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
Personal information
Country represented	Italy
Born	(1990-12-16) 16 December 1990 Como, Italy
Home town	Como
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Coach	Christina Mauri, Pierre Trente
Choreographer	Raffaella Cazzaniga, Corrado Giordani
Skating club	Forum SSDRL Milano
Training locations	Milan
Began skating	1997
Retired	2014
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	144.99 2013 Denkova-Staviski Cup
Short program	52.89 2013 International Challenge Cup
Free skate	92.48 2013 Denkova-Staviski Cup

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2011–2012 [3]	Piano Fantasy by William Joseph	Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2010–2011 [4]	La Muerte del Angel by Astor Piazzolla	Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2009–2010 [5]	Harbinger by Mike Oldfield	Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante
2008–2009 [6]	Harbinger by Mike Oldfield	Oceano by Roberto Cacciapaglia
2007–2008 [7]	Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed by Maxim Mrvica	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
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[8]
Junior Worlds				33rd	11th	20th
JGP Austria				18th
JGP Croatia				12th
JGP Germany						21st
JGP Italy					14th
JGP U.K.					11th
Challenge Cup			1st J.
Fischer Pokal			2nd J.
Gardena			1st J.
Merano Cup			6th J.
Skate Celje			1st J.
National[8]
Italian Champ.	9th J.	5th J.	1st J.	3rd	2nd	4th		2nd	8th	2nd
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

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.

External links

Media related to Francesca Rio at Wikimedia Commons

• Francesca Rio at the International Skating Union
• Francesca Rio at Tracings.net