Isabella Tobias
| Isabella Tobias | |
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Tobias and Stagniūnas in 2011
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Israel |
| Former country(ies) represented |
Georgia Lithuania |
| Born |
August 23, 1991 New York City, New York, United States |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Partner | Ilia Tkachenko |
| Former partner | Deividas Stagniūnas, Otar Japaridze |
| Coach | Igor Shpilband, Adrienne Lenda |
| Former coach | Marina Zueva |
| Choreographer | Igor Shpilband |
| Former choreographer | Marina Zueva |
| Skating club | Israel ISF |
| Former skating club | Baltų ainiai |
| Training locations | Novi, Michigan |
| Former training locations | Canton, Michigan |
| Began skating | 1998 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 177.80 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
| Short dance | 71.35 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
| Free dance | 106.45 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy |
Isabella Tobias (born August 23, 1991) is an American-born Israeli ice dancer who competes with Ilia Tkachenko. Together they have won four medals on the ISU Challenger Series.
Earlier in her career, Tobias skated with Otar Japaridze for Georgia and with Deividas Stagniūnas for Lithuania. With Stagniūnas, she won the bronze medal at the 2011 Skate America, placed in the top ten at two European Championships, and represented Lithuania at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Isabella Tobias was born August 23, 1991 in New York City. Her family is Jewish. She is the daughter of Stephen Tobias, president and co-founder of I.A. Englander & Co., one of the largest institutional equity derivatives brokers on the American stock exchange. After completing high school, she briefly attended Columbia University's School of General Studies. From 1999 to 2007 she attended the George Balanchine School of American Ballet and performed with the New York City Ballet.
In October 2012, Tobias applied for Lithuanian citizenship. In December, she was interviewed by the Citizenship Commission and passed the Lithuanian language test, however, the application was denied by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on January 7, 2013. It was granted on December 5, 2013.
Isabella Tobias started skating in 1998 at the age of seven. She took up ice dancing at age 10 and competed with Kurt Lingenfelter on the intermediate level and with James Warren in novice. In 2003, she decided to leave skating to focus on ballet.
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