Olivia SMART

1 Apr 1997
24
Female
SHEFFIELD
 
Great Britain
MONTREAL, QC
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
FSK Figure Skating Ice Dance 8

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
12Ice Dance2018Milan, ITA
18Ice Dance2017Helsinki, FIN
FNRIce Dance2015Shanghai, CHN
European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
4Ice Dance2022Tallinn, EST
8Ice Dance2020Graz, AUT
8Ice Dance2019Minsk, BLR
WDRIce Dance2015Stockholm, SWE
World Junior Championships
RankEventYearLocation
10Ice Dance2014Sofia, BUL
17Ice Dance2012Minsk, BLR
22Ice Dance2013Milan, ITA
Grand Prix
RankEventYearLocation
3Ice Dance2021/22Vancouver, BC, CAN
4Ice Dance2021/22Las Vegas, NV, USA
4Ice Dance2019/20Grenoble, FRA
4Ice Dance2019/20Las Vegas, NV, USA
5Ice Dance2018/19Laval, QC, CAN
7Ice Dance2018/19Grenoble, FRA
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Dance, yoga, being with friends. (isuresults.com)

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Athlete

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High school graduate.

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Father, Adrian. Mother, Samantha. Brother, William.

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English, Spanish

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F.C. Barcelona

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Marie-France Dubreuil (CAN)
Patrice Lauzon (CAN)
Romain Haguenauer (FRA)
Pascal Denis (CAN)

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Father Adrian (Football): Played professionally for Sheffield United.

Mother Samantha (Horse riding): Competed in jumping and dressage at the national and European level.

Brother William (Football): Played locally.

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Competed in gymnastics from seven to 14 years of age. (Athlete, 31 Oct 2021)

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2016 Lake Placid Ice Dance (Ice dance - 2nd), with Diaz
2014 Cup of Nice (Ice dance - 2nd), with Buckland

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Broke her ellbow when training in gymnastics. (Athlete, 31 Oct 2021)

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Romain Haguenauer (FRA)
Ginette Cournoyer (CAN)
Sam Chouinard (CAN)

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2016

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Practiced gymnastics and figure skating competitively up to 14 years of age, but chose figure skating as she was growing too tall for gymnastics. (Athlete, 31 Oct 2021)

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Went to a birthday party on an ice rink and enjoyed it so much that she wanted to continue skating. Her mother wanted her to take skating lessons to be safe. A coach recognized her talent. (Athlete, 31 Oct 2021)

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To perform in ice shows. To perform at the 2023 World Championships in Japan. To be active in animal welfare and open her own animal shelter. (Athlete, 31 Oct 2021)

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Trains in the Ice Academy of Montreal (CAN) with a dozen other high-level ice dance couples.

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Winning her first ISU Grand Prix medal, bronze, at 2021 Skate Canada International.

Getting a standing ovation from the crowd at the ISU 2021 Grand Prix Skate America following the free dance. (Athlete, 31 Oct 2021)

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Her mother Samantha for coming back to horse riding after raising the children. (Athlete, 31 Oct 2021)

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Her parents. "They're huge supporters of each other. I look up to them every day." (Athlete, 31 Oct 2021)

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"Live and enjoy every day presently, all the time, because you never get back a day." (Athlete, 31 Oct 2021)

General Interest

SMART/DIAZ
Teamed up with Diaz in December 2015.

FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO SPAIN
Competed for Great Britain until spring 2015. Received Spanish citizenship in 2017. (isuresults.com)

OLYMPIC QUALIFYING
Competed with the other Spanish ice dancers Sara Hurtado/Kirill Khaliavin for the only Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games spot. Both teams competed at the Finlandia Trophy 2021, Spanish championship 2022, and European Championship 2022, and who accumulated the most points in these events got the ticket to Beijing 2022.

DOCUMENTARY
Features in the documentary "On Edge" that follows elite ice dance teams in the Olympic season. (olympics.com)

FORMER PARTNER
Competed with Joseph Buckland (2011-15), representing Great Britain.

ACCOMPLISHED COACHES
Coaches Marie-France Dubreuil (CAN) and Patrice Lauzon (CAN) are the 2006 and 2007 World ice dance silver medallists.

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