Isabella Gamez

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Isabella Gamez
File:Isabella Gamez - Philippines Pairs Figure Skater.jpg
Personal information
Alternative names Gámez
Country represented  Philippines
Former country(ies) represented  Spain
 United States
Born (1999-02-01) February 1, 1999 (age 25)
Cape Coral, Florida
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Partner Alexander Korovin
Former partner David-Alexandre Paradis
Tòn Cónsul
Griffin Schwab
Coach Marina Zoueva
Dmitri Savin
Former coach Ian Connolly
Sylvie Fullum
Bruno Marcotte
Todd Sand
Jenni Meno
John Nicks
Choreographer Ilia Tkachenko
Massimo Scali
Former choreographer John Kerr
Julie Marcotte
Phillip Mills
Christine Fowler-Binder
Former skating club Los Angeles FSC
Florida Everblades FSC
Training locations Estero, Florida
Former training locations Montreal, Canada
Aliso Viejo, California
Began skating 2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 147.07
2023 Worlds
Short program 53.29
2023 Worlds
Free skate 93.78
2023 Worlds

Isabella Gamez (born February 1, 1999) is a Filipina pair skater who competes for the Philippines with her partner Alexander Korovin. Gamez and Korovin completed their first figure skating season together in 2022–2023. Gamez and Korovin were the first pair from Southeast Asia and the Philippines to qualify and compete in the final segment of the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships.[1] They are the first international medalists for the Philippines in pairs skating,[2] and the first Philippine National Champions for pairs skating bringing attention to the sport in the tropical country.

With her former skating partner, David-Alexandre Paradis, Isabella competed in the final segment at the 2020 Four Continents Championships. They were the first figure skating pairs team to represent the Philippines in international competitions.

Competing for Spain with her former skating partner, Tòn Cónsul, she is the 2018 Spanish Junior National champion and finished 13th at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Gamez was born on February 1, 1999, to Filipino parents, Gerardo Alisangco Gamez and Maria Victoria Webb Ramirez.[3] Gamez is the grandniece of former Philippines Olympics basketball player, Senator Freddie Webb on her mother's side.[4] Her paternal grandfather is Dr. Gilberto Gamez, former Dean of University of Santo Tomas. Her family has Spanish heritage. She grew up regularly spending time in Manila, maintaining a close tie to her Philippine roots and family living there.[5]

Career

Early career

Gamez started as a singles skater before switching to pairs.[6] Gamez teamed up with Griffin Schwab in pairs from the 2015–16 season. They earned the novice silver medal in their first season at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

2017–2018 season

Gamez teamed up with Spanish skater Tòn Cónsul to represent Spain for juniors. They competed at two Junior Grand Prix events, finishing 11th in Zagreb and 13th in Gdańsk. Gamez/Cónsul then won the 2018 Spanish junior national title and the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup. They ended the season with a 13th-place finish at the 2018 World Junior Championships.[7]

Gamez/Cónsul split after he left skating at the end of the season.[8]

2019–2020 season

Gamez began representing the Philippines in a new pair with Canadian skater David-Alexandre Paradis. Gamez/Paradis competed at three Challenger Series events, becoming the first Filipino and Southeast Asian pair to compete in an International Skating Union competition.[9] They then finished seventh at Volvo Open Cup. Gamez/Paradis also earned the technical minimums for the 2020 Four Continents Championships to become the first Filipino and Southeast Asian pair to compete at an ISU Championship. They finished ninth at Four Continents. Gamez/Paradis concluded their season with an 11th-place finish at the Challenge Cup.[10]

Gamez and Paradis split due to travel restrictions and inability to train together during the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] Paradis retired from pairs skating to focus on his coaching career.[12]

2020–2021 and 2021–2022 seasons

In August 2021, the Philippine Skating Union announced that Gamez had teamed up with Russian skater Alexander Korovin to represent the Philippines.[13] Korovin and Gamez were paired by 2014 Winter Olympics Pairs Champion Maxim Trankov and Olympic, World Championship Coach Marina Zoueva. They met and began training together in early 2021. For the 2021–2022 season, Gamez and Korovin focused on their training at Hertz Arena with Coach Marina Zoueva and her team in Estero, Florida.

2022–2023 season

The Gamez/Korovin pair made their debut at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they placed ninth after two years of inactivity.[11][14] The pair shared before their international debut, Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida affecting their training venue and practice schedule a week before Finland.[5] In their second competition together, Gamez and Korovin achieved a historical milestone for the Philippines. They won the first-ever medal for Philippine pairs skating in an international competition, a silver medal at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur in Nice, France.[15] They competed at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup placing 11th, and withdrew from the Golden Spin of Zagreb due to injury. Gamez/Korovin continued the season to become the first senior pairs team to win the Philippine Figure Skating Championships, bringing awareness to the pairs discipline in the tropical country as the only competitors in December 2022. They qualified and competed at the 2023 Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs placing ninth. Following the Challenge Cup in Tilburg, Netherlands, Korovin/Gamez earned the technical minimums to become the first Southeast Asian and Philippine pairs team to qualify and compete at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan.[1] They competed in the final segment at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships ending a five-year drought for the Philippines at the World Figure Skating Championships, wherein the last Philippine skater to compete was Michael Christian Martinez in 2017.

Programs

With Korovin

Season Short program Free skating
2022–2023[16]

With Paradis

Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[9]

With Cónsul

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[7]

With Schwab

Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
[17]
2015–2016
[18]

Competitive highlights

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

With Korovin for the Philippines

International [16]
Event 22–23 23–24
Worlds 18th
Four Continents 9th TBD
CS Autumn Classic 10th
CS Finlandia 9th
CS Golden Spin WD WD
CS Warsaw Cup 11th
Cup of Nice 2nd
Challenge Cup 6th
John Nicks Challenge 6th
National [16]
Philippine Champ. 1st 1st
TBD = Assigned

With Paradis for the Philippines

File:Challenge Cup 2020-070.jpg
Gamez/Paradis at the 2020 Challenge Cup
International[10]
Event 2019–20
Four Continents 9th
CS Finlandia Trophy 9th
CS Golden Spin 14th
CS Warsaw Cup 11th
Challenge Cup 11th
Volvo Open Cup 7th

With Cónsul for Spain

File:Isabella Gamez and Ton Consul - 2018 Junior World Championships - 1.jpg
Gamez/Cónsul at the 2018 World Junior Championships
International: Junior[19]
Event 2017–18
Junior Worlds 13th
JGP Croatia 11th
JGP Poland 13th
Toruń Cup 1st
National[19]
Spanish Champ. 1st J
Levels: J = Junior

With Schwab for the United States

National[20]
Event 2015–16 2016–17
U.S. Champ. 2nd N 9th J
Pacific Coast 2nd N 4th J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Ladies' singles for the United States

National[6][21]
Event 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
South Atlantic 10th Q V 1st Q V
21st V		 9th Q I 4th Q N
16th N		 11th Q N
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice
Q = Qualifying round

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. ISU Personal best in bold.

With Korovin

2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
September 14–17, 2023 2023 CS Autumn Classic International 10

37.40

 10

85.25

 10

122.65
2022-23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 20–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 19
53.29		 18
93.78		 18
147.07
February 23–26, 2023 International Challenge Cup 6
54.74		 8
95.27		 6
150.01
February 7–12, 2023 2023 Four Continents Championships 10
39.69		 9
73.79		 9
113.48
December 7–10, 2022 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 14
39.71		 WD WD
November 17–20, 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 11
42.94		 11
84.66		 11
127.60
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 9
44.25		 9
78.15		 9
122.40

With Paradis

2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 20–23, 2020 2020 Challenge Cup 11
45.38		 11
82.74		 11
128.12
February 4–9, 2020 2020 Four Continents Championships 10
47.34		 9
80.09		 9
127.43
December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 14
47.50		 15
88.40		 14
135.90
November 14–17, 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 12
47.99		 8
97.05		 11
145.04
November 5–10, 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 7
44.37		 7
82.42		 7
126.79
October 11–13, 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 10
43.09		 9
81.61		 9
124.70

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