Nina Pinzarrone

Nina Pinzarrone (born 24 November 2006) is a Belgian figure skater. She placed fifth at the 2023 European Championships and eleventh at both the 2023 World Championships and the 2022 World Junior Championships. She is the 2022 Latvia Trophy silver medalist and a two-time (2020, 2022) Belgian junior national champion.

Nina Pinzarrone
Personal information
Country represented Belgium
Born (2006-11-24) 24 November 2006
Brussels, Belgium
Home townBrussels, Belgium
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2+12 in)
CoachAns Bocklandt, Dmitri Ovchinnikov
ChoreographerBenoît Richaud
Skating clubASW Antwerp
Training locationsAntwerp, Belgium
Mechelen, Belgium
Leuven, Belgium Liedekerke, Belgium
Began skating2011
ISU personal best scores
Combined total191.78
2023 Worlds
Short program64.58
2021 JGP Slovenia
Free skate129.74
2023 Worlds

Personal life

Pinzarrone was born on 24 November 2006 in Brussels, Belgium. Her father Mario Pinzarrone is of Italian origin, while her mother, Laurence Novalet, is Belgian from Brussels .[1][2] She has an older sister, Lily, who is also a figure skater.[3] Nina's mother tongue is French but she skates in Flanders and goes to school in Dutch. Because her father is of Italian heritage, she studied the Italian language for a year as a fourth language but does not speak it.[4]

Career

Early years

Pinzarrone began learning how to skate in 2010 at the age of three. She followed her sister Lily, who became interested after watching figure skating on television.[5]

2021–22 season: International junior debut

Pinzarrone made her international junior and ISU Junior Grand Prix debuts in August at the 2022 JGP France II, the second of two JGP events hosted in Courchevel, France. She placed fifth in the short program and sixth in the free skate to place sixth overall. At her second JGP assignment, the 2022 JGP Slovenia, Pinzarrone replicated her short program and free skate placements from Courchevel but finished fifth in the overall standings.[6]

Pinzarrone did not compete again until November when she handily won her second Belgian junior national title. Following her win, between December 2021 and February 2022, she claimed the junior women's titles at the Santa Claus Cup, the Icelab International Cup, and the Dragon Trophy. She finished seventh at the Challenge Cup in March.[6]

In April, Pinzarrone competed at her first World Junior Championship. There, she was seventh in the short program but fell to sixteenth in the free skate after a series of mishaps, ultimately winding up in eleventh overall.[7]

2022–23 season: International senior debut

Pinzarrone was assigned to her first Grand Prix event, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, in July.[8] In August, she received a second assignment, replacing South Korean skater Lim Eun-soo at the 2022 Skate Canada International. She later withdrew from both events due to hip injury.[9]

After recovery, Pinzarrone won the silver medal at the Latvia Trophy.[6] Having acquired senior technical minimums, she was assigned to compete at the European Championships for the first time, alongside longtime Belgian national champion Loena Hendrickx. Her coach stated that her primary objectives for the event were to achieve the minimum scores to take Belgium's second berth at the World Championships later in the season.[10] Pinzarrone underrotated the second part of her jump combination in the short program, but still finished sixth in the segment.[11] She rose to fifth place after the free skate.[12] She had the second-best technical score in the free skate.[4]

Due to Hendrickx's placement at the previous year's World Championships, Belgium had three berths in the women's event in Saitama. Pinzarrone, Hendrickx and national silver medalist Jade Hovine all had the minimum scores necessary to attend, comprising the largest Belgian women's delegation in event history.[13] Pinzarrone finished eleventh.[14]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
[15]
2021–2022
[16]

Competitive highlights

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

International [6]
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
Worlds11th
Europeans5th
GP John Wilson TrophyWD
GP Skate CanadaWD
CS Golden SpinWD
CS Lombardia TrophyWD
Challenge Cup4th
Latvia Trophy2nd
International: Junior [6]
Junior Worlds11th
JGP France II6th
JGP Slovenia5th
Antwerp Diamond Trophy1st
Challenge Cup7th
Coupe du Printemps2nd
Dragon Trophy1st
Egna Spring Trophy1st
Icelab International Cup1st
Santa Claus Cup1st
Skate Helena1st
Sofia Trophy1st
International: Advanced novice [17]
Antwerp Diamond Trophy1st1st
Bavarian Open8th3rd
Challenge Cup2nd7th
Coupe du Printemps2nd5th
Ice Talent Trophy1st1st
Kempen Trophy1st
Prague Ice Cup1st
Santa Claus Cup2nd2nd
Triglav Trophy2nd
Volvo Open2nd
National
Belgian Champ.1st N2nd N1st JC1st J
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Canceled
Levels: J = Junior, N = Novice

References

  1. Claeys, Jan (30 January 2023). "Nina Pinzarrone (16) verovert met vijfde plek de harten op het EK kunstschaatsen: "Hier werkt ze al sinds haar derde voor"". Gazet van Antwerpen. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023.
  2. Schoonjans, Tim (7 December 2016). "Zusjes Pinzarrone blijven de schaatswereld verbazen". BRUZZ. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023.
  3. Schoonjans, Tim (July 12, 2016). "Zusjes Pinzarrone blijven de schaatswereld verbazen" [Sisters Pinzarrone continue to amaze the skating world] (in Dutch). Bruzz.
  4. "16-jarige EK-revelatie Nina Pinzarrone: "Grappig dat mensen plots mijn naam kennen"" [16-year-old European Championship revelation Nina Pinzarrone: "Funny that people suddenly know my name"]. Sporza (in Dutch). February 2, 2023.
  5. Sterpigny, Sébastien (April 15, 2022). "Nina Pinzarrone : " J'aime cette sensation de liberté quand je patine "" [Nina Pinzarrone: "I like this feeling of freedom when I skate"] (in French). L'Avenir.
  6. "Nina PINZARRONE: Competition Results". International Skating Union. April 19, 2022.
  7. Agence Belga (April 17, 2022). "Mondiaux juniors de patinage artistique - Nina Pinzarrone termine 11e à Tallinn" [Junior World Figure Skating Championships - Nina Pinzarrone finishes 11th in Tallinn] (in French). RTL Group.
  8. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2022/23". International Skating Union. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  9. Pinzarrone, Nina [@pinzarrone_nina] (September 6, 2022). "One day so honoured, the next so sad... I am forced to withdraw from the Grand Prix series - both Skate Canada & MK John Wilson - due to injury..." via Instagram.
  10. "Maak kennis met 16-jarige kunstschaatsster Nina Pinzarrone: "Ze heeft klasse op het ijs"" [Meet 16-year-old figure skater Nina Pinzarrone: "She has class on the ice"]. Sporza (in Dutch). January 26, 2023.
  11. Slater, Paula (January 26, 2023). "Anastasiia Gubanova leads women at Europeans". Golden Skate.
  12. Slater, Paula (January 28, 2023). "Anastasiia Gubanova wins historic gold at 2023 Europeans". Golden Skate.
  13. "Loena Hendrickx prijkt op 5e stek na korte kür op WK, Nina Pinzarrone is 14e" [Loena Hendrickx takes 5th place after short program at World Championships, Nina Pinzarrone is 14th]. Sporza (in Dutch). March 22, 2023.
  14. "Sterke Loena Hendrickx knokt zich omhoog naar brons op WK kunstschaatsen, Nina Pinzarrone 11e" [Strong Loena Hendrickx fights her way up to bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships, Nina Pinzarrone 11th]. Sporza (in Dutch). March 24, 2023.
  15. "Nina PINZARRONE: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. August 30, 2022.
  16. "Nina PINZARRONE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. April 19, 2022.
  17. "Nina PINZARRONE". Rink Results. August 30, 2022.
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