Kailani Craine

Kailani Craine

Craine at the 2015 Junior Worlds
Personal information
Country represented Australia
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Home town Newcastle, New South Wales
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Coach Tiffany Chin, Kylie Fennell, Galina Pachin
Choreographer Alex Chang
Former choreographer Jamie Isley, Scott Brown
Skating club Hunter ISC
Training locations Los Angeles, California; Newcastle, New South Wales; Macquarie Park, New South Wales
Began skating 2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 163.38
2016 CS Warsaw Cup
Short program 53.31
2016 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skate 110.07
2016 CS Warsaw Cup

Kailani Craine (born 13 August 1998) is an Australian figure skater. She has won three senior international medals, including silver at the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup, and three Australian national titles.

Personal life

Kailani Craine was born on 13 August 1998 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.[1] She is the daughter of Katrina and Stephen Craine.[2] She graduated from St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton in 2016.

Career

Craine started skating at the age of eight.[3] Tiffany Chin became her coach in 2010.[4]

2013–14 season

Craine debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and won her second junior national title. In March 2014, she made her first ISU Championship appearance, at the World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria; she was eliminated after placing 35th in the short program.

2014–15 season

In December 2014, Craine won her third junior and first senior national title at the Australian Championships.[5] Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, she outscored the defending senior champion, Brooklee Han, by 2.18 points overall.[6] Making her senior international debut, she took the silver medal at the MNNT Cup in January 2015. Craine placed 12th at the 2015 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea, and 16th at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

2015–16 season

In December 2015, Craine repeated as Australia's junior and senior national champion. At the 2016 Four Continents Championships she placed 9th in the free skate and 13th overall. At the 2016 World Championships she did not qualify to the free skate.

2016–17 season

After taking bronze at the Volvo Open Cup, Craine stepped on her first ISU Challenger Series podium. She received the silver medal at the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup, finishing 2.54 points behind Germany's Nicole Schott. In December, she outscored Brooklee Han by 6.94 points to win her third senior national title.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–16
[1][3]
  • Flamenco Fire
    by Didulia
    choreo. by Alex Chang
2014–15
[7]
  • Broken Sorrow
    by Nuttin' But Stringz
2013–14
[8]
  • Broken Sorrow
    by Nuttin' But Stringz
  • Bolero
    by Steve Charles

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[9]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Worlds 27th
Four Continents 12th 13th
CS Ice Challenge 7th
CS Nebelhorn 8th
CS Warsaw Cup 2nd
MNNT Cup 2nd
Volvo Open Cup 3rd
International: Junior[9]
Junior Worlds 35th 16th
JGP Estonia 12th
JGP Slovakia 21st
JGP Spain 8th
JGP United States 12th
Cup of Nice 23rd J
Ice Challenge 17th J
Lombardia Trophy 2nd J 1st J
Skate Down Under 1st J
National
Australian 1st 1st 1st
Australian 1st N 4th J 1st J 1st J 1st J 1st J
Levels: N = Novice, J = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 "Kailani CRAINE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  2. O'Connor, Michael (November 2014). "Hunter's Grace on Ice". Catholic Diocese of Maitland - Newcastle.
  3. 1 2 Remmel, Ia (6 October 2015). "Kailani Craine - the starry-eyed girl from Australia". Absolute Skating.
  4. Yoshida, Hiro (17 March 2015). "Kailani Craine: Aussie Teen On The Rise". IFS Magazine.
  5. "Australian Figure Skating Championships". Ice Skating Queensland. 5 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.
  6. "Kerry & Craine crowned Australian Figure Skating Champions". Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. 5 December 2014.
  7. "Kailani CRAINE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015.
  8. "Kailani CRAINE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Competition Results: Kailani CRAINE". International Skating Union.

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