Donovan Carrillo

Donovan Daniel Carrillo Suazo[1] (born 17 November 1999) is a Mexican figure skater. He has competed in the final segment at four ISU Championships – 2018 Four Continents, 2018 Junior Worlds, 2018 Worlds and 2019 Four Continents. His 22nd-place finish and total score of 200.76 are the highest placement at a World Championship and highest total score, respectively, ever achieved by a Mexican figure skater.

Donovan Carrillo
Carrillo at the 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Personal information
Full nameDonovan Daniel Carrillo Suazo
Country represented Mexico
Born (1999-11-17) 17 November 1999
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
CoachGregorio Núñez
ChoreographerGregorio Núñez
Skating clubIce Sport Center León
Training locationsLeón, Guanajuato
Began skating2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total201.09
2020 Four Continents Championships
Short program73.13
2020 Four Continents Championships
Free skate127.96
2020 Four Continents Championships

Personal life

Carrillo was born on 17 November 1999 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.[2] Before taking up skating, he was enrolled in gymnastics and diving.[3][4] He has a sister, Daphne.[5]

Skating career

Early years

Carrillo began learning to skate in Guadalajara when he was eight years old.[6] Then in 2013 he move to León to keep training with his Coach Gregorio Nuñez.[7]

His junior international debut came in September 2013, at a Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Mexico City, where he placed 15th overall.

2014–2015 season

Carrillo received two JGP assignments. In September, he placed twenty-first at the 2014 Czech Skate after placing twenty-first in both segments. In October, he placed twenty-second at the 2014 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter. Later in the season, he won the junior men's title at the Mexican Championships.

2015–2016 season

In 2015, Carrillo placed eighth at the 2015 Santa Claus Cup in Budapest in the junior men's competition.

2016–2017 season

Returning to the JGP series, Carrillo placed thirteenth in September in Yokohama, Japan.[8] In October, he finished ninth at a JGP competition in Dresden, Germany.

In March, he placed twenty-seventh in the short program at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan and did not advance to the free skate.

2017–2018 season

Making his senior international debut, Carrillo placed ninth at the Philadelphia Summer International in early August 2017. Later that month, he achieved his career-best JGP result, finishing seventh in Brisbane, Australia. In September, he competed at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics. He ranked nineteenth in the short program, twelfth in the free skate, and fourteenth overall, which was not enough for an Olympic spot.[9]

In January, Carrillo qualified to the final segment at the 2018 Four Continents Championships in Taipei; he ranked twenty-second in the short program, seventeenth in the free skate, and eighteenth overall. In March, Carrillo qualified for the final segment at Junior Worlds, placing eighteenth in the short program and twenty-second in the free skate to finish twenty-first overall. Two weeks later at the World Championships, Donovan placed twenty-fourth in the short program and qualified for the free. He placed twenty-first in the free program and finished twenty-second overall.

He trains mainly in León, Guanajuato, coached by Gregorio Núñez.[10][11]

2018–2019 season

Carrillo started the season at 2018 JGP Bratislava, where he placed eleventh in both segments and placed eleventh overall. He was offered a second Junior Grand Prix assignment in Linz, Austria, but had to decline due to being unable to afford to attend the competition.[12] He was assigned to the 2018 CS Autumn Classic International but withdrew before the event. He had sustained a right ankle injury.[13] At the 2019 Four Continents Championships in January, he placed fourteenth in the short program (and thus qualified for the final segment), placed twentieth in the free program, and seventeenth overall. At Four Continents, Carrillo landed a triple Axel for the first time.[14]

In February 2019, the Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte announced that Carrillo would be granted funding beginning in March.[15] Carrillo aggravated his ankle injury before the 2019 World Championships, and did not make the free skate.[14]

2019–2020 season

Carrillo won his first international medal, a silver, at the 2019 Philadelphia Summer International. Assigned to two Challenger events, he placed tenth at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International and seventeenth at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Competing at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, Carrillo placed fifteenth with new personal bests, but came 0.20 points short of the free skate technical score necessary to qualify to compete at the 2020 World Championships.[16]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[17]
2018–2019
[2]
  • Jazz Machine
    by Black Machine
  • Picante
    by Vanessa Mae
2017–2018
[18]
2016–2017
[19]
  • Mambo Mix
    by Perez Prado
    choreo. by Gregorio Núñez
  • Hasta Que Te Conocí
    by Juan Gabriel
    performed by Raul di Blasio
    choreo. by Gregorio Núñez
2015–2016
[20]
  • Mexican Danzones Mix
    choreo. by Gregorio Núñez
  • Mambo Mix
    by Perez Prado
    choreo. by Gregorio Núñez
2014–2015
[21]
  • Mexican Danzones Mix
    choreo. by Gregorio Núñez

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[22]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Worlds22nd33rd
Four Continents18th17th15th
CS Autumn ClassicWD10th
CS Golden Spin17th
CS Nebelhorn14th
Challenge Cup10th
Philadelphia9th2nd
Toruń CupWD
International[22]
Junior Worlds27th21st
JGP Australia7th
JGP Czech Republic21st
JGP Germany22nd9th
JGP Japan13th
JGP Mexico15th
JGP Slovakia11th
Santa Claus Cup8th
National[22]
Mexican Champ.1st J1st1st
J = Junior level

Detailed results

Historic ISU personal best scores highlighted in bold and italic. Current ISU personal best scores highlighted in bold.

2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 20–23, 2020 2020 Challenge Cup Senior 7
68.93		 11
117.63		 10
186.56
February 4 – 9, 2020 2020 Four Continents Championships Senior 13
73.13		 16
127.96		 15
201.09
December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb Senior 17
66.59		 18
117.28		 17
183.87
September 12–14, 2019 2019 CS Autumn Classic International Senior 8
65.94		 10
109.05		 10
174.99
July 31 – August 3, 2019 2019 Philadelphia Summer International Senior 2
69.08		 4
127.71		 2
196.79
2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
18–24 March 2019 2019 World Championships Senior 33
54.99		 - 33
54.99
7–10 February 2019 2019 Four Continents Championships Senior 14
71.16		 20
103.54		 17
174.70
8–12 January 2019 2019 Toruń Cup Senior WD WD WD
20–22 September 2018 2018 CS Autumn Classic Senior WD WD WD
22–25 August 2018 2018 JGP Bratislava Junior 11
58.09		 11
107.60		 11
165.69
2017–18 season
19–25 March 2018 2018 World Championships Senior 24
68.13		 21
132.63		 22
200.76
5–11 March 2018 2018 Junior World Championships Junior 19
61.37		 22
107.31		 21
168.68
22–28 January 2018 2018 Four Continents Championships Senior 22
59.07		 17
126.84		 18
185.91
27–30 September 2017 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy Senior 19
55.83		 12
121.83		 14
177.66
23–26 August 2017 2017 JGP Brisbane Junior 9
51.61		 5
121.80		 7
173.41
3–6 August 2017 2017 Philadelphia Summer International Senior 7
65.12		 9
119.13		 9
184.45
2016–17 season
13–19 March 2017 2017 Junior World Championships 27
53.92		 DNQ 27
53.92
5–8 October 2016 2016 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 11
54.78		 10
114.37		 9
169.15
8–11 September 2016 2016 JGP Yokohama 12
53.64		 12
102.04		 13
155.68
2015–16 season
28 Nov.–4 Dec. 2015 2015 Santa Claus Cup 5
46.51		 9
75.95		 8
122.46
2014–15 season
1–4 October 2014 2014 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 22
38.38		 22
70.79		 22
109.17
3–6 September 2014 2014 Czech Skate 21
34.39		 21
58.62		 21
93.01
2013–14 season
4–7 September 2013 2013 JGP Mexico 15
31.52		 17
53.65		 15
85.17

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