Léa Serna

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Léa Serna
Born (1999-10-31) 31 October 1999 (age 24)
Aubagne, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country France
CoachMichael Huth
Robert Dierking
Skating clubBJPG
Began skating2007

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).

Career[edit]

Serna 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
2023–2024
[8]
  • I am Fire
    by J2, Eivør
    choreo. by Thomas Rochelet
2022–2023
[9]
Kill Bill:
2021–2022
[10]
Kill Bill:
2020–2021
[11]
2019–2020
[1]
2018–2019
[12]
2017–2018
[13]
2016–2017
2014–2015
[14]
  • Indigene
2013–2014
[15]
  • Cruella

Competitive highlights[edit]

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

International[2]
Event 11–12 13–14 14–15 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds 29th WD
Europeans 16th 11th 26th
GP France 11th 8th C 11th 9th 7th
GP NHK Trophy 11th
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]

  1. ^ a b "Lea SERNA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Lea SERNA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020.
  3. ^ Brouillaud, Pierre (17 December 2016). "Kevin Aymoz (SG Annecy) champion de France" [Kevin Aymoz (SC Annecy) becomes French champion]. Le Dauphiné libéré (in French).
  4. ^ Yoshida, Hiro (3 December 2019). "Brian Joubert: No limits in new coaching career". europeonice.com.
  5. ^ Mathieu, Solène (September 30, 2023). "Interview Léa Serna". Skate-info-glace ! (in French). Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Slater, Paula (November 4, 2023). "Levito secures first Grand Prix title in France". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  8. ^ "Lea SERNA: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Lea SERNA: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Lea SERNA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Lea SERNA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Lea SERNA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Lea SERNA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Lea SERNA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015.
  15. ^ "Lea SERNA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.

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