Adrià Díaz
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![]() Díaz and Hurtado at the 2011 Europeans
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Alternative names | Adrian Díaz | ||||||||||||
Country represented | Spain | ||||||||||||
Born | Barcelona, Spain |
17 September 1990 ||||||||||||
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Partner | Olivia Smart | ||||||||||||
Former partner | Sara Hurtado | ||||||||||||
Coach | Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer | ||||||||||||
Former coach | John Dunn | ||||||||||||
Choreographer | David Wilson, Marie-France Dubreuil | ||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Antonio Najarro, Ginette Counoyer, Patrice Lauzon, Pasquale Camerlengo, Romain Haguenauer, John Dunn | ||||||||||||
Skating club | SAD Majadahonda CP Gadbois Montreal |
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Training locations | Montreal | ||||||||||||
Former training locations | Madrid, London | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 1995 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total | 155.81 2015 Europeans |
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Short dance | 62.59 2015 Europeans |
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Free dance | 93.22 2015 Europeans |
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Medal record
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Adrià Díaz (born 17 September 1990) is a Spanish ice dancer who skates with Olivia Smart. With former partner Sara Hurtado, he is a four-time Spanish national champion and has won four senior international medals. Hurtado and Diaz were the first dance team to represent Spain in ISU competition[1] and the first to qualify for the Olympics.
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Personal life
Adrià Díaz was born September 17, 1990 in Barcelona.[2] He studied sports science at university.[3] Although he competes as Adrià Díaz, he prefers to be called Adrian or Adri.[4]
Career
Partnership with Hurtado
Adrià Díaz started skating in 1995.[5] After skating in singles, he decided to switch to ice dance and approached Sara Hurtado to propose a partnership.[3] The Spanish skating federation hired coach John Dunn to develop an ice dancing program in Madrid in early 2008.[6][7]
Hurtado/Díaz began competing in the 2008–09 season. Their first major international event was the 2009 World Junior Championships where they finished 32nd. The next season, they competed in two events on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and finished 16th at Junior Worlds.
During the 2010–2011 season, Hurtado/Díaz competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, while also taking part in several senior internationals. They finished 15th at the 2011 European Championships, won a bronze medal at the Bavarian Open, and finished fourth at the Winter Universiade. They moved up to ninth at Junior Worlds. They went on to their first senior Worlds, where they qualified for the short dance out of the preliminary round but were unable to reach the free dance portion of the event.
Hurtado/Díaz moved to London, England in mid-2011 after Dunn accepted a coaching job in his native country.[8][9] In December 2011, they ended their relationship with Dunn and later relocated to Montreal, Canada to train under Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon.[10][11][12]
At the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, Hurtado/Díaz became the first ice dancers to qualify an Olympic entry for Spain.[13] In January 2014, they competed at the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships and finished 10th, allowing Spain to send two ice dancing teams to the next Europeans.[14] One month later, Hurtado/Díaz competed at the Winter Olympics, where they set personal best scores in both segments and finished in 13th place.[2]
Hurtado/Díaz had their best results yet in the 2014-15 season, finishing 5th at the 2015 Europeans with a new personal best score and 14th at Worlds.
For the 2015-16 Grand Prix season, they were assigned to the Trophée Eric Bompard and the Rostelecom Cup. However, on October 16, 2015, Hurtado announced on her personal Facebook page that she had decided to end her partnership with Díaz.[15][16]
Partnership with Smart
On December 13, 2015, it was announced that Díaz had paired up with British ice dancer, Olivia Smart, with whom he would continue to skate for Spain with. It was also stated that Díaz would remain training in Montreal with his new partner.[17] On January 15, 2016, Smart announced that the Skating Association of Great Britain had released her.[18]
Programs
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(with Hurtado)
Season | Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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2015–2016 [19][20] |
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2014–2015 [21] |
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2013–2014 [1][22][23] |
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2012–2013 [24][12] |
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2011–2012 [5][23] |
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2010–2011 [25][23] |
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2009–2010 [26][23] |
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2008–2009 [27][23] |
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Competitive highlights
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International[28] | ||||||||
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Event | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015-16 |
Olympics | 13th | |||||||
Worlds | 23rd | 19th | 19th | 16th | 14th | |||
Europeans | 15th | 16th | 15th | 10th | 5th | |||
GP Bompard | 8th | 4th | ||||||
GP Skate Canada | 8th | |||||||
CS Finlandia | WD | |||||||
Bavarian Open | 3rd | |||||||
Cup of Nice | 3rd | 2nd | ||||||
Golden Spin | 11th | 8th | 5th | 3rd | ||||
Nebelhorn | 7th | 9th | 8th | |||||
NRW Trophy | 6th J. | 8th J. | 6th | |||||
MNNT Cup | 2nd | |||||||
Universiade | 4th | 8th | 2nd | |||||
International: Junior[28] | ||||||||
Junior Worlds | 32nd | 16th | 9th | |||||
JGP Germany | 5th | |||||||
JGP Turkey | 6th | |||||||
JGP U.K. | 10th | |||||||
JGP U.S. | 10th | |||||||
National[28] | ||||||||
Spanish Champ. | 1st | 1st J. | 1st J. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
GP = Grand Prix; Challenger Series; JGP = Junior Grand Prix J. = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew |
See also
References
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