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Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir
Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir at 2021 Finlandia Trophy
Native name	Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir
Born	(2003-03-10) 10 March 2003 (age 21) Akureyri, Iceland
Hometown	Akureyri
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Iceland
Coach	Darja Zajencko
Skating club	Skautafélag Akureyrar
Began skating	2010
Retired	2022

Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir (born 10 March 2003) is a retired Icelandic figure skater. She is a two-time senior national champion. She is the first Icelandic skater to successfully complete a triple loop in a competition and is also the first competitor from Iceland to compete at Junior Worlds. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, she was named the Icelandic Skater of the Year. Additionally, she earned a 12th place Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year 2021 from the Association of Sports Journalists

Personal life

Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir was born on 10 March 2003 in Akureyri, Iceland. She has a sister Hilma Bóel who skates ice hockey and is a part of the National team in Ice Hockey.

Career

Aldís Kara started skating at the age of 5 in Akureyri and her first official competition was in 2010. She has represented the Skautafélag Akureyrar in Akureyri since the start of her career.

2017–2018 season

She debuted in juniors at the last domestic competition of the year in Iceland, Vetrarmót 2018, placing 6th Prior to that she had been a member of the novice national team.

2018–2019 season

Aldís Kara started the season well with a couple of domestic competitions and then on to Icelandic National Championships where she placed 2nd in juniors. She represented Iceland at the Reykjavik International Games where she claimed a silver medal and set a national junior record of 108.45 points. From there she represented Iceland at The Nordics, where she placed 12th, setting a best score by an Icelandic competitor in the junior category with 103.52 points.

2019–2020 season

Aldís Kara was chosen to represent Iceland at 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix. At her JGP debut, she placed 20th with record scores for an Icelandic competitor at JGP.

In October she went to Halloween Cup in Budapest where she obtained the TES minimum in the short program for Junior Worlds.

At Vetrarmót 2019 in Iceland she broke all national records in junior categories and became the Junior National Champion at Icelandic Championships 2019 in December. Her year ended with being nominated by the Icelandic Skating Association as the Skater of the Year 2019.

At Reykjavik International Games Aldís Kara broke yet another national record in SP of 45.25 points and was the first Icelander to successfully complete a triple loop at a competition.

At The Nordics Open she obtained the TES scores in the free program and bettered Iceland's performance in junior category at Nordics, placing 8th with 115.39 points, becoming the first Icelander to earn a ticket to Junior Worlds 2020.

Aldís Kara competed at Junior Worlds in Tallinn, Estonia in March 2020. She placed 35th and did not reach the free program

2020–2021 season

In December 2020, Aldís Kara was named the Icelandic Skater of the Year for the second consecutive year. In beginning of the year 2021 Aldís Kara started her senior career and won gold at Reykjavik International Games in January. In conjunction with the Games highest ranking competitors were awarded the National Champion title of Iceland in senior setting national records in the short program, free program and total score.

2021–2022 season

Aldís Kara competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy on the Challenger series, the final qualifier for the 2022 Winter Olympics, where she placed thirty-second. She was the first ever Icelandic native to do so. During the Nebelhorn Trophy she obtained the minimum TES scores in the free program for the ISU European Championships. Aldís Kara then proceeded to 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy where she attempted to get minimum scores in the short program for the European Championships and successfully did so thus becoming the first ever Icelander native to qualify for the European Championships. She claimed her 2nd senior national champion title in November with record points. In December 2021 she was elected skater of the year by the Icelandic Skating Association for the 3rd consecutive year

2021–2022 season

Bergsdóttir announced her retirement from competitive skating on 3 December 2022.

Programs

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior results

Junior results

References

1. "Aldís Kara braut blað í íslenskri listskautasögu um helgina". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 10 February 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
2. ^ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (13 December 2020). "Aldís Kara er skautakona ársins". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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10. "THE NORDICS 2019". skatesweden.wehost.se.
11. "Norðurlandamót 2019". Icelandic Skating Association. 11 February 2019.
12. "Aldís Kara sló stigamet á Junior Grand Prix í Lake Placid". Icelandic Skating Association. 1 September 2019.
13. "Aldís Kara með ISU TES lágmörk í stutta prógramminu fyrir Junior Worlds". Icelandic Skating Association. 17 October 2019.
14. "Aldís Kara með Íslandsmet á Vetrarmóti ÍSS". Icelandic Skating Association. 3 November 2019.
15. "Íslandsmót ÍSS 2019: Dagur 2". Icelandic Skating Association. 1 December 2019.
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19. Björk Benediktsdóttir (9 February 2020). "Aldís Kara tryggði sér keppnisrétt á HM unglinga". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
20. Bjarni Helgason (27 February 2020). "Bað mig að hætta þessum fíflalátum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
21. Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (1 March 2020). "Ég var í sjokki". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
22. "Aldís Kara á Heimsmeistaramóti Unglinga 2020". Icelandic Skating Association. 7 March 2020.
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25. "Aldís Kara með met á síðari keppnisdegi í listhlaupi á skautum".
26. "Aldís Kara fyrst til að freista þess að komast á Ólympíuleika".
27. "Aldís fyrst til að ná lágmörkum fyrir EM". 25 September 2021.
28. "Aldís Kara náði lágmörkum fyrir Evrópumeistaramótið". 10 October 2021.
29. "Íslandsmeistaramót ÍSS 2021: Seinni keppnisdagur – Skautasamband Íslands".
30. "Aldís Kara stórbætti sinn besta árangur | RÚV". 21 November 2021.
31. "Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir valin Skautakona ársins 2021 – Skautasamband Íslands".
32. "Aldís Kara kjörin skautakona ársins eftir sögulegt ár - Vísir".
33. "Aldís Kara valin skautakona ársins".
34. ^ Bergsdóttir, Aldís Kara (December 3, 2022). "❤️Takk fyrir mig❤️" [❤️Thank you for me❤️] (in Icelandic) – via Instagram.
35. "Aldis Kara BERGSDOTTIR: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
36. "Aldis Kara BERGSDOTTIR: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

• Aldis Kara BERGSDOTTIR at the International Skating Union
• Besti árangur Íslands frá upphafi á JGP
• Á leið á HM

• 2003 births
• Living people
• Icelandic female single skaters
• Sportspeople from Akureyri
• 21st-century Icelandic sportswomen