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Sonia Lafuente
Sonia Lafuente at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy
Full name	Sonia Lafuente Martínez
Born	(1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 (age 33) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Spain
Discipline	Women's singles
Began skating	1996
Medal record
Spanish Championships 2006 Villalba Singles 2010 Majadahonda Singles 2012 Jaca Singles 2013 Majadahonda Singles 2014 Jaca Singles 2015 Granada Singles 2016 San Sebastián Singles 2017 Vielha Singles

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.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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

2005–present

References

1. ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011.
2. ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
3. ^ Jangbro, Eva Maria; Halonen, Lena (15 November 2011). "Sonia Lafuente: "It would be a pleasure to try to make the sport bigger in Spain."". Absolute Skating.
4. "ENTREVISTA A SONIA LAFUENTE" [Interview with Sonia Lafuente]. Hielo Español (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2013.
5. "Sonia Lafuente abandona España para trabajar con el entrenador de Javier Fernández" [Sonia Lafuente leaves Spain to train with Javier Fernandez' coach]. EFE (in Spanish). 20minutos.es. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
6. "Sonia Lafuente entrenará con Brian Orser" [Sonia Lafuente will train with Brian Orser]. Hielo Español (in Spanish). 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
7. ^ "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
8. "Pausa (Izal)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
9. "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
10. "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013.
11. "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
12. "SONIA LAFUENTE CAMBIA SU PROGRAMA LARGO" [Sonia Lafuente changes her long program]. Hielo Español (in Spanish). 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
13. "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
14. "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010.
15. "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009.
16. "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008.
17. "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2007.
18. "Sonia LAFUENTE: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006.
19. ^ "Competition Results: Sonia LAFUENTE". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Sonia Lafuente at Wikimedia Commons

• Sonia Lafuente at the International Skating Union

• 1991 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Las Palmas
• Spanish female single skaters
• Figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Olympic figure skaters for Spain
• Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
• FISU World University Games silver medalists for Spain
• Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
• Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
• Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
• 21st-century Spanish sportswomen