Francesca Rio

Francesca Rio (born 16 December 1990) is an Italian former competitive figure skater. She won ten senior international medals and four Italian national medals (three silver, one bronze). She represented Italy at five ISU Championships, reaching the free skate at the 2009 Junior Worlds in Sofia, 2009 Europeans in Helsinki, 2010 Junior Worlds in The Hague, and 2012 Europeans in Sheffield. She also competed at two Winter Universiades – 2011 (Erzurum) and 2013 (Trento). An injury having disrupted her intended final competitive season, Rio retired in November 2014.^[1][2]

Francesca Rio
Rio in 2010
Born	(1990-12-16) 16 December 1990 (age 34) Como, Italy
Hometown	Como
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Italy
Coach	Christina Mauri, Pierre Trente
Skating club	Forum SSDRL Milano
Began skating	1997
Retired	November 2014
Medal record
Italian Championships 2009 Pinerolo Singles 2012 Courmayeur Singles 2014 Merano Singles 2008 Milan Singles

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–2014		Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona
2011–2012 [3]	Piano Fantasy by William Joseph	Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2010–2011 [4]	La Muerte del Angel by Astor Piazzolla
2009–2010 [5]	Harbinger by Mike Oldfield	Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante
2008–2009 [6]		Oceano by Roberto Cacciapaglia
2007–2008 [7]	Tosca by Giacomo Puccini performed by Maxim Mrvica	Violentango by Astor Piazzolla

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[8]
Event	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14
Europeans					15th			23rd
Bavarian Open									6th
Challenge Cup									5th
Cup of Nice							13th	15th
Crystal Skate								4th	11th	2nd
DS Cup									2nd	3rd
Gardena								3rd	6th
Golden Spin					6th
Hellmut Seibt										2nd
Lombardia										6th
Merano Cup					3rd		13th			5th
Nebelhorn							7th	8th
NRW Trophy					2nd
Printemps								2nd
Triglav Trophy				1st					4th	2nd
Universiade							12th			10th
Warsaw Cup									11th
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds				33rd	11th	20th
JGP Austria				18th
JGP Croatia				12th
JGP Germany						21st
JGP Italy					14th
JGP U.K.					11th
Challenge Cup			1st J.
Fischer Pokal			2nd J.
Gardena			1st J.
Merano Cup			6th J.
Skate Celje			1st J.
National[8]
Italian Champ.	9th J.	5th J.	1st J.	3rd	2nd	4th		2nd	8th	2nd
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Results in the 2013-–14 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 19–22, 2012	2013 Lombardia Trophy	4	46.56	8	72.36	6	118.92
Oct 24–27, 2013	2013 Crystal Skate of Romania	3	47.16	4	86.53	2	133.69
Nov 15–17, 2013	2013 Merano Cup	8	41.28	3	79.49	5	120.77
Nov 29–Dec 1, 2013	2013 Denkova-Staviski Cup	1	52.51	3	92.48	3	144.99
Dec 9–15, 2013	2013 Universiade	9	43.40	9	84.92	8	128.32
Dec 19–22, 2013	2013 Italian Championships	2	53.18	3	97.47	2	146.65
Feb 26–Mar 1, 2014	2014 Hellmut Seibt Memorial	6	47.58	3	86.28	2	133.86
Apr 2–6, 2014	2014 Triglav Trophy	2	50.43	3	88.93	2	139.36

Results in the 2012-–13 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 5–7, 2012	2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial	13	37.72	11	69.98	11	107.70
Oct 30–Nov 4, 2012	2012 Crystal Skate of Romania	10	34.13	11	66.07	11	100.20
Nov 15–18, 2012	2012 Warsaw Cup	10	40.01	13	67.25	11	107.26
Nov 29–Dec 1, 2013	2013 Denkova-Staviski Cup	1	52.51	3	92.48	3	144.99
Dec 19–22, 2012	2013 Italian Championships	5	50.42	8	74.46	8	124.88
Feb 6–11, 2013	2013 Bavarian Open	4	50.29	11	81.78	6	132.07
Feb 21–24, 2013	2013 Challenge Cup	4	52.89	8	83.20	5	136.09
Mar 27–31, 2013	2013 Triglav Trophy	4	43.24	4	80.72	4	123.96
Apr 2–3, 2013	2013 Gardena Spring Trophy	4	49.36	7	82.69	6	132.05

Results in the 2011-–12 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 22–24, 2011	2011 Nebelhorn Trophy	12	39.72	6	80.77	8	120.49
Oct 26–30, 2011	2011 Cup of Nice	6	46.04	16	68.19	15	114.23
Nov 11–13, 2011	2011 Crystal Skate of Romania	2	46.17	6	79.72	4	125.89
Nov 29–Dec 4, 2011	2011 NRW Trophy	6	51.24	9	88.85	7	140.09
Dec 19–22, 2011	2012 Italian Championships	3	48.08	2	83.82	2	131.36
Jan 23–29, 2012	2012 European Championships	22	40.02	23	68.64	23	108.66
Mar 16–18, 2012	2012 Coupe du Printemps	2	47.34	2	87.81	2	135.15
Apr 4–8, 2012	2012 Triglav Trophy	4	47.79	16	65.20	15	112.99
Apr 13–15, 2012	2012 Gardena Spring Trophy	3	44.26	3	77.50	3	121.76

Results in the 2010-–11 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 22–25, 2010	2010 Nebelhorn Trophy	5	44.23	7	76.84	7	121.07
Oct 13–17, 2010	2010 Cup of Nice	9	45.18	13	75.27	13	120.45
Nov 20–21, 2010	2010 Merano Cup	19	34.29	13	69.74	13	104.03
Jan 30–Feb 5, 2011	2011 Universiade	15	34.94	11	75.97	12	115.91
Mar 7–10, 2011	2012 Gardena Spring Trophy	11	37.07	11	61.59	11	98.66

Results in the 2008-–09 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 7–10, 2008	2008 Merano Cup	3	39.30	3	71.93	3	111.23
Nov 13–16, 2008	2008 Golden Spin of Zagreb	6	43.76	4	83.52	6	127.28
Dec 4–7, 2008	2008 NRW Trophy	5	48.26	2	88.98	2	119.61
Jan 20–25, 2009	2009 European Championships	17	42.24	15	77.37	15	119.61

Junior level

Results in the 2009-–10 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 30–Oct 4, 2009	2009 JGP Germany	14	36.52	23	57.16	21	93.68
Dec 19–21, 2009	2010 Italian Senior Championships	4	42.66	3	81.27	4	123.93
Mar 9–13, 2010	2010 World Junior Championships	16	44.64	20	62.48	20	107.12

Results in the 2008-–09 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 3–7, 2008	2008 JGP Italy	18	36.34	11	65.55	14	101.89
Oct 15–18, 2008	2008 JGP United Kingdom	15	38.24	7	73.52	11	111.76
Dec 18–21, 2008	2009 Italian Senior Championships	3	52.40	2	97.34	2	149.74
Feb 22–Mar 1, 2009	2009 World Junior Championships	7	48.24	12	74.46	11	122.70

Results in the 2007-–08 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 13–16, 2007	2007 JGP Austria	17	36.29	18	61.99	18	98.28
Sep 27–30, 2007	2008 JGP Croatia	19	30.30	10	67.60	12	97.90
Dec 19–21, 2007	2008 Italian Senior Championships	3	47.43	3	75.24	3	122.67
Feb 25–Mar 2, 2008	2008 World Junior Championships	32	34.45	—	—	32	34.45