sixth at 2018 JGP Canada and ninth at 2018 JGP Slovenia. In January, she won the junior ladies title at the 2019 U.S. Championships.
In March, Izzo made her senior international debut at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy, where she won the gold medal.
2019–20 season Beginning her season on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Izzo placed eighth in 2019 JGP Croatia and ninth in 2019 JGP Latvia. In November, she won bronze at a senior international, the 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in China.
In January, making her senior national debut, she finished ninth at the 2020 U.S. Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. Following the event, she underwent surgery for a torn labrum in her left shoulder. Due to the operation and pandemic-related rink closures, she was off the ice from around mid-January to June.
2020–21 season Izzo was invited to her first senior Grand Prix competition, 2020 Skate America, but withdrew before the event. She placed ninth at the 2021 U.S. Championships. Following the season, Izzo relocated to Norwood, Massachusetts, where she began training at the Skating Club of Boston under coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva.
2021–22 season: U.S. national pewter medalist Izzo began the season in September, winning bronze at the 2021 U.S. International Classic. Given two Challenger assignments, Izzo finished thirteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup and fourth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
At the 2022 U.S. Championships, Izzo was seventh after the short program, but a fourth-place free skate elevated her to the pewter medal position overall. This placement earned her an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where she came in eighth-place.
2022–23 season Withdrawing from the 2022 CS U.S. Classic, Izzo made her season debut at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, where she finished in eighth place. She was then invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, where she came seventh.
She ended her season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2023 U.S. Championships.
In March 2023, Izzo announced her retirement from singles skating and planned to pursue pair skating.
Pair skating career 2023–24 season: Brief partnership with Ferland for Canada and retirement In August 2023, it was announced that Izzo had teamed up with Canadian pair skater, Thierry Ferland, and that they would represent Canada. However, this partnership would end up being short-lived. In November, Izzo would announce her retirement from competitive figure skating.
2024–25 season: Return to competition and debut with Maierhofer for Austria In July 2024, it was announced that Izzo had decided to come out of retirement and had teamed up with Austrian skater Luc Maierhofer, to compete for Austria. It was subsequently announced that the pair would be coached by Severin Kiefer in Salzburg while also making trips to Norwood, Massachusetts to work with Izzo's singles coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva.
The pair would make their international debut in November, winning the gold medal at the 2024 Ice Challenge. At the event, the pair would also score the required minimum technical element score points to compete at the European and World Championships. They went on to compete on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing tenth at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup and ninth at the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
In mid-December, Izzo/Maierhofer won the silver medal at the 2025 Austrian Championships behind Schaller/Mayr. They were subsequently named to the 2025 European Figure Skating Championships team, but they later had to withdraw due to illness.
The pair ended the season by making their World Championship debut, where they finished in twenty-third place.
2025–26 season: Austrian national title
Izzo/Maierhofer opened their season by competing on the 2025–26 Challenger Series, placing eighth at the 2025 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition and tenth at the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They followed this up by finishing fourth at the 2025 Swiss Open, fourth at the 2025 Ice Challenge, and winning silver at the 2025 Cup of Innsbruck.
In December, they won their first national title at the 2026 Austrian Championships. The following month, they competed at the 2026 European Championships in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, finishing in twelfth place. In March, they finished 14th at the 2026 World Championships.
Programs
Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria) Season Short program Free skating 2025–26 Padam, padam... Milord Troy Hector's Death Achilles Leads the Myrmadons Remember 2024–25 Maybe I Maybe You Phantasia The Music of the Night
Single skating (for the United States) Season Short program Free skating 2022–23 Punga Elena & Lila Orlando: Memory is the Seamstress November 2021–22 Sous le ciel de Paris La Foule With One Look 2020–21 I'm Here 2019–20 Starry, Starry Night 2018–19 Summertime La Vie en rose T'es beau, tu sais Non, je ne regrette rien 2017–18 Tu Pálida Voz Dracula Soundtrack
Competitive highlights
Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria)
Single skating (for the United States)
Detailed results
Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria)
Single skating (for the United States)
Senior level 2022–2023 season Date Event SP FS Total January 23–29, 2023 2023 U.S. Championships 15 45.73 6 120.67 11 166.40 November 11–13, 2022 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 5 62.92 7 111.18 7 174.10 October 13–16, 2022 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 10 52.01 7 101.22 8 153.23 2021–2022 season Date Event SP FS Total January 18–23, 2022 2022 Four Continents Championships 8 63.19 7 116.87 8 180.06 January 3–9, 2022 2022 U.S. Championships 7 67.51 4 120.60 4 188.11 November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 11 55.56 14 100.22 13 155.78 September 15–19, 2021 2021 U.S. Classic 3 63.93 3 118.83 3 182.76 2020–2021 season Date Event SP FS Total January 11–21, 2021 2021 U.S. Championships 7 62.32 9 109.44 8 171.76 2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS TotalJanuary 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships 6 65.94 11 108.47 9 174.41 November 2–3, 2019 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy 2 65.30 3 104.45 3 169.75
Junior level 2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS Total September 25–28, 2019 2019 JGP Croatia 9 51.61 8 98.10 8 149.71 September 4–7, 2019 2019 JGP Latvia 5 59.39 9 101.55 9 160.94
References U.S. Figure Skating bios
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