Giada Russo
| Giada Russo | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Italy |
| Born |
25 May 1997 Turin, Italy |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Coach | Claudia Masoero, Edoardo De Bernardis |
| Choreographer | Edoardo De Bernardis |
| Skating club | Ice Club Torino ASD |
| Training locations | Turin |
| Began skating | 2001 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 143.40 2016 Europeans |
| Short program | 53.52 2016 Europeans |
| Free skate | 89.88 2016 Europeans |
Giada Russo (born 25 May 1997) is an Italian figure skater. A two-time Italian national champion, she has won nine senior international medals and qualified for the free skate at two ISU Championships.
Giada Russo was born 25 May 1997 in Turin, Italy. She is studying psychopedagogy.
Russo's parents, having met while skating, introduced her to the activity when she was three and a half years old. She is coached by Edoardo De Bernardis and Claudia Masoero in Turin.
In the 2011–12 season, she won the Italian national junior title and a pair of junior international medals – bronze at the 2012 International Challenge Cup and gold at the Coupe du Printemps.
In 2012–13, Russo received her first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignment and placed 13th at the event, in Chemnitz, Germany, before taking the senior bronze medal at the Italian Championships in December 2012. Making her senior international debut, Russo placed fourth at the Dragon Trophy in February 2013 and won a bronze medal in April at the Gardena Spring Trophy.
Ahead of the 2013–14 season, Russo trained in Cerreto Laghi and in Los Angeles, where she received guidance from Christa Fassi. She placed tenth at her sole JGP assignment, in Mexico, and fifth at the 2014 Italian Championships. She was awarded two senior international medals, bronze at the 2014 Hellmut Seibt Memorial and Gardena Spring Trophy.
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