Anna La Porta
| Anna La Porta | |
|---|---|
 Anna at JGP Chelyabinsk in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Switzerland |
| Born | July 10, 2004 Milan, Italy |
| Residence | Basel, Switzerland |
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Coach | Xavier Dias |
| Former coach | Ilaria Ponti Rosa Strickler |
| Choreographer | Stéphane Lambiel (FS) Anna Storchenegger (SP) |
| Skating club | Eislaufclub St. Jakob Basel |
| Training locations | Basel |
| Began skating | 2011 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 132.99 ISU JGP Chelyabinsk 2019 |
| Short program | 44.39 ISU JGP Chelyabinsk 2019 |
| Free skate | 88.60 ISU JGP Chelyabinsk 2019 |
Anna La Porta (born July 10, 2004) is a figure skater who represents Switzerland in Junior ladies' singles. She is Junionr Silver medalist in Europa Cup Skate Helena (2020), Halloween Cup (2019) and Grand Prix of Bratislava (2019), besides three-time medalist in Swiss national championship (Silver in Junior Swiss Championship 2020, Silver in Junior Swiss Championship 2019, Gold in Advanced Novice Swiss Championship 2018).
She placed 18th in the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Russia representing Switzerland. She was selected for the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Yokohama (JPN) 2020 – Cancelled because of COVID-19, and she was 8th in Senior in the Challenge Serie Competition Nebelhorn Trophy 2020 in Oberstdorf (Germany).
Personal life[edit]
Anna La Porta was born on July 10, 2004, in Milano, Italy[1]. The second of three children, she has two sisters: Alice and Aurora.
She moved in Switzerland with her family in 2014. She is a student in the Gymnasium Bäumlihof in Basel.
Career[edit]
Early Career[edit]
Anna began skating in 2011[1]. She skated for a few years at the Olympic Dream Ice School in Zanica, Province of Bergamo, under her former coach Ilaria Ponti. In July 2014, Anna moved to Basel and started her training with Rosa Strickler.
2017-2018 season[edit]
In January 2018 she was gold medal[2] at the Swiss National Championship in Advanced Novice in Rapperswil-Jona.
In this season Anna participated for the first time in international competition representing Switzerland in Advanced Novice Category, in October 2017 she was 8th[3] at the 59th Grand Prix of Bratislava and 12th[4] in April 2018 at Egna Spring Trophy.
2018-2019 season[edit]
Anna made her Junior debut and she won the silver medal[5] at the Swiss National Championship in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
In this season she did also her first international appearance in Bavarian Open 2019 in Oberstdorf where she placed fifth and in Coupe du Printemps 2019 in Luxembourg were she was third after the short program but finished fifth after the free program.
During this season she started training with Xavier Dias.
2019-2020 season[edit]
Anna began the season in September with her first ISU Junior Grand Prix in Chelyabinsk 2019 where she placed eighteenth, the first was Kamila Valieva.
In October 2019 she was second at the International Halloween Cup in Budapest, after placing tenth in the short program, she did a good performance in the free program and succeeded to reach the second place in the free and in total.
In December 2019, she competed at the Grand Prix of Bratislava and she obtained the second place.
In January 2020, she placed 2nd at the 13th Europa Cup Skate Helena in Belgrade, Serbia representing Switzerland where she made her new non-ISU personal best (156.75). In the same month she also competed at the Swiss National Championship in Monthey, where she placed 2nd[6][circular reference].
2019-2020 season[edit]
The season began in September when Anna was selected for the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Yokohama (JPN) scheduled for 16. to 19. September. Unfortunately, in this season the entire Junior Grand Prix circuit, the Swiss National Championship and the Europe Championship were canceled due to COVID-19 disease.
Anna, therefore, made her debut in the Senior category by participating in Oberstdorf at the Nebelhorn Trophy, the international ISU Challenge Series competition, and she managed to finish at the 8th place at the first international Senior appointment.
In March 2021 she was 7th at the International Sofia Trophy.
Programs[edit]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | Bei mir bist du schoen
performed by Robin McKelle |
Pina (soundtrack)
by Jon Miyake, Thomas Hanreich |
| 2019-2020 | Bei mir bist du schoen
performed by Robin McKelle |
In My Heart
performed by Youn Sun Nah The Diva Dance performed by Eric Serra |
| 2018-2019 | Canon in D
by Johann Pachelbel |
Pina (soundtrack)
by Jon Miyake, Thomas Hanreich |
Competitive Highlights[edit]
CS: Challenger Series; JPG: Junior Grand Prix
| International: Senior | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 17-18 | 18-19 | 19-20 | 20-21 |
| Sofia Trophy | 7th | |||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 8th | |||
CS: Challenger Series; JPG: Junior Grand Prix
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior; S = Senior
C = Event cancelled
| International: Junior | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 17-18 | 18-19 | 19-20 | 20-21 |
| JGP Japan | C | |||
| JGP Russia | 18th | |||
| Europa Cup - Skate Helena | 2nd | |||
| Grand Prix of Bratislava | 2nd | |||
| Halloween Cup | 2nd | |||
| Challenge Cup | 5th | |||
| Coupe du Printemps | 5th | |||
| Bavarian Open | 5th | |||
| National | ||||
| Event | 17-18 | 18-19 | 19-20 | 20-21 |
| Swiss Championships | 1st N | 2nd J | 2nd J | C |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Anna La Porta at International Skating Union". isuresults.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Schweizer Meisterschaften Nachwuchs". resultate.swissiceskating.ch. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "59. Grand Prix Bratislava 2017". kraso.sk. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Egna Spring Trophy". fisg.it. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Championnats suisses Juniors et Mixed Age 2019". resultate.swissiceskating.ch. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ladies National Figure Skating". en.wikipedia.org. Unknown parameter
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