Isadora Marie Williams (born 8 February 1996) is a retired

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who represented

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in ladies' singles. She is the 2017

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champion, the 2019

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silver medalist, the 2018

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silver medalist, the 2016 Santa Claus Cup silver medalist, and the 2016 Sportland Trophy silver medalist. She placed 30th at the

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and 24th at the

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. Williams is the first figure skater from Brazil to compete at the Olympics and the first South American skater to ever reach the free skating segment at the games. She retired from competition in October 2021, after failing to qualify to the

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due to a foot injury.

Personal life

Williams was born in

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. Isadora was raised in the suburbs of

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. She has

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through her mother, who is from

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, and also lived in Brazil for two years as a child. Isadora Williams also has a very large family that lives in Brazil, which she visits frequently. She attends

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in New Jersey.

Career

Isadora Williams began skating at the age of 5 falling in love with the sport while skating in a public session at the Cooler Ice Rink in

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. She competed domestically for the United States as a child at the juvenile through the intermediate levels until 2009. At the 2010 World Junior Championships, Williams became the third skater in any discipline to represent

at the event. Her highest Junior Worlds placement was 16th in

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. In September 2013, Williams competed at the

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, the final qualifying competition for the

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. She placed 8th in the short program and 14th in the free skate, finishing 12th overall. As a result of her placement,

received one of the six remaining spots for countries which had not previously qualified for a ladies' entry. This was the first ever ladies' figure skating Olympics entry for Brazil. Williams finished in last place (30th) at the Olympic contest. In the 2016-2017 season, Williams earned the first gold medal for a Brazilian skater in an international competition at the 2017

. In 2017, she placed 5th overall at

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to once again qualify for the

. Also in 2017 she placed 2nd at

, competition held in

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. During the Olympic tournament, Williams made history by finishing 17th in the short program, enough to become the first Brazilian and South American to ever take part in the skating final. She placed 24th in the Free Skate and placed 24th overall. She also became the first Brazilian and South American female skater to ever advance to the final segment of a senior World Championship at 2019 Worlds in Japan. She placed 24th in the short and in the free, finishing 24th overall. In 2021, Williams failed to qualify to the Olympic Games for a third time after withdrawing from the free skating at

, where she placed 32nd after the short program. Later, she claimed her foot had become injured during the off season and it was taking a long time to heal. This was her last international competition, as she announced her retirement plans shortly after. She stated her wish was that the last competition of her career would be the 2021 Brazilian Nationals, but she didn't manage to recover in time and withdrew her entry.

Programs

Results

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Isadora 1996 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Brazil Brazilian female single skaters Olympic figure skaters for Brazil Figure skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Brazilian people of American descent Sportspeople from Marietta, Georgia Sportspeople from Ashburn, Virginia American female single skaters American sportspeople of Brazilian descent Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States 21st-century American sportswomen 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen