Léa Serna (born 31 October 1999) is a French figure skater. She is the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy silver medalist, a two-time International Cup of Nice champion, and a three-time French national champion (2021–23).
| Léa Serna | |
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 Serna at the 2019 Internationaux de France | |
| Born | 31 October 1999 Aubagne, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  France |
| Coach | Michael Huth Robert Dierking |
| Skating club | BJPG |
| Began skating | 2007 |
Career
editSerna began learning to skate in 2007.[1] She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in September 2013.
In January 2015, she won bronze at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. In March, she competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia; she qualified for the free skate and finished 20th overall.[2]
Serna missed the 2015–16 season due to tendinitis in the patellar ligament.[3]
In October 2017, she won her first senior international medal – silver at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria. Ranked 38th in the short program, she did not advance to the free skate at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia.
In October 2018, Serna won silver at the Ice Star in Minsk, Belarus. Her Grand Prix debut came in November at the 2018 Internationaux de France.
She began training in Poitiers with Brian Joubert in January 2019.[4] In 2023, she moved her training base to Oberstdorf to train with Michael Huth.[5] In her first international competition with her new coaches, she won her first ISU Challenger Series medal, a silver, at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy.[6] On the Grand Prix, she achieved a new best finish with seventh place at the 2023 Grand Prix de France.[7]
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2023–2024 [8] |
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| 2022–2023 [9] | Kill Bill:
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| 2021–2022 [10] | Kill Bill:
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| 2020–2021 [11] |
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| 2019–2020 [1] |
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| 2018–2019 [12] |
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| 2017–2018 [13] |
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| 2016–2017 |
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| 2014–2015 [14] |
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| 2013–2014 [15] |
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Competitive highlights
editGP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Event | 11–12 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24-25 |
| Worlds | 29th | WD | ||||||||||
| Europeans | 16th | 11th | 26th | |||||||||
| GP France | 11th | 8th | C | 11th | 9th | 7th | TBD | |||||
| GP NHK Trophy | 11th | |||||||||||
| GP Skate America | TBD | |||||||||||
| CS Budapest Trophy | 2nd | |||||||||||
| CS Ice Star | 12th | |||||||||||
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 12th | 10th | ||||||||||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 14th | |||||||||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 12th | C | 5th | 4th | ||||||||
| Bavarian Open | 5th | |||||||||||
| Challenge Cup | WD | |||||||||||
| Cup of Nice | 1st | 1st | ||||||||||
| Denkova-Staviski | 2nd | |||||||||||
| Egna Trophy | 4th | |||||||||||
| Golden Bear | 27th | |||||||||||
| Ice Star | 2nd | |||||||||||
| Merano Ice Trophy | 10th | 1st | ||||||||||
| NRW Trophy | 2nd | |||||||||||
| Printemps | 10th | |||||||||||
| Slovenia Open | 9th | |||||||||||
| Tallink Hotels Cup | 12th | |||||||||||
| Tallinn Trophy | 8th | |||||||||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 5th | |||||||||||
| International: Junior[2] | ||||||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 20th | 38th | ||||||||||
| JGP Croatia | 17th | |||||||||||
| JGP Slovakia | 18th | |||||||||||
| EYOF | 3rd | |||||||||||
| Cup of Nice | 6th | |||||||||||
| Dragon Trophy | 3rd | |||||||||||
| Merano Cup | 9th | 2nd | ||||||||||
| Toruń Cup | 2nd | |||||||||||
| International: Advanced novice | ||||||||||||
| Triglav Trophy | 9th | |||||||||||
| National[2] | ||||||||||||
| French Champ. | 9th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | ||
| French Junior | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | ||||||||
| Master's | 3rd J | 1st J | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | ||
| Team events | ||||||||||||
| World Team Trophy | 5th T 12th P | 5th T 8th P | ||||||||||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled Levels: J = Junior T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Lea SERNA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Lea SERNA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020.
- ^ Brouillaud, Pierre (17 December 2016). "Kevin Aymoz (SG Annecy) champion de France" [Kevin Aymoz (SC Annecy) becomes French champion]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French).
- ^ Yoshida, Hiro (3 December 2019). "Brian Joubert: No limits in new coaching career". europeonice.com.
- ^ Mathieu, Solène (September 30, 2023). "Interview Léa Serna". Skate-info-glace ! (in French). Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ Serna, Léa (October 17, 2023). "Un seconde place pour mon premier Challenger Series de la saison" (Instagram). Archived from the original on November 6, 2023.
- ^ Slater, Paula (November 4, 2023). "Levito secures first Grand Prix title in France". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "Lea SERNA: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Lea SERNA: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022.
- ^ "Lea SERNA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Lea SERNA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Lea SERNA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Lea SERNA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Lea SERNA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Lea SERNA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.