Francesca Rio

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.[1][2]

Francesca Rio
Rio in 2010
Born (1990-12-16) 16 December 1990
Como, Italy
HometownComo
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryItaly
CoachChristina Mauri, Pierre Trente
Skating clubForum SSDRL Milano
Began skating1997
RetiredNovember 2014

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2013–2014
2011–2012
[3]
2010–2011
[4]
  • Sheherazade
    by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2009–2010
[5]
2008–2009
[6]
  • Harbinger
    by Mike Oldfield
  • Oceano
    by Roberto Cacciapaglia
2007–2008
[7]
  • Violentango
    by Astor Piazzolla

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
Europeans15th23rd
Bavarian Open6th
Challenge Cup5th
Cup of Nice13th15th
Crystal Skate4th11th2nd
DS Cup2nd3rd
Gardena3rd6th
Golden Spin6th
Hellmut Seibt2nd
Lombardia6th
Merano Cup3rd13th5th
Nebelhorn7th8th
NRW Trophy2nd
Printemps2nd
Triglav Trophy1st4th2nd
Universiade12th10th
Warsaw Cup11th
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds33rd11th20th
JGP Austria18th
JGP Croatia12th
JGP Germany21st
JGP Italy14th
JGP U.K.11th
Challenge Cup1st J.
Fischer Pokal2nd J.
Gardena1st J.
Merano Cup6th J.
Skate Celje1st J.
National[8]
Italian Champ.9th J.5th J.1st J.3rd2nd4th2nd8th2nd
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results
Results in the 2013-–14 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 19–22, 2012 2013 Lombardia Trophy 4 46.56 8 72.36 6 118.92
Oct 24–27, 2013 2013 Crystal Skate of Romania 3 47.16 4 86.53 2 133.69
Nov 15–17, 2013 2013 Merano Cup 8 41.28 3 79.49 5 120.77
Nov 29–Dec 1, 2013 2013 Denkova-Staviski Cup 1 52.51 3 92.48 3 144.99
Dec 9–15, 2013 2013 Universiade 9 43.40 9 84.92 8 128.32
Dec 19–22, 2013 2013 Italian Championships 2 53.18 3 97.47 2 146.65
Feb 26–Mar 1, 2014 2014 Hellmut Seibt Memorial 6 47.58 3 86.28 2 133.86
Apr 2–6, 2014 2014 Triglav Trophy 2 50.43 3 88.93 2 139.36
Results in the 2012-–13 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 5–7, 2012 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial 13 37.72 11 69.98 11 107.70
Oct 30–Nov 4, 2012 2012 Crystal Skate of Romania 10 34.13 11 66.07 11 100.20
Nov 15–18, 2012 2012 Warsaw Cup 10 40.01 13 67.25 11 107.26
Nov 29–Dec 1, 2013 2013 Denkova-Staviski Cup 1 52.51 3 92.48 3 144.99
Dec 19–22, 2012 2013 Italian Championships 5 50.42 8 74.46 8 124.88
Feb 6–11, 2013 2013 Bavarian Open 4 50.29 11 81.78 6 132.07
Feb 21–24, 2013 2013 Challenge Cup 4 52.89 8 83.20 5 136.09
Mar 27–31, 2013 2013 Triglav Trophy 4 43.24 4 80.72 4 123.96
Apr 2–3, 2013 2013 Gardena Spring Trophy 4 49.36 7 82.69 6 132.05
Results in the 2011-–12 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 22–24, 2011 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy 12 39.72 6 80.77 8 120.49
Oct 26–30, 2011 2011 Cup of Nice 6 46.04 16 68.19 15 114.23
Nov 11–13, 2011 2011 Crystal Skate of Romania 2 46.17 6 79.72 4 125.89
Nov 29–Dec 4, 2011 2011 NRW Trophy 6 51.24 9 88.85 7 140.09
Dec 19–22, 2011 2012 Italian Championships 3 48.08 2 83.82 2 131.36
Jan 23–29, 2012 2012 European Championships 22 40.02 23 68.64 23 108.66
Mar 16–18, 2012 2012 Coupe du Printemps 2 47.34 2 87.81 2 135.15
Apr 4–8, 2012 2012 Triglav Trophy 4 47.79 16 65.20 15 112.99
Apr 13–15, 2012 2012 Gardena Spring Trophy 3 44.26 3 77.50 3 121.76
Results in the 2010-–11 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 22–25, 2010 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy 5 44.23 7 76.84 7 121.07
Oct 13–17, 2010 2010 Cup of Nice 9 45.18 13 75.27 13 120.45
Nov 20–21, 2010 2010 Merano Cup 19 34.29 13 69.74 13 104.03
Jan 30–Feb 5, 2011 2011 Universiade 15 34.94 11 75.97 12 115.91
Mar 7–10, 2011 2012 Gardena Spring Trophy 11 37.07 11 61.59 11 98.66
Results in the 2008-–09 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 7–10, 2008 2008 Merano Cup 3 39.30 3 71.93 3 111.23
Nov 13–16, 2008 2008 Golden Spin of Zagreb 6 43.76 4 83.52 6 127.28
Dec 4–7, 2008 2008 NRW Trophy 5 48.26 2 88.98 2 119.61
Jan 20–25, 2009 2009 European Championships 17 42.24 15 77.37 15 119.61

Junior level
Results in the 2009-–10 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 30–Oct 4, 2009 2009 JGP Germany 14 36.52 23 57.16 21 93.68
Dec 19–21, 2009 2010 Italian Senior Championships 4 42.66 3 81.27 4 123.93
Mar 9–13, 2010 2010 World Junior Championships 16 44.64 20 62.48 20 107.12
Results in the 2008-–09 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 3–7, 2008 2008 JGP Italy 18 36.34 11 65.55 14 101.89
Oct 15–18, 2008 2008 JGP United Kingdom 15 38.24 7 73.52 11 111.76
Dec 18–21, 2008 2009 Italian Senior Championships 3 52.40 2 97.34 2 149.74
Feb 22–Mar 1, 2009 2009 World Junior Championships 7 48.24 12 74.46 11 122.70
Results in the 2007-–08 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 13–16, 2007 2007 JGP Austria 17 36.29 18 61.99 18 98.28
Sep 27–30, 2007 2008 JGP Croatia 19 30.30 10 67.60 12 97.90
Dec 19–21, 2007 2008 Italian Senior Championships 3 47.43 3 75.24 3 122.67
Feb 25–Mar 2, 2008 2008 World Junior Championships 32 34.45 — — 32 34.45

References
  1. "Francesca Rio annuncia il ritiro" [Francesca Rio announces her retirement] (in Italian). artonice.it. 12 November 2014.
  2. "Figure Skating, la vicecampionessa senior Francesca Rio si ritira" [Figure skating senior vice-champion Francesca Rio retires]. Sportmediaset.mediaset.it (in Italian). 13 November 2014.
  3. "Francesca RIO: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012.
  4. "Francesca RIO: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011.
  5. "Francesca RIO: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010.
  6. "Francesca RIO: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009.
  7. "Francesca RIO: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
  8. "Competition Results: Francesca RIO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014.

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