Sonia Lafuente Explained

Sonia Lafuente
Fullname:	Sonia Lafuente Martínez
Country:	Spain
Birth Date:	7 December 1991
Birth Place:	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Height:	1.60NaN0
Coach:	Ghisland Briand, Tracy Wilson
Formercoach:	Brian Orser, Ivan Saez, Carolina Sanz, Jordi Lafarga
Choreographer:	David Wilson, Jeffrey Buttle
Formerchoreographer:	Romain Haguenauer, Ivan Saez
Skating Club:	Sad Majadahonda
Former Skating Club:	Club Hielo Igloo Madrid
Currenttraininglocations:	Toronto
Formertraininglocations:	Madrid, Canillo, Lyon
Beganskating:	1995
Retired:	2017?
Combined Total:	152.29
Combined Date:	2013 European
Sp Score:	52.44
Sp Date:	2013 World
Fs Score:	101.22
Fs Date:	2013 European

Sonia Lafuente Martínez (born 7 December 1991) is a Spanish former figure skater. She is a six-time Spanish national champion. Lafuente became the first Spanish skater to medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit when she won silver at the 2006 Mexico Cup.

Personal life

Lafuente was born on 7 December 1991 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. She is a university student, studying sports. She intends to spread her studies over several years in order to accommodate her career.

Career

Lafuente began skating at age four, after her parents took her and her sister to a newly opened rink in Madrid. Carolina Sanz and Ivan Saez were her coaches for much of her career. In the 2003–04 season, Lafuente made her international debut as a novice, and finished with the bronze medal at the Merano Cup, an event she would win one year later. She began competing in junior internationals in 2005–06.

In the 2006–07 season, Lafuente became the first Spanish skater to win a Junior Grand Prix medal. She trained mainly in Majadahonda.

In 2008, Lafuente made her debut at the European Championships. She was 30th at her first Senior Worlds. The next season, she finished 23rd at Europeans and 26th at Worlds, which did not qualify her for the 2010 Winter Olympics. However, she was able to qualify for the Olympics with an 8th-place finish at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy, and finished 22nd in Vancouver. The next season, she received her first Grand Prix assignments, and finished 10th and 7th, respectively, at the 2010 Skate Canada International and the 2010 Trophee Eric Bompard. She was 12th at the European Championships but did not qualify for the free skate at Worlds.

Lafuente was 9th at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy, 7th at the 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard, 5th at the 2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb, and 15th at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield.

Lafuente finished 7th at the 2013 European Championships and earned the minimum score to compete at the 2013 World Championships where she was 22nd.

The 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy was the last opportunity to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Lafuente was unable to win one of the six available ladies' berths, finishing 26th. In October 2013, she decided to move to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to train in Brian Orser's group. In 2014, she began working with Ghisland Briand and Tracy Wilson as her coaches.

After finishing 33rd at the 2016 European Championships, Lafuente decided to leave competition for a year.

In 2018, Lafuente was the sole performer in the music video for the song Pausa, from the album Autoterapia, by the Spanish band Izal.^[1]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2015–2016	I Put a Spell On You	Je ne regrette rien L'Hymne a l'amour
2014–2015	Caravan	Winter Invierno Porteño
2013–2014	Death and the Maiden	The Phantom of the Opera
2012–2013	Romeo and Juliet	West Side Story
2011–2012	Cry me a River	Selections ---- Concierto de Aranjuez
2010–2011	The Feeling Begins	Les Misérables
2009–2010	Libertango	Orobroy Poeta
2008–2009	Nocturne
2007–2008	Tango de Roxane	Four Seasons
2006–2007	Arabesque	Concerto Per Il Tuo Ricordo
2005–2006	Poeta	Night on Bald Mountain

Competitive highlights

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

2005–present

International
Event	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
align=left						22nd
align=left				30th	26th	20th	25th	15th	22nd	32nd		37th
align=left				20th	23rd	17th	12th	15th	7th	28th	18th	33rd
align=left							7th	7th
align=left							10th
align=left											7th
align=left											10th	12th	16th
align=left							bgcolor=gold	1st	5th
align=left												9th
align=left										4th			17th
align=left					5th	WD
align=left													7th
align=left									bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left									7th
align=left												bgcolor=gold	1st	5th
align=left							6th
align=left						8th		9th		26th
align=left					5th				10th
align=left												9th
align=left									5th
align=left							bgcolor=silver	2nd			15th	8th
International: Junior
align=left		30th	14th	12th	20th
align=left		12th
align=left				20th
align=left			5th
align=left			bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left		23rd
align=left					6th
align=left					9th
align=left						13th
align=left				bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left			bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left			4th J
align=left			bgcolor=gold	1st J
National
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st J		bgcolor=gold	1st J	bgcolor=gold	1st		bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

Novice career

International
Event	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	3rd N	bgcolor=gold	1st N
align=left				6th N
National
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st N	bgcolor=gold	1st N
N = Novice level

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pausa (Izal). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/KOKSKRxIB8I . 2021-12-14 . live. YouTube. October 5, 2019.