Gabriella Izzo

Gabriella Izzo (born August 5, 2001) is an American-born pair skater who currently competes with Luc Maierhofer for Austria. Together, they are the 2025 Austrian national silver medalists and the 2024 Ice Challenge champions.

As a singles skater, she is the 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy bronze medalist, the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy champion, and the 2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic bronze medalist. She is also the 2019 U.S. junior national champion.

Personal life

Izzo was born August 5, 2001, in Greenbrae, California. She graduated from Boston Latin School in 2019 before going on to attend Harvard University, graduating in 2025.

Career

Singles skating career

Early years

Izzo began learning to skate when she was eight or nine years old. Her first figure skating coach was Suna Murray.

At the 2018 U.S. Junior Championships, Izzo would finish sixth. That same year, she made her international junior debut at the 2018 International Challenge Cup, where she finished fourth.

2018–19 season

Prior to the season, Izzo switched coaches and began training at the Mitchell Johansson Method Training Center in Revere, Massachusetts under coaches, Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson.

She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in autumn 2018, placing sixth at 2018 JGP Canada and ninth at 2018 JGP Slovenia. In January, she won the junior ladies title at the 2019 U.S. Championships.

In March, Izzo made her senior international debut at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy, where she won the gold medal.

2019–20 season

Beginning her season on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, Izzo placed eighth in 2019 JGP Croatia and ninth in 2019 JGP Latvia. In November, she won bronze at a senior international, the 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy in China.

In January, making her senior national debut, she finished ninth at the 2020 U.S. Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. Following the event, she underwent surgery for a torn labrum in her left shoulder. Due to the operation and pandemic-related rink closures, she was off the ice from around mid-January to June.

2020–21 season

Izzo was invited to her first senior Grand Prix competition, 2020 Skate America, but withdrew before the event. She placed ninth at the 2021 U.S. Championships. Following the season, Izzo relocated to Norwood, Massachusetts, where she began training at the Skating Club of Boston under coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva.

2021–22 season

Izzo began the season in September, winning bronze at the 2021 U.S. International Classic. Given two Challenger assignments, Izzo finished thirteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup and fourth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

At the 2022 U.S. Championships, Izzo was seventh after the short program, but a fourth-place free skate elevated her to the pewter medal position overall. This placement earned her an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where she came in eighth-place.

2022–23 season

Withdrawing from the 2022 CS U.S. Classic, Izzo made her season debut at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy, where she finished in eighth place. She was then invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, where she came seventh.

She ended her season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2023 U.S. Championships.

In March 2023, Izzo announced her retirement from singles skating and planned to pursue pair skating.

Pair skating career

2023–24 season: Brief partnership with Ferland for Canada and retirement

In August 2023, it was announced that Izzo had teamed up with Canadian pair skater, Thierry Ferland, and that they would represent Canada. However, this partnership would end up being short-lived. In November, Izzo would announce her retirement from competitive figure skating.

2024–25 season: Return to competition and debuting with Maierhofer for Austria

In July 2024, it was announced that Izzo had decided to come out of retirement and had teamed up with Austrian skater Luc Maierhofer, to compete for Austria. It was subsequently announced that the pair would be coached by Severin Kiefer in Salzburg while also making trips to Norwood, Massachusetts to work with Izzo's singles coaches, Aleksey Letov and Olga Ganicheva.

The pair would make their international debut in November, winning the gold medal at the 2024 Ice Challenge. At the event, the pair would also score the required minimum technical element score points to compete at the European and World Championships. They went on to compete on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing tenth at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup and ninth at the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In mid-December, Izzo/Maierhofer won the silver medal at the 2025 Austrian Championships behind Schaller/Mayr. They were subsequently named to the 2025 European Figure Skating Championships team, but they later had to withdraw due to illness.

The pair ended the season by making their World Championship debut, where they finished in twenty-third place.

Programs

Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria)

Single skating (for the United States)

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria)

Single skating (for the United States)

Detailed results

Pair skating with Luc Maierhofer (for Austria)

Single skating (for the United States)

Senior level

Junior level

References

External links

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2001 births
Living people
American female single skaters
American female pair skaters
Sportspeople from Greenbrae, California
21st-century American sportswomen
Harvard College alumni