Luiz Manella

Luiz Manella
Manella in 2012
Born (1995-02-01) February 1, 1995 (age 29)
Londrina, Brazil
HometownMiami, Florida
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
CountryBrazil
CoachArtem Torgashev, Ilona Melnichenko, Andrei Kriukov, Kent Johnson
Began skating2007

Luiz Fernando Manella Pereira (born February 1, 1995, in Londrina, Brazil) is a Brazilian former competitive figure skater. He competed in the free skate at three ISU Championships – 2012 Four Continents in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States; 2012 Junior Worlds in Minsk, Belarus; and 2013 Junior Worlds in Milan, Italy, being the second male figure skater to ever represent Brazil at an ISU competition. He was awarded the best figure skater in Brazil prize by the Brazilian Olympic Committee in 2011.[1] In 2015, he was chosen the Brazilian embassador for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games by the Brazilian Olympic Committee.[2]

Personal life

Manella moved to Miami when he was eight years old.[3]

Career

Luiz Manella started skating lessons when we was 12, in order to be able to play ice hockey, however, figure skating caught his attention and a year later he switched.[4] In 2009, he took part in American local competitions.[5]

In 2010, his then coach got in touch with the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation, who invited Manella to represent the country at JGP Ostrava, which was his first official competition as a Brazilian skater.[4]

Manella competed exclusively as a junior up until the 2012-13 season, when he changed coaches with the goal of getting the first ever figure skating spot for Brazil at the Winter Olympic Games. His first senior international competition was the 2013 US Classic where he finished in 10th place. At the 2013 Junior Worlds, he managed to get the best ever result for a Brazilian skater after he finished in 15th place, although not being able to directly get a spot for the Olympics.[6] He tried again to get an Olympic spot at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy but was unsuccessful, becoming second alternate.

In the next season, the Brazilian federation suggested him to switch to pair skating with Karolina Calhoun, who was also a Brazilian junior skater,[7] however the plans were not successful after Calhoun got injured. In late 2014, Manella was invited to train with Hwi Choi, from South Korea.[8] They were coached by Ingo Steuer,[9] until Manella retired due to injury.[10]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2013–2014
[11]
2012–2013
[12]
  • Gladiator
    by Hans Zimmer
2011–2012
[13]

Results

International[14]
Event 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Four Continents 22nd
Nebelhorn Trophy 23rd 12th
U.S. Classic 10th
International: Junior[14]
Junior Worlds 16th 15th
JGP Czech Republic 15th
JGP Italy 7th
JGP Latvia WD
JGP = Junior Grand Prix; WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ^ Londrina, Folha de. "Um 'pé-vermelho' de talento no gelo". Folha de Londrina (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  2. ^ "Luiz Manella é embaixador dos Jogos da Juventude". Brasil Zero Grau. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  3. ^ Rutherford, Lynn; Kany, Klaus-Reinhold (July 22, 2013). "'Gladiator' Manella ousts 'Zorro' Messing in Aston". IceNetwork.com.
  4. ^ a b "Um príncipe do gelo". Brasil Zero Grau. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  5. ^ Londrina, Folha de. "Um 'pé-vermelho' de talento no gelo". Folha de Londrina (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  6. ^ "EUA dominam; patinador brasileiro melhora e fecha Mundial Jr. no top 15". globoesporte.com. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  7. ^ Longo, Gustavo (2014-03-26). "Novos Ares". Brasil Zero Grau. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  8. ^ 사진부공용. "피겨 페어스케이팅 국가대표". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  9. ^ "Das neue Trainerleben des Ingo Steuer - Freie Presse". 2015-04-18. Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  10. ^ Cohen, Karen-Janine (2 July 2018). "Luiz Pereira: Skating into a business future". BizNews. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Luiz Manella: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014.
  12. ^ "Luiz Manella: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 3, 2013.
  13. ^ "Luiz Manella: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ a b "Competition Results: Luiz Manella". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.

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