Sigurlaug Árnadóttir

Sigurlaug Árnadóttir (born July 16, 1984) is a retired Icelandic figure skater. She is a seven-time national champion including 1996 and 1997 novice National Champion and senior National Champion for 5 consecutive years from 1998–2002. She is the first Icelandic skater to successfully complete a 2 Axel in a competition. She was the first Icelandic competitor at an international competition [1] and also the first competitor to compete at Junior Grand Prix when she went to Trofeo Rita Trapanese in 2002.[2] Furthermore, she was the first Icelandic skater at The Nordics 2001 and The Nordics 2002.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sigurlaug Árnadóttir.
Sigurlaug Árnadóttir
Sigurlaug Árnadóttir at Nationals 2002
Personal information
Native nameSigurlaug Árnadóttir
Country represented Iceland
Born (1984-07-16) July 16, 1984
Reykjavík, Iceland
Home townReykjavík
ResidenceReykjavík
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
CoachOlga Baranova, Maria Kate O'Connor
Former coachLesley Norfolk-Pearce
Skating clubReykjavík Skating Club
Began skating1992
Retired2003

Sigurlaug was three times chosen as Skater of the Year by the Icelandic Skating Association 1998–2000.[3]

She started skating in 1992 at the age of eight at Reykjavik Skating Club where her main coaches were Olga Baranova and Maria Kate O'Connor. She competed for the first time at Icelandic Nationals in novice in 1996 and became the National Champion at the age of 11. During summers she attended skating camps in Swindon, UK with Lesley Norfolk-Pearce, Czech Republic and with Alexei Mishin in Spain.

Sigurlaug was a member of the Icelandic Synchronized Skating team Ice Cubes[4] and was a member of the first Icelandic team in synchronized Skating that went to the World Championships in 2002 and 2003[5]

She has two sisters who also skated; an older sister, Steinvör Þöll Árnadóttir, who was senior bronze medalist at 1996 National Championships and a younger sister, Ragnhildur Eik Árnadóttir who skated to novice level.

Sigurlaug enrolled into the medical department of the University of Iceland and graduated as a Medical Doctor in 2010. She then furthered her studies and graduated as a Family Physician in 2016 from Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, Holland.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2001-2002
2000-2001
  • Bustin' Surfboards
    from Kill Bill soundtrack

Competitive highlights
International
Event 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00-01 01-02
Synchronized Skating
World Synchronized Skating Championships23rd
International: Junior
ISU Junior Grand Prix 2nd Trofeo Rita Trapanese32nd
Nordics17th J.18th J.
National
Icelandic Championships1st N.1st N.1st S.1st S.1st S.1st. S.
N. = Novice level, J. = Junior level, S. = Senior level
  • Sigurlaug Árnadóttir accepts Skater of the Year award
  • Sigurlaug at 11y
  • Sigurlaug front 2nd from left with Ice Cubes at Synchro Worlds
  • National Champion 2001
gollark: Okay, this one is very broken.
gollark: Great!
gollark: The PIERB has authorised it.
gollark: Okay, do so.
gollark: Yes, I wish to visit the base.

References
  1. "Dagblaðið Vísir - DV - Vetrarsport (26.01.2000) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is.
  2. "2nd Trofeo Rita Trapanese". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  3. "Skautari ársins".
  4. "Morgunblaðið - Morgunblaðið B - Daglegt líf (13.03.1998) - Tímarit.is". timarit.is.
  5. "Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating". web.archive.org. February 26, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-26.
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