Sara Hurtado Martín (born 3 November 1992) is a Spanish retired

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. Initially rising to prominence on the international scene partnered with

Adrián Díaz Adrián (or Adrià) Díaz Bronchud (born 17 September 1990) is a Spanish skating coach and retired competitive ice dancer. Initially rising to prominence on the international scene partnered with Sara Hurtado, the duo won six senior internationa ...

, the duo won six senior international medals and five Spanish national titles, and were the first dance team to represent Spain in ISU competition. They qualified for the

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, finishing thirteenth at the

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, and achieving their best ISU Championship result when they placed fifth at the 2015 European Championships. Following the end of her partnership with Díaz, she formed a new partnership with Russian ice dancer

Kirill Khaliavin Kirill Leonidovich Khaliavin ( rus, Кирилл Леонидович Халявин, p=kʲɪˈrʲil lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ xɐˈlʲavʲɪn; born 21 November 1990) is a Russian-Spanish retired ice dancer. Emerging on the international scene co ...

, with whom she was the

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silver medalist and 2017 and 2019 Spanish national champion. The two placed twelfth at the

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and were the first Spanish ice dancers to stand on a

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podium.

Personal life

Sara Hurtado was born 3 November 1992 in

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. She studied journalism at

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before moving to Canada. In 2016, she enrolled at the British School of Art and Design in

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Skating career

Early years

Hurtado began skating in 2001. Her mother signed her up for lessons when an ice rink opened nearby. She competed in singles but became interested in switching to

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in 2006, when

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asked her to attend a summer camp organized by the Spanish federation (FEDH) with French coach

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. Hurtado said, "We begged the Federation for two years, please, please, we want to do ice dance." In early 2008, FEDH hired British coach John Dunn to teach ice dancing in Madrid.

2008–2009 season: Debut of Hurtado/Díaz

Hurtado/Díaz began competing together internationally in the 2008–09 season. Their first major international event was the 2009 World Junior Championships in

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, Bulgaria, where they finished 32nd.

2009–2010 season

Hurtado/Díaz competed in two events on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and finished sixteenth at the 2010 World Junior Championships in

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2010–2011 season

Hurtado/Díaz competed on the

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circuit, while also taking part in several senior internationals. They finished fifteenth at the 2011 European Championships in

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, Switzerland, won a bronze medal at the

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, and finished fourth at the

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. They placed ninth at the World Junior Championships in

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, South Korea. They then competed in

, Russia, at their first senior

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; although the two qualified for the short dance out of the preliminary round, they were unable to reach the free dance portion of the event.

2011–2012 season

Hurtado/Díaz moved to

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, England, in mid-2011 after Dunn accepted a coaching job in his native country. In November, they competed at their first-ever

event, the

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, where they placed 8th (last). In December 2011, they ended their relationship with Dunn and relocated to

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, to train under

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and

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. Ranked twelfth in the short dance and seventeenth in the free dance, Hurtado/Díaz finished sixteenth at the 2012 European Championships in

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, England. They qualified to the free dance at the 2012 World Championships in

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, Croatia, and nineteenth at the 2013 World Championships in

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, Canada.

2013–2014 season: Sochi Olympics

At the

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, Hurtado/Díaz became the first ice dancers to qualify an Olympic entry for Spain. They had no Grand Prix assignments. In January 2014, they finished 10th at the 2014 European Championships in

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, Hungary, allowing Spain to send two ice dancing teams to the next Europeans. One month later, Hurtado/Díaz competed at the

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, Russia; they set personal best scores in both segments and finished in thirteenth place. They ended their season with a sixteenth-place result at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama.

2014–2015 season

Returning to the Grand Prix series, Hurtado/Díaz placed eighth at the

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and fourth at the

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. They then achieved career-best ISU Championship results, finishing fifth with a new personal best score at the 2015 European Championships in

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, Sweden, and then fourteenth at the 2015 World Championships in

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, China.

2015–2016 season: Hurtado/Díaz part ways

Hurtado/Díaz were invited to two Grand Prix events – the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard and the 2015 Rostelecom Cup. However, on 16 October 2015, Hurtado announced on her personal Facebook page that she had decided to end the partnership. In a later interview, Hurtado stated that their partnership had experienced problems for some time and that therapy had not helped resolve these issues.

2016–2017 season: Debut of Hurtado/Khaliavin

Hurtado and Russia's

began considering skating together in late December 2015 and had a tryout in March 2016 in Moscow. He was released to skate for Spain in September 2016. They decided to be coached by

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. Making their international debut, they won gold at the

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, held in December 2016 in Hungary. Later in the month, they won the Spanish national title ahead of Olivia Smart /

. Hurtado/Khaliavin finished thirteenth at the 2017 European Championships in

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, Czech Republic. It was their final competition of the season. The Federación Española Deportes de Hielo (FEDH) selected Smart/Díaz to compete at the 2017 World Championships, the main Olympic-qualifying competition. Their result allowed Spain to send one ice dancing team to the Olympics.

2017–2018 season: Pyeongchang Olympics

In July 2017, FEDH announced that Spain's Olympic spot in ice dancing would go to the team which received the highest combined score at the

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and Spanish Championships. Hurtado/Khaliavin began their season in October with a sixth-place result at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy. The following month, they won gold at the

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. In December, they finished fourth at the

, just 0.30 points behind bronze medalists Kaitlin Hawayek /

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of the United States. They outscored Smart/Díaz by 4.18 points at Golden Spin and finished second at the Spanish Championships with a 3.23 deficit, resulting in a final advantage of 0.95 points. On 17 December 2017, FEDH announced that Hurtado/Khaliavin would compete at the European Championships and Olympics while Smart/Díaz would be assigned to the 2018 World Championships. In January, Hurtado/Khaliavin placed seventh in the short dance, tenth in the free dance, and eighth overall at the

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. In February, they competed at the

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, South Korea. Ranked twelfth in the short and eleventh in the free, the two finished twelfth overall. The Spanish Federation had decided to send Olivia Smart and Adria Diaz to the World Championships and so Hurtado and Khaliavin got an early start to the upcoming season. However, before that, they went to Spain and met King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, who invited all the Winter Olympians from PyeongChang.

2018–2019 season: First Grand Prix medal

Hurtado/Khaliavin began their season with bronze at the

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in September. The following month, making their

debut, they placed fourth at the

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and then won silver at the

, becoming the first Spanish ice dancers to stand on a Grand Prix podium. Hurtado called the occasion "a goal and I dreamed of it when I saw Javier getting on the podium. It proves to skaters in Spain that you can be here when you work hard." After winning their second Spanish national title, Hurtado/Khaliavin competed at the 2019 European Championships, placing seventh, almost four points ahead of Smart/Díaz. They were consequently assigned to Spain's lone dance spot for the 2019 World Championships, where they placed twelfth.

2019–2020 season

Beginning the season on the Challenger series at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, Hurtado/Khaliavin took the silver medal. They next won gold at the

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. At their first

assignment, the

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, they placed fifth. Weeks later at the

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, they placed third in the rhythm dance. Hurtado said there was still "some little things in the technical aspect of the program" to fix, but that they felt the program was improving. Third in the free dance as well, they won their second Grand Prix medal. After winning the silver medal at the Spanish championships, Hurtado/Khaliavin placed seventh at the 2020 European Championships, finishing ahead of Smart/Díaz. The latter were nevertheless assigned to the 2020 World Championships in

, though these were subsequently cancelled as a result of the

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2020–2021 season

Hurtado suffered a shoulder injury in the summer of 2020 that required her to return to Spain for surgery, with a projected recovery time of six months. On December 1, Khaliavin indicated that they had reunited and resumed training. While Smart/Díaz were listed on the preliminary entry list for the 2021 World Championships, the

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announced on March 2 that the final determination as to which team would represent Spain would be made following a virtual skate-off between them and Hurtado/Khaliavin. On March 7, the Spanish federation announced that the berth had been awarded to Hurtado/Khaliavin. They placed eleventh in

. This qualified one place for a Spanish dance team at the

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2021–2022 season: Final season and retirement

Hurtado/Khaliavin began the season at the

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, winning the bronze medal. They next competed at the

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, the first of three matchups with Smart/Díaz to determine who would be named to the Spanish Olympic team. They were third in the rhythm dance, ahead of Smart/Díaz, but due to free dance errors finished in fifth place, 0.25 points behind their rivals in fourth. At their first

assignment, the 2021 NHK Trophy, Hurtado/Khaliavin placed fourth in the rhythm dance, 0.03 points behind third-place Britons

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/ Gibson. In the free dance, Khaliavin struggled to stabilize their curve lift, and they lost a level on their closing rotational lift, as a result of which they were fifth in that segment, but remained narrowly in fourth overall, 0.71 points ahead of the Canadian team Lajoie/ Lagha. At the

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, Hurtado/Khaliavin were fourth in both programs, again finishing fourth overall. Hurtado/Khaliavin faced off against Smart/Díaz at the 2022 Spanish Championships, and finished second in both segments of the competition with a score of 191.90, 8.12 points behind their gold medalist rivals, widening their cumulative deficit to 8.37 points. Both teams then went to the

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, the third and final competition for the Spanish Olympic berth. Hurtado/Khaliavin were sixth in both segments for sixth overall. Khaliavin called their performance "the best we have skated it this season and it is maybe the best we have skated together in our career." Smart/Díaz finished in fourth place, 4.96 points ahead. With a cumulative margin of 13.33 points, Smart/Díaz were subsequently named to Spain's Olympic team. The post-Olympic period brought about a major change in circumstances for Hurtado and Khaliavin, after Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine and Spain and other

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countries responded with major economic sanctions. As a result, Hurtado and the Khaliavin family relocated to

indefinitely. Hurtado said that the invasion was a "shock," and that "it makes me very sad to think about that, about all the people I don't know when I'm going to see again." She also insisted "that the Russian people are not

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." On May 30, Hurtado and Khaliavin announced their retirement from competitive skating. Hurtado said that they had insufficient resources to continue competing, and that she hoped they would work together to develop a skating school in Spain in the future.

Coaching career

In June 2023, Hurtado, Khaliavin, and Khaliavin's wife,

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, opened the SK International Ice Dance School in

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. Their students have included: * Gaukhar Nauryzova / Boyisangur Datiev * Paulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala * Sofía Val / Alexandre Gnedin * Sofía Val / Asaf Kazimov

Programs

Ice dance with Kirill Khaliavin

Ice dance with Adrià Díaz

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Kirill Khaliavin

Ice dance with Adrià Díaz

Detailed results

Ice dance with Kirill Khaliavin

References

External links

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